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BABA INDABA (pronounced Baaba Indaaba) lived in Africa a long-long time ago. Indeed, this story was first told by Baba Indaba to the British settlers over 250 years ago in a place on the South East Coast of Africa called Zululand, which is now in a country now called South Africa. AN AFRICAN LEGEND which...

Contained herein are all 15 verses to this well-known children’s poem. But, who was the original author of the nursery rhyme “Jack and Jill” who went up the hill? In truth, no-one knows. It is thought to be a “nonsense” poem although there are a few truisms contained in the lines. In the 18thC....

The Publishers offer in this volume well known and long loved and extremely well illustrated stories to their young readers. These tales have had delighted the children of many generations and will be equally welcome in the nurseries of the present day, which, with the popularity and antiquity of...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 166 In this 166th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of Binnorie. A king has two beautiful daughters. A nobleman courts and woos the elder, but in time his attention changes to the younger. He dumps the elder sister who is angry...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 337 In this 337th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the English Tale -"THE BROWNIES AND THE FARMER”. ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, the Brownies were sorrowful, more sorrowful than they had ever been...

Herein are 119 satirical cartoons published in Punch between 1890 and 1915 which focus on the growing threat of war in the years preceding and during the first two years of the GREAT WAR. The cartoons are grouped into the following categories: The Days Preceding the War The Struggle Uncle Sam The...

Herein you will find 13 illustrated children’s stories, each linked to a specific flower. But why flowers? Firstly, because flowers brighten up our lives, and those who read this book will be interested in the beautiful stories they have to tell, loving them even more when they know something of...

These stories have been taken from the great mass of unwritten lore that is to the boys and girls of the Shan mountain country of Burma what "Rapunzel", “Snow White” and "Cinderella" are to Western children. Herein you will find 9 illustrated Shan stories like, How Boh...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 442 In this 442nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Turkish Fairy Tale – “The Battle of Roncesvalles” The Battle of Roncevaux Pass (Roncesvalles in Spanish) in 778AD saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 447 In this 446th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Welsh Fairy Tale “The Curse of Pantannas.” ONCE UPON A TIME, a long, long time ago and far, far away in the land of Wales, at the farm of Pantannas, in Glamorganshire, there...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 448 In this 448th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Welsh Fairy Tale “Kamer-taj the Moon Horse” ONCE UPON A TIME, a long, long time ago and far, far away in an eastern land, a Padishah, or Sultan, found a little insect. The...

In this volume you will find 24 Koryak folk tales of The Mice Girls, Of Whale Festivals, The Ermine People, Fox Woman, Fish Woman, Monster Man, Bumblebees, Shellfish-Girls plus many more. Unlike European folklore, these stories do not have the dramatic turns of Western folk-lore. There is no...

Chris and Andy are going on holiday to visit their grandparents on the Scottish island of Shamway – without their parents to spoil their fun! But as they explore the islands in a boat with their Grandad, the inhabitants of one particular island capture Chis, Andy and their Grandad. Can the trio...

Farm girl Marion Marlowe is on her way home when she stops to take in the surrounding countryside. “Same farms, same hills, same animals! Oh, I’m just sick of country life and a farm life!” Little does she know that her circumstances are about to change! A magnificent singer, she breaks into song...