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When fourteen-year-old best friends Kari and Lucas travel to an archaeological dig in Kenya with Kari's uncle Geoff, they help expose a smuggling ring.

In the shade of the Giant's Throne Mountain, and on the coast of the Indian Ocean, Port St. Christopher is home to Apley Towers; a riding school for girls and boys, young or old, who learn what it means to be a true horse rider. Angela has got herself a secret admirer all thanks to Kaela playing the stable cupid. But for both girls, this has disastrous consequences: Kaela has become too wrapped up in the excitement to see the stressful decisions her friend is facing. Will Kaela's meddling pay of...

From Beads to Drums to Masquerades, from Grandmother to Yams, this photographic alphabet book captures the rhythms of day-to-day village life in Africa. Ifeoma Onyefulu's lens reveals not only traditional crafts and customs, but also the African sense of occasion and fun, in images that will delight children the world over. The book introduces children to African crafts and customs.

"Anna Hibiscus," whispers her father. "Come and see..." "Babies!" says Anna. "Two babies!From the stellar team of Atinuke and Lauren Tobia comes the third Anna Hibiscus picture book title brimming with all the best-loved Hibiscus family members – and Anna's two brand new baby brothers! Everything is changing for Anna Hibiscus, she's a sister! But – oh dear – everyone is now so busy! Uncle Bizi-Sunday is shopping for the babies, Aunty Joli and Aunty Grace are rocking the babies and Mama and Grand...

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is the number 1 car spotter in the village – maybe even the world!The road through No. 1's village is full of holes. There are no cars for No. 1 to spot and no customers for Mama Coca-Cola's roadside cafe. Mama Coca-Cola tries to get the road fixed but she fails. Grandfather says, "No. 1, you have a No. 1 brain. Use it to fix the road." What can a small boy do? On Cousin Homework's wedding day, No. 1 still hasn't come up with a solution, but he does figure out a way to...

This activity book based on the Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes animated preschool series on Disney Junior and Disney+ includes a chunky pencil that writes in four different colors! Children ages 3 to 7 who enjoy the Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes animated preschool series on Disney Junior and Disney+ will love this book that features 128 pages of activities, including awesome mazes, puzzles, and more! Plus, it includes a chunky rainbow pencil that writes in four different colors: red, blue, green, and yell...

Now in reprint, this folklore story collection offers a feast of enjoyment for young readers. It contains ten enchanting tales, steeped in the imaginative richness of African oral tradition. Told with inimitable aplomb by South Africa's most popular performance storyteller and illustrated by a lively selection of KwaZulu-Natal artistic talent, Stories of Africa is a classic to delight new readers across the multicultural spectrum. This translation is in the South African language Sepedi.

On a hot summer’s day, the animals wandered, they roamed and explored, theygalloped and soared, in search for the perfect tree for their needs.Many trees were falling one by one, from the force and destruction of what theelephants had done.And some of the trees that had stood the test, had patches of bark missing fromthe rhino’s unrest.And looking more closely at the top of the trees, sat fish eagles in waiting to soarand fly free.Will the animals find the perfect tree?

A little Nigerian girl describes her village, and the way it is divided into ogbo, or age groups. Each ogbo is assigned to a different task, from that of her brother which helps sweep clean the village ilo, to her grandfather's, which spreads words of wisdom to the villagers. Ifeoma Onyefulu's beautiful photographs once again capture the age-old customs of Nigerian village life.