Story

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, [...]

Laurent loved sugar more than anything else in the world. His dream was to become rich and buy many bags of sugar just to lick. However, his mother did not agree with his ideas. She constantly [...]

Mbawemi and Wanipa have been best friends since they were born.  Sisters born two years apart making Mbawemi older. Wanipa wets her bed and this bothered her a lot. At the age of 8, she still [...]

The three 13-year-olds, Bessie, Khulekani and Turnaya asked the Queen to give them the same bed-chamber. Right now if they followed her generosity to split up in such a big castle with countless [...]

It all began during the holidays many years ago after a visit to his auntie’s place. Being a hard-working boy, Denis had helped in doing household chores and his aunt in appreciation had given [...]

Tito’s birthday is in two weeks and he’s yet to come up with a theme for the party. He walks to the living room and asks his parents “Mum, Dad, what kind of party should I have for my birthday, [...]

Jackal’s tongue was out, drooling, imagining his teeth sinking into the juicy fat zebra meat. His friend Leopard was rolling on the ground with laughter. Leopard never got tired of teasing [...]

The ground is cracked, like my dry lips and my dirty feet. The sun shines bright and hot, and the few leaves left on the old guava tree slowly float to the ground, yellow and dry. Mama spreads [...]