Contains an introduction to the mongoose, providing a description of their physical characteristics, what they eat, their habitat, and how they stay safe from other predators. Includes glossary.
Rikki is a young mongoose saved after a storm by a boy and his parents. It becames the family pet and returns the favor by protecting them from the dreaded cobras that roam the grounds.
A mongoose on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas undertakes a journey from his birthplace in a village churchyard to his destiny in the bush of the northern mountains to live wild like his ancestors.
