Misa the Precious Cow

Misa the Precious Cow

Author: Jimmi Makotsi

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9789966464750

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Edward is preparing to visit his cousins Ben and Tim during the school holidays. But Misa, their only cow, disappears on the eve of his travels, throwing his plans into doubt and setting in motion a chain of exciting events that are related in this book and in The boys in Kakamega and A gang called Musumbiji.


The Boys in Kakamega

The Boys in Kakamega

Author: Jimmi Makotsi

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9789966468482

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Edward finally goes to visit with his cousins in Kakamega. But the holiday turns out to be full of adventure and dangerous surprises. The boys encounter a member of a band of organized criminals. Is there anything they can do to have this gangster and his deadly friends arrested?


Stories from Uganda

Stories from Uganda

Author: James Appe

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9789966467270

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Exciting tales from author's native Uganda.


When Ogres Lived

When Ogres Lived

Author: Barrack Muluka

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9789966466587

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Three tales from western Kenya relate strange happenings between humans and ogres.


Further Adventures of the Black Hand Gang

Further Adventures of the Black Hand Gang

Author: Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9789966254221

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The Black Hand Gang is a neighbourhood group of young Kenyans, which meets in the eastern part of Nairobi. The gang members, Onyango, Waithaka, his sister Jane, V.J. Patel and Hassan make a lot of friends trying to help other people. The story is intended as a supplementary text for children fluent in reading, to encourage reading for pleasure.


Ogilo and the Hippo

Ogilo and the Hippo

Author: Asenath Odaga

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9789966465443

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First published in Dholuo in 1983, this is the first English-language edition of this story for children. One morning Ogilo and his two friends discover a pregnant hippo stuck in a muddly hole. The story centres around the boys secrecy, to protect the hippo being killed by grown-ups for meat, and their efforts to save the hippo. The fate of the poacher contains a moral tale.


Sundiata

Sundiata

Author: Lynne Mansure

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 2002-06

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9789966254689

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Sundiata is the story of a man who lived in West Africa almost 800 years ago. It is the myth of a hunter's prophecy that a king will marry an ugly foreign woman who will give birth to a son, who will come to rule the kingdom on Mali. It is a tale of conquest and heroism.


Growing Up at Lina School

Growing Up at Lina School

Author: Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye

Publisher: East African Publishers

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9789966464927

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Grace and her family return to Kenya from England, where they have been living for quite some time. Youns Grace joins a girls' boarding school in Kenya. While her parents are worried she might not adjust to the new system, for Grace and the other girls at Lina School life is full of action, fun and adventure.