Baba Indaba: 114 books

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 226 In this 225th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Arabian Nights story of “The Story Of The Magic Horse”. ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away in a town in Persia there lived in ancient times a King, or a Padishah,...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 215 In this 215th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Persian story of Formosante, a Princess of Babylonian. Formosante, daughter of King Belus, has turned 18 and her father holds a tournament for would be suitors. The winner...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 170 In this 170th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Irish tale of “The Black Stairs on Fire”. After a long day’s work, a family rest for the night after their evening meal. Too tired to wash the dishes and clean the house,...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 223 In this 223rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Arabian Nights story of “The Fisherman and the Genie”. A poor fisherman toils day in and day out eaking a meagre living from his daily catch. One day he casts for the...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 216 In this 216th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the European story of Beauty and the Beast. Beauty’s father, a merchant, has a run of bad fortune, he loses all his ships in storms at sea, their house burns down and they lose almost...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 329 In this 329th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the English Fairy Tale - "THUMBLING”. A poor childless peasant couple wishes for a child "no matter how small" aloud. Seven months later the wife has a small...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 218 In this 218th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of the Boyhood of Leonardo da Vinci. From his birth in the village of Anchiano, north of Florence, to his move to Milan and the creation of his mechanical Lion for Francis...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 222 In this 222st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates a Persian tale from the book of 1001 Arabian Nights. The Kalif of Baghdad, his Vizier and Executioner disguise themselves and sneak into the city at night time to find out what...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 220 In this 220th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the South African tale of why the African Honey Badger, or the Ratel (Raa-til), loves honey. The life of the honey badger is not an easy one. There is a lot of competition in...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 212 In this 212th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the American-Indian story of Land-Otter. A story from the Tlingit tribe on the Alaskan coast of the North West United States. A year after a man and wife lose a son, the crops of their...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 204 In this 204th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the American-Indian folktale about “GROWING UP LIKE ONE WHO HAS A GRANDMOTHER.” Long ago on the North West coast of the USA, a boy was growing up with his grandmother. His mother...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 207 In this 207th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the American-Indian story of Djun from the Tlingit tribe on the North West coast of the USA. Djun was an orphan girl and lived off scraps given to her by her late father’s relatives....

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 201 In this 201st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the American-Indian, Tlingit, tale of “THE WONDERFUL BASKET.” In the North-Western USA, crops had failed and the Tlingit tribe was experiencing hard times. The clan elders had imposed...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 205 In this 205th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the English folktale about “BLIND JACK OF KNARESBOROUGH.” Blind Jack's proper name was John Metcalfe, and he was born in the town of Knaresborough in Yorkshire, in 1717AD into a...