The Story of the Crow and the Frog

A children’s picture book by Walter Bgoya, founder of Mkuki na Nyota Publishers. The story of how an old, slow frog challenges a young, strong crow to a race and wins. The old frog, with the help of a bright young female frog, rallies his fellow frogs, and together they devise a scheme to beat the crow. Their efforts result in frogs and crows, old and young, and the strong and weak achieving greater respect for one another. Imaginative and humorous colour drawings accompany the text. A retelling of an East African folktale in the tradition of underdog narratives, showing young readers that collective ingenuity can outmatch individual strength. For early primary school children, classrooms exploring storytelling and cooperation, and family reading at home. Internationally distributed by African Books Collective.