Unaware of the gazing sun’s effect on his recently discovered disguise, Mungai moved closer to the pack. In the ever increasing heat of the second day, the dung had started to harden and began making a crackling sound as he moved. Each crunching, faltering step he took sounded like a predator crushing the bones of [...]
Chapter One – The Encounter Mungai lived all alone in the jungle. He hadn’t always lived alone but he was such a dreadful creature at times that those who once cared for him decided he should leave and never return. He was considered ‘bestia non grata’ in most of the places he’d ever [...]
NOTE: Here’s the beginning of a fun fanciful story of Christmas magic for children of all ages from 5 to 95. “Can two lowly fishermen save the Queen, her daughters and Christmas?” * Caryn’s Magic Towne – Chapter One * A small village in a remote corner of Caryn’s imagination where, once a year, the [...]
This is the cutest ‘bed-time’ story. We are trying to find the ‘right’ home for this book.
It was noon, the sun was up there in the sky and different patterns were formed on the ground by the many trees that graced the village of Dago. The villagers loved it; a marketing opportunity for them to go about and transact whatever businesses they had to do, which were essentially trading.
All it took was a few broken crayons. Not the fancy ones. Not the box with all the exotic colors. No, just a box of eight basic colors. The picture was one that only a mother can love. Or at least that what we all thought, in the beginning. That was before all it took [...]
At one time, all of the children in this book lived on the streets of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Their parents died from the genocide in 1994 or from the AIDS pandemic. They have been given new life and hope at an orphanage called ROP Center for Street Children. The stories from The Skin [...]
Tale from children’s story collection Solar Girl and Lunar Boy by Gabriel Constans. Harvey thinks the grass is greener and makes a break to see what’s on the other side.
Taken from Guardian of the Sky Realms, IFWG Publications, 2010, ISBN: 0984329889) copyright 2010 Gerry Huntman Prologue: The Painting It was a balmy night but Maree shivered, buttoning up her coat. It was fear. Not for something specific, but the unknown—the back lanes of The Rocks were dark and menacing at midnight. This was one [...]
Excerpt from The Skin of Lions: Rwandan Folk Tales (as told by the children at ROP Center for Street Children. By NSHINIYIMANA Jean Paul (Age 11) There was once a husband and wife who had a daughter and a son. The daughter’s name was Gato and the son’s name was Gakuru. Their mother died and [...]
