A wonderful collection of short stories, both traditional and modern, by 12 authors from all across Africa. Old fables that have been passed down through the decades sit alongside contemporary…

Mamy Wata is swimming peacefully in a big river when she hears that a horrible monster has been frightening people in the surrounding villages. She waits in the monster’s cave…

Soro’s parents give him a lucky grain of corn, but when he leaves it on a stone, a bird steals it. Soro runs to catch up with the bird, and…

Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely fable reflects on both the strength and the fragility of life and humanity’s place in…

This title forms part of the revised and highly innovative Little Library Literacy Kit.

Set against the backdrop of civil strife that has wracked the Cote d'Ivoire since the turn of the century, this story shows Tadjo’s remarkable ability to inhabit a character’s inner…