In Teju’s shadow, Teju’s Mama helps him get over his fear of the dark and fear of his shadow. A cute story for young children who are afraid. Illustrated by Ndumiso Nyoni, Written by Sope Martins Sample Text from Teju’s Shadow “What’s that?” Teju hides. “It won’t find me here!” He runs. “Why are you …

The Man that Thought He Was Smarter Than His Wife – A Folktale from Norway – A hilarious adventure of what a man does when he takes over his wife’s chores for the day, combined with a Viking ship activity at the end, this book makes for a great story and activity time. A beautiful …

The Great Tidy Up – Inspire Children to Clean – When Gogo goes to sleep, siblings decide to tidy up as a surprise for Mama and Papa. A great book to inspire independent cleaning by children, as Khwezi and Mzamo tidy up the toys, sweep the floor, wash the dishes, and much much more, all …

Champ loves singing, she sings everywhere, well almost everywhere, she doesn’t yet sing in front of anyone. When her friend suggests she sing at the annual day a new problem arises, how to get over stage fright. Champa practices hard and on the day seeing her friend in the audience she forgets her fears and …

Human Values Foundation Stories on Values is an endearing and beautiful collection of short stories written by children, as selected entries from the Human Values Foundation’s annual Stories on Values competition. This edition is from 2017. The Human Values Foundation has kindly made these available to republish here so as to reach a wider audience …

A short tale of how a shy boy gains and have a friend. Mali doesn’t enjoy playing with the other children, he prefers playing by himself, but when Lesedi persists to ask him to play he gives in and finds it is fun, they become friends. A tale of overcoming shyness. This book is brought …

Albert the Albatross takes us on a poignant tour of all he has learned in life from friends to foes and how to ensure right from wrong. Albert visits many friends and tells us a story of what he has learned most importantly what makes people happy, mainly this is being and doing good, and …

Billy Helps Max – The fifth book in the Billy Growing Up Series, This chapter focuses on stealing or theft. Taking something from someone without permission is a very bad and undesirable thing to do. Have you lost something valuable or got something very important to you stolen. It hurts and sometimes it is very …

Inspirational Quotes for Kids is a collection of 22 inspiring and beautifully set quotes and stories from well known and less well known people. All the quotes included are designed to create positive thinking and foster attitudes of open minds and Each beautiful quote is set to an equally beautiful picture that depicts the essence …

Save the Planet is a short simple book for young children, and beginner ESL readers, promoting values of conservation and ecologically-friendly behaviour. This book teaches children ten important lessons about conservation and actions that can help preserve and conserve our natural environment and the resources, for those of us, people and animals, who inhabit it. …