Story

Shuko woke up to the sweet sound of the chirping birds up in the tree which stood in his grandfather’s compound. He was so happy to be in a place that was so quiet but surrounded by beautiful [...]

One bright morning, the pupils in grade one were modelling. As they made different items, teacher Jane, the deputy headteacher walked into the classroom. The pupils stood. Teacher Jane greeted, [...]

The children sat quietly in the classroom as their teacher flipped the pages of the English textbook. A whisper went from one corner to another. Madame Jeanette looked around with a frown on her [...]

A long time ago, a cheerful, ever-smiling girl was born in the village of Ihithe, Nyeri in Kenya, East Africa. Wangarĩ Maathai was her name. As she grew up, Wangarĩ loved to help her mother when [...]

The black Caterpillar looked at his brothers who were green in colour and wondered whether he belonged with them or not. On seeing that he was the odd one out, he decided to venture on his own, [...]

Once upon a time in a small village of Luma, there lived different people. They were called different people because no one knew how they looked. Even they too did not know how they looked [...]

On the 29th of September, one bright Sunday morning as Marie and Anne were preparing for church, they came across a letter addressed to them. The two girls got excited. They had received letters [...]

Towela stared at the clear blue sky, with occasional clouds. The sun was bright, but the cool green grass she lay on kept her cool. It had been raining a few hours ago and like magic, the rain [...]

  Illustrated by Morris Rioba, Kenya This story is dedicated to my husband, Vlastibor Cermak   1 – After five lonely days inside the egg, Baby Caterpillar decided to go and look [...]

The little Blue boat looked beyond the horizon as the sun was setting. He looked at how round and red the sun was. He wished that someday, he could follow the sun to where it went every evening, [...]