Juma's Goat

A series of short stories about Juma and his family in Tanzania. Each story is broken into short segments and they all combine to give us a rich sense of the family and the place. Juma walks the long, long journey to school and back each day. He yearns firt for a bicycle and then for a watch. His younger brothers, Toro and Kimara, who is lame from polio, share the adventures. There's a lovely simplicity about the stories and a deep sense of kindness - they're ideal for reading aloud and will leave you wanting more.