Kessler, Cristina

When a baby rhino loses his mother, he must rely on his own resources to survive until he is adopted by an old female rhino.

A retold folktale about a chameleon who wonders why he changes color.

Ignoring her parents' wishes, as well as the customary place of women in Timbuktu society, twelve-year-old Ayisha joins her twin brother in trying to stop a pair of tourists from stealing an ancient manuscript.

An account of how Swaziland restored its native wildlife, which was once lost due to poaching and disease.

An account of how Swaziland restored its native wildlife, which was once lost due to poaching and disease.

Namelok, a Masai girl, tries to persuade her traditionalist father to delay her initiation and marriage because they will restrict her freedom and keep her from the black rhino mother and baby she is protecting from poachers.

When a baby rhino loses his mother, he must rely on his own resources to survive until he is adopted by an old female rhino.

In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl determines to find a way to be a beekeeper despite being told that is something only men can do.

Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.