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Das kleine Café

The Little Café

Emma arrives in Gengenbach with one suitcase, opens her late grandmother's tiny café for the first time, and wakes the next morning to find a stranger named Hilde…

Verstecken spielen

Hide and Seek

Dodo plays hide-and-seek with his mom.

Jeder isst

Everyone Eats

This is a cow.

Ein großer Kuchen

One Big Cake

Dom Dom has one big cake.

Wer kann mir helfen?

Who can help me?

I want to read a book.

Schmetterling und Tukan

Butterfly and Hornbill

A butterfly is smaller than a beetle.

Als ich mein Zuhause verließ und in die Stadt zog

The day I left home for the city

The small bus stop in my village was busy with people and overloaded buses. On the ground were even more things to load. Touts were shouting the names where their…

Ein winziges Saatkorn: Die Geschichte von Wangari Maathai

A Tiny Seed: The Story of Wangari Maathai

In a village on the slopes of Mount Kenya in East Africa, a little girl worked in the fields with her mother. Her name was Wangari.

Entscheidung

Decision

My village had many problems. We made a long line to fetch water from one tap.

Eselskind

Donkey Child

It was a little girl who first saw the mysterious shape in the distance.

Ferien mit Großmutter

Holidays with grandmother

Odongo and Apiyo lived in the city with their father. They looked forward to the holidays. Not just because school was closed, but because they went to visit their…

Khalai spricht mit Pflanzen

Khalai talks to plants

This is Khalai. She is seven years old. Her name means ‘the good one’ in her language, Lubukusu.

Magozwe

In the busy city of Nairobi, far away from a caring life at home, lived a group of homeless boys. They welcomed each day just as it came. On one morning, the boys…

Sakimas Lied

Sakima’s song

Sakima lived with his parents and his four year old sister. They lived on a rich man’s land. Their grass-thatched hut was at the end of a row of trees.

Tom der Bananenverkäufer

Tom the banana seller

Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.

Ein sehr großer Mann

A very tall man

His hoe was too short.

Ziege, Hund und Kuh

Goat, Dog, and Cow

Goat, Dog, and Cow were great friends. One day they went on a journey in a taxi.

Anansi und die Weisheit

Anansi and Wisdom

Long long ago people didn’t know anything. They didn’t know how to plant crops, or how to weave cloth, or how to make iron tools. The god Nyame up in the sky had all…

Was tust du?

What are you doing?

I am singing.

Simbegwire

When Simbegwire’s mother died, she was very sad. Simbegwire’s father did his best to take care of his daughter. Slowly, they learned to feel happy again, without…

Nozibele und die drei Haare

Nozibele and the three hairs

A long time ago, three girls went out to collect wood.

Die Rache des Honiganzeigers

The Honeyguide’s revenge

This is the story of Ngede, the Honeyguide, and a greedy young man named Gingile. One day while Gingile was out hunting he heard the call of Ngede. Gingile’s mouth…

Ich lese gerne!

I like to read!

I like to read.

Zama ist toll!

Zama is great!

My little brother sleeps very late. I wake early, because I am great!

Warum Flußpferde keine Haare haben

Why hippos have no hair

One day, Rabbit was walking by the riverside.

Das Huhn und der Tausendfüßler

Chicken and Millipede

Chicken and Millipede were friends. But they were always competing with each other. One day they decided to play football to see who the best player was.

Das hungrige Krokodil

The hungry crocodile

Once there was a very hungry crocodile.

Henne und Adler

Hen and Eagle

Once upon a time, Hen and Eagle were friends. They lived in peace with all the other birds. None of them could fly.

Tingi und die Kühe

Tingi and the cows

Tingi lived with his grandmother.

Was Vusis Schwester sagte

What Vusi’s sister said

Early one morning Vusi’s granny called him, “Vusi, please take this egg to your parents. They want to make a large cake for your sister’s wedding.”

Omas Bananen

Grandma’s bananas

Grandma’s garden was wonderful, full of sorghum, millet, and cassava. But best of all were the bananas. Although Grandma had many grandchildren, I secretly knew that…

Feuer

Fire

Look, fire!

Tiere zählen

Counting animals

One elephant is going to drink water.

Kinder aus Wachs

Children of wax

Once upon a time, there lived a happy family.

Strafe

Punishment

One day, mama got a lot of fruit.