This is a teaching book and a storybook for all ages to enjoy. Recommended for children reading ages 5-9. It celebrates diversity of life, nurtures literacy and speaks to well-being and happiness.

With every turn of the page, teachers, parents and children will be presented with beautiful imagery illustrating the story and text; An Alphabet of African Animals; a Picture Dictionary of people indigenous to Africa; and a ‘sound-it-out’ pronunciation and definition glossary for the really big words!

The main character, a young African boy named Mulenga which means ‘creative spirit’, introduces us to his beloved African world and gives us an important message from Mother Nature, a story first told to him by a wise, elder Mountain Gorilla named Digit.