Myths and legends are always fascinating and often contain wise and interesting messages concerning human nature. This book has a wide variety of myths and legends that will intrigue readers, provide...

According to the World Health Organisation approximately one in five people suffer from hay fever (allergic rhinitis) worldwide and there appears to be no cure for it. There are ways to curb it such as...

There may be no cure for the common cold or the flu but this booklet will help you reduce the duration of a cold or the flu by several days and also greatly reduce your chances of catching a cold or the...

Short-term dieting has its place but a long-term eating program is essential if you want to live a more rewarding and healthy life. This booklet has been written to help you implement a long-term eating...

Ridiculed by his parents during his childhood, Nahuel Millaman, a seventeen-year-old Mapuche (indigenous Chilean citizen) boy living in Santiago, Chile is extremely shy and lacks self-confidence. When...

In 1978 five men die in a shack in Soweto, South Africa, during a skirmish between the South African Security Police and Umkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress. A year earlier...

This collection of short non-fiction articles includes articles about animals and their ways of communication, self-help articles that lead to success, human behaviour, health, emotions, discrimination,...

The time is the early 1970's and the country is South Africa. John Matlala, a young black man aged nineteen, leaves the citrus farm where he has spent his entire life and sets out to seek his fortune...

Hunting for honey is hard work so Basil the bear buys a 4 X 4 and after he has learnt to drive it he uses it to hunt for honey. When the 4 X 4 breaks down Basil follows his trail back home. On the way...

Little Jane has a doll called Annie. She desperately wants a pram for Annie but cannot afford one. One day, while playing in the park Jane finds a man's wallet lying on the pathway. She takes it to her...

Ferdi the frog is scared of heights and refuses to jump like the other frogs. Whenever an egret appears and the frogs jump into the water Ferdi hides amongst the reeds. One day an egret sees Ferdi in...

Elephant believes that he has lost his memory and the other animals set out to find the missing memory that Owl describes as being "round and brown".  The missing memory is discovered being kicked around...

Mikey is a mirror in the bathroom of the Jones' house but he is an unusual mirror in that he can change the images that he reflects. He can turn a reflection upside-down and even change the reflection...

Ever since that naughty little girl Goldilocks invaded their home the Bear family has been eating their porridge in the evenings instead of in the mornings.Nothing that Mama Bear does ever satisfies Papa...

A young brave named Scar-face with heavy facial scars from a fight with a bear, falls in love with the chieftain's daughter, Aponi, but is forbidden to marry her by the Sun-god. He sets out to find the...

When I was a small boy learning to read, my mother and I had great fun trying to spell sounds. We all know that birds tweet and bees buzz but how does one spell those sounds? The spellings of sounds don't...

On the day that they are to be married the fiancé of a great hunter dies. Devastated by his loss the young brave sets out to find the Spirit-world in the hope of finding his lost love. He experiences...

When Cheetah grabs Mouse near the top of the hill and runs down the hill with him, he accidentally knocks Tortoise over. Tortoise tumbles down the hill, falls into a river, is kicked out by Hippo, is...

Michael Dobson is only three years old when his mother falls in the kitchen and knocks herself out. With nobody else at home Michael has to find help for his mother. He crosses the road to his grandad's...

Mapenzi and Jabu are rivals in the class end-of-term project that requires the pupils to create an article using natural material. Mapenzi creates a necklace using the "lucky bean" seeds from the Coral...

A very angry crocodile is shot by the ranger and its skin made into a handbag. The handbag retains the angry nature of the crocodile and is called Horrible Howard by the other handbags.  Horrible Howard...

While fishing in the sea, Themba Gwagwa catches the biggest Shad he has ever seen but he doesn't have a permit to catch Shad. His father tells him to release the big fish back into the sea. Themba protests...

Jane was never good at athletics but she participated in all the events at the school athletics meeting. Mavis was very good at athletics and Jane's heroine. Jane participated in the Potato Sack race,...

It had been a great year for the bees and they had made so much honey that they had to store it in large honey pots outside their hives. Barney the bear had his own car and his own airplane and hunted...

While walking in the jungle, Rabbit and Squirrel come across a strange flat object lying on the ground. Rabbit picks it up and discovers that it is a picture of a rabbit. He shows it to Squirrel who claims...

One evening, while walking home from the fields, a young man notices some sea fairies dancing on the sea shore. They do this whenever the moon is full, discarding their mermaid tails and using this freedom...

Jash's parents hoped that one day he would be the most famous person in India but Jash believed that he was too short to be famous. One day, while walking in the jungle Jash meets a dwarf called Rohan...

A great hunter lives with his wife, son and mother. The mother is extremely jealous of the wife and drowns her in a lake. The son goes in search of his mother and is told by a crow that the mother-in-law...

Matt the cat has some money to spare and decides to buy himself a hat. He visits a shop that sells hats and tries on the various hats, imagining himself as being the character that each hat represents,...

Michael Dobson is only three years old when his mother falls in the kitchen and knocks herself out. With nobody else at home Michael has to find help for his mother. He crosses the road to his grandad's...