One morning 12-year-old Fred wakes up with an unaccountable sense of foreboding, which his friend Bul-Boo, one of the twins from next door, insists is just in his imagination. However, the feeling persists - and grows stronger when Fred's terrifying great-granny, Nokokulu, asks him to accompany her on a trip to an ancient burial site known as the Place of Death. Then Bul-Boo overhears her parents talking about patients going missing from her mother's AIDS clinic, and when one of the patients turns out to be Fred's Aunt Kiki, the children suddenly view Nokokulu's trip in a different light. Could the two events somehow be linked?

A lyrical, poetic, and informative look at life on the African Plain, and the lives which surround the Baobob tree. This is dialogue with text that begs to be read aloud matched in magic by exquisite and realistic illustrations of wildlife and weather, seasons and survival.

From its captivating illustrations to its heartwarming story, "The Light of the Moon and the Baobab Tree" is an unforgettable tale of friendship and generosity that helps kids overcome their fear of the dark and will soon be your child's favorite bedtime treat. The book first introduces children to the moon and the baobab tree, two dear friends that create a magical light that fills the lives of the forest creatures with happiness and love for each other. The more fun they have together and the more they appreciate each other, the bigger the magic grows. Soon, the baobab and the moon want to share this wonderful light with the whole world, but first they need to ask a special friend for help. Discover how the blessings of this magical light spread to the children while they're sleeping, and watch as it fills them with love and joy, too!

Learning to survive in the harsh interior of Southern Africa, a former slave seeks shelter in the hollow of a baobab tree. For the first time since she was a young girl her time is her own, her body is her own, her thoughts are her own. In solitude, she is finally able to reflect on her own existence and its meaning, bringing her a semblance of inner peace. Scenes from her former life shuttle through her mind: how owner after owner assaulted her, and how each of her babies were taken away as soon as they were weaned, their futures left to her imagination. We are the sole witnesses to her history: her capture as a child, her tortured days in a harbor city on the eastern coast as a servant, her journey with her last owner and protector, her flight, and the kaleidoscopic world of her baobab tree. Wilma Stockenström's profound work of narrative fiction, translated by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, is a rare, haunting exploration of enslavement and freedom.

This title is aimed at children who are beginning to read. It tells how when the gods created a talking tree, they soon came to regret it because it wouldn't be quiet. So they turned it upside down and buried its head in the dirt.

All the animals come to the watering hole by the baobab tree.