Mugambi, a cheetah cub, learns about the wonders and dangers on the Serengeti Plains while he and his sisters wait for their mother to return from hunting.
A photographic introduction to Tanzania, providing information about the government, economy, people, geography, and culture of the country. Includes maps, a glossary, and related Web site addresses.
An introduction to the geography, history, government, economy, culture, and people of the African country boasting that continent's highest mountain, deepest lake, and largest game reserve.
In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.
Provides information about the history, geography and natural resources, government, economy, people, culture, and cities of Tanzania, and includes a calendar of festivals, recipes, and other reference materials.
In alternating voices, thirteen-year-old Rosa and her mother are trying to adopt a Tanzanian child in England, while in Tanzania, nine-year-old Abela watches her family die and her uncle illegally sends her to England, in the hopes of selling her.
While Jack is visiting his father, a research scientist in Tanzania, their plane goes down over the savanna, killing everyone but Jack, who meets a mysterious creature who helps him survive.
