• The Hunt

    Sackey and Nyarko had always pitched their wits against each other. When Nyarko beat Sackey at a quiz competition, Sackey sought a way of proving that he was better than his rival. The opportunity came in a quest to find the emerald stool of the Krobos. The two rivals, with their friends, set out to the first to discover this ancient stool separately. Even more, unknowing to them, Sackey and Nyarko were related.

    The Hunt

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  • The Shrinking Bowl

    Young girls in Ghana confront a challenging socio-economic environment. This novel is the story of one such girl’s life-journey, from childhood to middle-age, and the lessons of this journey. It is a sequel to the author’s first novel, Journey.

    “A delightful lifeworld weighted with history and almost untouched in African fiction…a world whose veneer of simplicity belies its tangled dark underbelly. The novel deftly combines the solace of familiarity with a mystery of memory and intimacy…quirky and endearing.” – Professor Helen A. Yitah, Dean, School of Languages, University of Ghana (UG) and Honourary Secretary, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences; former Head, Department of English, UG

    “This book is a tour de force of its genre; a journey of discovery through a cultural landscape in a fascinating part of Ghana. Difficult to put down even at the end.” – Nana Kwasi Gyan Apenteng, Communications Consultant; former President, Ghana Association of Writers

  • Friends of the Forest

    What happens to Nana and Esi when they leave their homes in Accra and Keta to spend the holidays with their Aunt in Sambene, a village in Asante?

    Discover why Nana and Esi are the only ones to go into the forest despite the warning from the Chief about the dangers there.

    Read about their friends of the forest- the Pilaphies and the exciting adventures they have in their quest for the Golden Spear.

  • Bookset: Junior African Writers Series (JAWS) Starters (10 books)

    Age Range: 3 – 6 years

    JAWS Starters are simple books for young readers in Africa. The series provides interesting stories to encourage children to read for pleasure.

    The books are at three levels. Level 1 is for children who have just begun to read by themselves. Level 2 and 3 use progressively wider vocabulary and more complex sentence structures. The language has been carefully controlled at each level to make reading easy. Also, there are pictures on every page to help the pupils follow the story. At Level 1, pupils can follow the story from the pictures alone.

    There are activities at the end of each book. If a word in an African language is used in the story, there will be a note of its meaning at the end of the book as well.

  • Kwabena and the Magic River

    Age: 10 – 18 years

    This story looks at the poverty of a family in a small closely-knit village in Ghana. The events which follow will take them to far away Toronto, Canada to make a better life for themselves. The people in the treat each other like family members, so when the entire Banquo family disappears after going to fetch water along the river, it is not surprising how badly affected they were. The fortunes of this family change when they realise that the river holds supernatural and magical powers which could change their lives for good. Faith, courage and steadfast determination personify the character of Kwabena Banquo, whose perseverance brings good fortune to his family.

     

  • Women Who Changed the World (Penguin Readers Level 4)

    Age Range: 12 – 17  years

    These are the stories of some of the women who changed our world. Read about the women who fought to be equal to men, and learn about the things that women have done in education, science, sport and politics.

    Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.

    Women Who Changed the World, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

  • Santrofi on National Service

    Santrofi on National Service is the story of a young Sixth Form leaver who was posted to the Upper West Region for his National Service. Born and bred in Accra, he had never left the capital, and to be sent 960 kilometers away was a big dilemma for him. His father, who had refused to allow him to take up a career as a professional footballer, asked him to honour the posting as every citizen of the land should. He took it on the chin and went, and was assigned to teach Mathematics and Science at Jawia JSS, a small village some 19 kilometres from Tumu.

    Thrust into a completely new world, he accepted the challenge of serving the people not only in the classroom but also with his many other talents. And as he shone in the village, the people loved him and he in turn loved them. And a new life and future undreamed of just opened before him.

  • Agbe Nye Nusi Nẽwɔe (Eʋe)

    The story Agbe Nye Nusi Nẽwɔe is about a wedded couple. They had two children, a boy and a girl. The woman divorced the man and married another man. The children were cared for by their father alone. They grew to become important people while their mother grew wretched. Their mother incidentally came to meet them but they did not know each other; not long their mother died.

  • Nyame Bɛkyerɛ (Mfantse)

    A young man was ousted by his twin-brother. He struggled hard with life, won a fortune and returned home to be more respected than his brother.

  • Amedzro Etɔlia (Ewe)

    Amuzu who drove his wife and their young, sick child away from home later regretted and made attempts to reconcile with them, but did not succeed. He became very rich afterwards, but lived like a miser. In the end, the family became reunited through the efforts of their son who had graduated from a University.

  • Hlɔbiabia (Ewe)

    Hlɔbiabia (Vengeance) is a story of a body who suffered a great deal of injustice in the hands of many people including his own teachers and close friends. Torments he suffered made him vow to repay mankind in the same way he had been treated.

    By paying people in their own coins, he managed to go overseas where he obtained many degrees. Later, however, when he returned home, he rendered good service to people and in addition confessed every wrong he had done and pleaded with the bench for a fitting punishment as an atonement for his sins.

  • Twer Nyame (Mfantse)

    Two maids hated a poor but well disciplined girl,Onnyibi,who was the idol of their mistress. Out of this jealousy,they stole their mistress’ very costly jewel and both bore witness against Onnybi. Onnyibi was deported.

    She later defied the order and came back home only to be exonerated by one of the same two maids whose conscience pricked her.When the Chief read their deportation order to them ,Onnyibi rather pleaded for them after all the defamation and hardships suffered including the loss of her mother as a result of the deportation,

  • Victims of Circumstance

    This is the story of an adventure, power, love and a desire for wealth.

    The story of a young village man in pursuit of happiness in a city uncertain in character.

    Asante had a very promising life as a city dweller selling essential items in small kiosks by the way side. When he decides it is time to marry, he abandons the trade in search of a ‘better life’.

    The story unfolds and the events that follow reveal the challenges of city life and travelling.

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