African Storybook for Children

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These well-illustrated stories are interesting and will stimulate early reading and learning in indigenous African languages

Download these stories for free and read them to your young ones. You can get more stories at the African Storybook website or download the African Storybook Reader App free from Google Play or Apple's App Store.

The African Storybook Maker allows you to create storybooks with your own photographs, with photographs of drawings that children have made, or with existing images from the African Storybook website. There is space for a picture and text on each page. It works offline from a tablet or smartphone. When you are online, you can publish your storybook on the African Storybook website.

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Magical Rainbow River

'Three siblings, Udoo, Erdoo and Eryum listened to the music of the rain. They wanted to dance in it. They wanted to touch the rainbow that arrived in the sky. Mother said "No"...'

Pa Nase the Spider and the Village Women

'Once upon a time Pa Nase the spider felt very hungry. He decided to go in search of food. He visited his friend's place where he usually got help. But his friend was not at home...'

How colours came together in the sky

'One day after a heavy rain, Iman looked up in the sky and saw colours in it for the first time...'

Drought and the River of Blessings

In a particular year, the dry season was too long drought hit hard. As a result, all the rivers dried up except the River of Blessings. All the animals were thirsty and called for a meeting.

Aku and the Sun Maker

'A long time ago in a town called Sunland, lived a girl with very long legs. Aku was her name...'