Niki Daly

In Africa, Mama Jumbo puts on a jazzy dress, struggles to get her hat straight with no mirror, then jumps in Mr. Motiki's taxi to go to the market, where she finds everything she needs and more.

In these four easy-to-read stories, join Lolo as she makes homemade soup for her mom, grows a tomato plant, faces down a scary noise at night, and takes a vacation with some unexpected detours.

Lolo skips through life - eager, merry and mischievous - leaving a trail of laughter and a few frowns.

When Mama gets a new job and a new house, everyone is excited about moving except Jamela who likes her old house just fine.

After moving into the house on Zanzibar Road that her neighbors helped her build, Mama Jumbo decides to share it with Little Chico.

Jackson the donkey works very hard, carrying loads of potatoes, carrots, corn and pumpkins up the hill to market every week, from the little farm where he lives with the farmer, his wife Beauty and his son Goodwill. But one day Jackson just stops, halfway up the hill. The farmer pushes him, pulls him, shouts at him. But Jackson WILL NOT BUDGE. Just as the farmer is about to beat his donkey, little Goodwill comes running up the hill. Quickly he whispers...

Walking to school with Mama, Gogo or Tata is fun. But riding high on Papa's shoulders is the BEST! On my Papa's Shoulders invites young readers along on a little boy and his Papa's walk to school, where they have their own special way of saying goodbye.

Jamela gets in trouble when she takes the expensive material intended for a new dress for Mama, parades it in the street, and allows it to become dirty and torn.

A farmer finds an eagle and raises it to behave like a chicken, until a friend helps the eagle learn to find its rightful place in the sky.