By Beverley Naidoo and Piet Grobler (Francis Lincoln, hardback, £14.99)
Find out why Hippo has no hair, how elephant got his trunk and why cockerel crows in this beautifully illustrated collection of stories from across Africa. Then discover which of the animals is the real king of the jungle.
Author and illustrator are both from South Africa, and the stories are drawn from the folklore of countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
