Most Popular Books by Mwenye Hadithi

One morning, at the foot of a tree on the African plain, a strange creature is found. It''s fluffy and puffy. What can it be? The meerkats declare that it is a wild Fluffalump. Eagle says there is no such thing, Buffalo thinks it must be a bird, Hyena says it squeaked and wriggled when he gave it a poke, and Giraffe finds it has toes. By now the Fluffalump is hungry and thirsty and when it is nipped on the bottom by Crocodile it trumpets loudly. And across the plain comes Elephant who dumps it in the lake for a wash and Fluffalump is revealed to be . . . ?

Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa and the Tingatinga artwork of Tanzania, the Tinga Tinga Tales series of picture books features the colourful cast of animals from the television animation and glorious Tingatinga artwork. Tinga Tinga Tales airs daily on CBeebies. In this modern take on creation tales, brilliantly colourful Tingatinga artwork tells the story of Leopard''s transformation from a dark, shy cat to the beautifully spotted animal we know today. You see there was a time when Leopard didn''t have any spots. Her coat was as plain as plain can be, and she was very shy... So what happened when Leopard helped Puff Adder, and in return he sang her a Tinga Tinga lullaby?

Relates how the animals of the world, once all a dull color, acquired their furs and spots and stripes and horns, and how Zebra''s greedy appetite caused him to get his particular coloring.

Relates why the hippopotamus lives in water.