Award-winning author Jane Kurtz spent most of her childhood in East Africa. In Jane Kurtz and YOU, she writes about animal spotting on the savanna, all-day treks to manage thirty-two…

The Nile perch is a lonely fish. Large and intimidating, it tries to make friends with the other Nile residents. But the hippo, puffer fish, electric catfish and even the…

Jupiter’s used to being a planet of one, and she likes it that way, so when a cousin–who Jupiter never even knew existed–comes from Ethiopia to stay for the summer…

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow a flock of chickens that gets loose and runs rampant through a city, causing mischief and mayhem. Includes information about keeping chickens in an…

This East-African spin on the classic tale of the gingerbread man is sure to delight anyone familiar with the famous Ethiopian injera. The staple of Ethiopian cuisine becomes a hotly…

Based on a traditional Ethiopian saying, this story follows a boastful young mouse who thinks his bravery makes him invincible. But when his friend dares him to touch the cat’s…

An anxious mama chicken tries to remain patient while hatching her newly laid egg. Find out what happens 21 days later when little by little, the egg finally begins to…

The most endangered carnivore in Africa is the Ethiopian wolf. It roams the Bale Mountains, where efforts are underway to protect its habitat from encroaching farmland. It is the only…