ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 192In this 192nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the tale of “Vassilissa The Cunning And The Tsar Of The Sea.”One year, a peasant sowed a crop of rye and had a bountiful harvest. So poor and hungry were the animals that the field mice, and the birds raided his barn and cleared his harvest. Too late to sow another he took his gun and went to the forest to hunt some game. He spied a beautiful eagle with a broken w...

Herein are twelve biographies of the Patriarchs written between 107 B.C. and 137 B.C. They are a forceful exposition, showing how a Pharisee with a rare gift of writing secured the biographies of the greatest men of ancient times. "There were intellectual giants in those days" and the Twelve Patriarchs were the Intellectual Giants!Each tells his life story and when he is on his deathbed he calls all his children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren about him, and proceeds with...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 455In this 455th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Maori legend of "The Creation of the Stars”.ONCE, UPON A TIME, a long, long time ago and far, far away in the land of Aotearoa – the Land of the Long White Cloud, Te Ra, the day-eye of Rangi was closing, and sending a last glowing look over the peacefully dreaming Moana-rarapa - the Lake of the Glittering Water.Tane looked up...

The 26 tales in this collection, were gathered from various parts of Canada—at a time when the most convenient method of travel was by the Canadian waterways. The compiler travelled the rivers, lakes and oceans where sailors and fishermen still watched the stars. He gathered them in forest clearings where lumbermen still retained remnants of the old and now vanished way of life; where Indians used to barter for their goods and from remote country places where women spin and speak with reve...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 316In this 316th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the old English Tale - "BROTHERS AND MUSHROOMS”.ONCE upon a time, a long, long ago and far, far away, there was a mother who was very fond of mushrooms. I don't mean to say that she was a greedy person or fond of eating, but if she had a weakness, it was for mushrooms. When she was a little girl, she had lived in a country place where th...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 114In issue 114 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates an Inuit (Eskimo) folktale about a Giant Dog. The dog was as brave and strong as it was fierce. One day the dog and it’s owner had to move away. ...…… But what happened to the brave and strong dog? Did the dog's owner have to move because of the dog? You are invited to download and read this story to find out what happened to the giant dog and it’s owner.Baba Indaba is a fictiti...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 167In this 167th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of Allerleirauh. A king promised his dying wife that he would not marry unless to a woman as beautiful as she was. He realises that the only woman that would not break the promise was his own daughter. The daughter tries to avoid the wedding by asking for three dresses, one as golden as the sun, one as silver as moon, and one as dazzling as the stars, and a man...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 464In this 464th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates a Maori Legend - "Tiki – The Ancestor or Mankind”.ONCE, UPON A TIME, a long, long time ago at the beginning of time, when Rangi-nui, the great Heaven, and Papa-tu-a-nuku, the far-stretching earth, were separated from each other, then the light shone over Papa-tu-a-nuku, the mother of Tiki, and he was the first man.Great was his lo...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 304In this 304th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Irish fairy story – “THE WOOING OF BECFOLA”.The High King of Ireland and the prince Crimthann are hunting in the forest. They encounter a beautiful woman driving a chariot. The High King asks for her name, where she is from, and what she is doing? The woman refuses to provide any information. The king names the woman Becfola and asks...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 242In this 242nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Sumerian/Babylonian story of “The Giant of the Flood”The foundations of ancient Chaldea, were laid as long ago as 5000 B.C. and were as early as those of ancient Egypt. In fact they were the sister colonies with a common cultural heritage. The earliest civilized inhabitants were Sumerians and the land was full of city-states. As with ...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 351In this 351ST issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE STORY OF THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM”.ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, in a little house half-way up the mountain-side, and about a mile from the other houses of the village, there lived with his old father a young man called George. There was just enough land belonging to the house to enable the father a...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 220In this 220th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the South African tale of why the African Honey Badger, or the Ratel (Raa-til), loves honey.The life of the honey badger is not an easy one. There is a lot of competition in the South African bush for scarce food resources, especially wild honey. So when a Honey Badger finds a fresh beehive, they are apt to raid it for all its worth.