africa, southern

Examines the life and accomplishments of explorer and missionary David Livingstone, the first European to reach Victoria Falls in Africa.

The sun and the wind try to please a young girl by bringing colors into her life in the dry and dusty place where she lives in southern Africa.

Text and photographs examine the various animals that come to a water hole in Southern Africa during the dry season, including a white rhinoceros, yellow-billed stork, and hyena.

A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.

A third prophecy, this time involving a leopard, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical healing powers over animals, when she travels with her grandmother and best friend Ben to Zimbabwe.

With the help of a blue crane, a mother dove rescues her babies from a not-so-clever jackal.

Describes the physical characteristics and habitat of the quagga, a zebra-like animal that lived in southern Africa and became extinct by the end of the nineteenth century.