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  • How Crab Lost his Head

    and other animal tales from Africa

    by Nick Greaves ...
    Author Nick Greaves continues the ancient tradition of storytelling in this renamed and freshly jacketed edition by recounting the myths and legends of southern African tribes. Aimed at 7–12 year olds, the 19 stories in this volume introduce a magical cast of characters, from a feisty buck, greedy vultures and a bewitched crocodile to an arrogant bat and the perpetually crafty hare. The collection ... Read more

    $4.00 USD

  • When Bat was a Bird

    and other Animal Tales from Africa

    by Nick Greaves ...
    Illustrated by David du Plessis ...
    Why does Monkey fear Leopard? Why does the Reed Warbler babble? How did Jabulani outwit the Lion? These and other intriguing questions are answered in When Bat was a Bird. Twenty four fresh and exciting stories feature memorable creatures both real and magical. Information boxes provide supporting information about the people, animals, reptiles, insects and birds of Africa. Over 90 full-colour ... Read more

    $9.09 USD

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  • Call It Courage

    by Armstrong Sperry ...
    Maftu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a race of Polynesians who worshipped courage, and he was named Stout Heart, he feared and avoided tha sea, till everyone branded him a coward. When he could no longer bear their ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • A Girl Named Disaster

    by Nancy Farmer ...
    Orchard Classics is a collectible hardcover line of Newbery award-winning titles from the Orchard backlist that have fresh, beautiful new designs and include author prefaces and discussion guides. A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous and heartwrenching story of young girl who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Nhamo is a Shona ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Hinkler Illustrated Classics

    by Jules Verne ...
    We are about to begin an extraordinary journey, said Professor Lidenbrock, nothing less than an expedition to the centre of the earth! With those words the professor, his nephew Axel and their guide Hans climbed down into an extinct volcano crater, and began an amazing subterranean odyssey. Living examples of extinct monsters, an underground ocean and a terrifying journey on the back of an ... Read more

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  • Charlie Small 1: Gorilla City

    by Charlie Small ...
    Series Book 1 - Charlie Small
    No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life–and still only be eight. And yet . . . there was something so vivid in the telling that ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Six Short Folktales

    by Clement B.G. London Ed.D. ...
    Folktales share a common feature of being told over and over, with numerous variations, according to the tellers of such tales. Usually such tales convey lessons of morality and virtue, among other things. In this sense, some persons may feel somewhat obliged to include human factors into their belief systems as well as in their behaviors Thus, in that sense, the impact of such stories may become ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The White Elephant

    by Sid Fleischman ...
    How can a beautiful white elephant be a terrible curse?Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, discovers the answer when he incurs the fury of the prince. The boy's punishment? The gift of an elephant, white as a cloud. From that moment forward, the curse reveals itself. According to tradition, so rare an elephant cannot be allowed to work for its keep. It is poor Run-Run who must feed the beast the ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African Myths and Legends

    by Dianne Stewart ...
    African Myths and Legends is a spellbinding, fascinating collection of myths and legends to enliven the imagination of young readers. No-one is entirely sure whether these legends are fact or fiction, but that is where the magic lies! Each story is accompanied by snippets of information highlighted by the story. Vividly told and illustrated, the book sustains the intrigue of storytelling that has ... Read more

    $9.09 USD

  • Stories Gogo Told Me

    by Lisa Grainger, Iman ...
    There is a storyteller in almost every village in Africa. Telling stories is not her offi cial job. By day she may be a Gogo, a teacher, a farmer or a seamstress. But at night, round the fi re, she will sit surrounded by young children, old friends, neighbours and travellers. She will tell of how it was in the olden days, when the earth was young, when man was a hunter-gatherer, and when the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Zebra’s Stripes and other African Animal Tales

    by Dianne Stewart ...
    Folktales can be described as fictional prose narratives that are not confined to any particular culture. A folktale may appear in a slightly different form in a culture that is geographically nearby, or it may appear in a culture that is quite far removed from its original source. In The Zebra’s Stripes and other African Tales, Dianne Stewart has retold a collection of folk tales that have their ... Read more

    $9.09 USD

  • Secret Cave of Kamanawa

    by Helen Lamar Berkey ...
    Illustrated by Ray Lanterman ...
    A classic story, this young adult adventure book takes readers to the Hawaiian Islands.The Secret Cave of Kamanawa is a story about a secret burial cave of an old Hawaiian ali’i or chief. It provides the adventure which both the main characther, "Boy" and the reader experience.The Hawaiian chief is an ancestor of the Cat-Woman, and she is rightfully proud as she tells of how he gained in marriage ... Read more

    $2.99 USD