When their baby sister becomes dangerously ill, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers from their village to Johannesburg, where their mother works as a maid for a white family.
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La Gran Fiesta
Relates how Crow and his friends taught everyone to celebrate Christmas.
The Most Beautiful Kite In The World
Jenny has her heart set on a special red kite for her birthday. She is crushed when she receives a home made kite from her father. They try to get it to fly, but it will not cooperate, so Jenny seeks the help of various neighbors.
Panda
While on an expedition to western China with his father, twelve-year-old Jake sees a panda but when he tries to take its picture the camera breaks and no one believes his story.
Sardine In Outer Space
In the goofy space adventures of a little girl called Sardine, encounters aren’t always friendly: weird creatures, cosmic squids, masters of the universe, talking clouds, and evil beings abound.
I Want My Tooth
The Little Princess takes good care of her teeth, and loves every one of them, but one begins to wobble and doesn’t stop until it disappears, prompting a search for the missing tooth.
Somewhere in Africa
Ashraf, a South African boy who lives in a big city, dreams of the African wild.