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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    February 1994
  • Latest Book:
    January 2020
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Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Hungry Hyena steals Fish Eagle's dinner and sets off a chain of events which leads to the hyenas reaching for the moon ... with disastrous results.

    This is the story of how Hungry Hyena came to slink about on the great African plain and how ...





  • Leopard is hungry, but he is also lazy. How will he catch his dinner? Leopard recruits the help of Baboon and Baby Baboon to trap Hare whom he plans to eat for his dinner. But Leopard is outwitted and Baby Baboon laughs and laughs.

    This is t...



  • Tormented every morning by leopard and bullied by crocodile, the clever little chameleon decides to play a trick on them. He manages to get the better of his two oppressors without them even knowing how he did it! This is the story of why Crafty C...



  • When the animals discovere a cave full of furs and skins, they discarde their drab skins for glossy new ones. Greedy zebra, arrives late, after a delicious snack, only to find a few stripes of black cloth. He squeezes into them but Greedy Zebra ii...



  • Hippo was hot and thought how wonderful it would be to live in the water. Hippo pleaded with the god of Everything and Everywhere to let him live in the rivers and streams.



    Ngai agreed Hippo could live in the water but only if he pr...



  • Lazy Lion orders the animals to build him a house on the African plain.



    The Weaver Birds build him a house of nest grasses and palm leaves, but Lazy Lion is too heavy to reach the door. The Ant Bears build him a house with many room...



  • When Elephant trod on Tricky Tortoise for the three hundred and thirty second time, Tortoise devised a cunning plan to teach Elephant a lesson.

    This is the story of how Tricky Tortoise proves that brains are often better than strength or siz...








  • Long ago on the Great African Plains, it was so dry before the rain came that all the animals were hot, thirsty, and hungry. All, that is, except Cross Crocodile. This is the story of how Monkey tricked Crocodile into sharing his food with the other ...



  • On the Great Grassy African Plain Handsome Hog had a beautiful smooth coat and an extremely elegant tail. Here is the story of how Handsome Hog lost his looks and became known as Warthog to the other animals....



  • Rhino runs everywhere. And as he runs, he leaves a wake of devastation in his path. The other animals are fed up of this rampant running and so Lion confronts him, telling him he must stop. Rhino refuses and challenges anyone to try and stop him. Out...



  • An African tale with a traditional feel, celebrating the speed and grace of the Cheetah - a brand-new title in this successful series of African folktales.

    Long ago, Cheetah was sandy-coloured and lay snoozing all day on the Great African Pl...



  • One morning, at the foot of a tree on the African plain, a strange creature is found. It's fluffy and puffy. What can it be? The meerkats declare that it is a wild Fluffalump. Eagle says there is no such thing, Buffalo thinks it must be a bird, Hyena...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mwenye Hadithi has published 14 books.

Mwenye Hadithi does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Wild Fluffalump, was published in January 2020.

The first book by Mwenye Hadithi, Hungry Hyena, was published in February 1994.

No. Mwenye Hadithi does not write books in series.