An adaptation of a folktale from southern Africa, in which a magical bird helps a kind young girl get back her people’s stolen cattle from Makucha the monster.

• ISBN: 9780395829080
• Author: Mollel, Tololwa M.
• Illustrator: Litzinger, Rosanne
• Published: 1999 , Clarion Books
• Themes: bird, Magic, monster
• Descriptors: Africa, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Tanzania
• No. of pages: 32