Baba Indaba: 114 books

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 255 In this 255th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “THE STORY OF THE SECOND ROYAL MENDICANT”. In Issue 253, “THE STORY OF THE PORTER THE LADIES OF BAGHDAD”, three visitors knock on the door of the house of...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 443 In this 443rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates two Tibetan Fairy Tales. The first is “The Man and the Ghost” and the second “How The Rabbit Killed The Lion." In our first tale we read of a man walking along a remote...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 239 In this 239th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Arabian Nights story of The Three Apples. Once upon a time long, long ago and far, far away the Khaleefeh Hároon Er-Rasheed said to Jaafar, his Wezeer (Vizier), We will disguise...

In issue 10 of the Baba Indaba children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the African story of The Lost Message. The King of the Insects sends a message to all the varieties of ants showing them how to work together in harmony. But the message is lost along the way with disastrous results. Read the...

In issue 8 of the Baba Indaba children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Aesop's fable about the Tortoise and the Ducks and how "foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to misfortune." This is an Aesop's fable rewritten especially for children. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 70 In Issue 70 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Lakota, Sioux tale of strange goings on around the grave of a long-dead Medicine woman. The medicine-man takes a few boys to show them where the grave is when pandemonium breaks loose. What happened...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 228 In this 228th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Arabian Nights stories of “How the Camel Got his Hump” and “The Crab that Played with the Sea”. In the first tale Baba tells how the Camel got his big hump. In the...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 203 In this 203rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the English folktale of “THE GENTLEMAN HIGHWAYMAN.” James Maclain (also spelt "Maclean", "MacLean", or "Mclane") was born in 1724 in Scotland. He was...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 229 In this 229th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates a tale from the early times of the world – The Cat that walked by Himself. This is a story from the time when the tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was...

FREE EBOOK - ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 300 In this 300th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the French Fairy Tale – “THE RIDICULOUS WISHES”. ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away there lived a poor woodcutter who life very hard. Indeed,...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 209 In this 209th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “The Pets of Aurore Dupin.” This is a true story about a young girl growing up in France during the Napoleonic era. This story is about Aurore Dupin, who later...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 168 In this 168th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “The Birth of Finn MacCumhail”. This story sets out the events that led up to Finn’s birth and how his Grandfather tried to kill him. His Grandmother spirits...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 219 In this 219th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the true story of Catalina de Erauso who was born in Spain in 1592. When she was a child her father fell on hard times and placed Catalina in a convent where she was trained her to...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 221 In this 221st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the New Zealand, Maori tale of Hine-Moa (Hin-ee-moh-ah). This story occurs in and around Lake Rotorua, in the central North Island of New Zealand. Rangi-Uru was the name of the...