Koi's Python

by Penny Taylor

Published 1 January 1998
Eleven-year-old Koi is eager to kill a python as part of the rite of passage to manhood among his Betetelan people, but in the meantime he must face a bully who is picking on an old hunter in the village marketplace.

The Kwanzaa Contest

by Miriam Moore and Penny Taylor

Published 1 January 1996
Even though he lacks the confidence of his older sister Latrice, third-grader Ron makes himself enter the Kwanzaa contest in which he reveals the talent of his hands.