Maddern, Eric

Old King Karnak holds an unusual competition to find an heir to the throne, asking all the men in the land to grow one seed to determine who is worthy enough to be king.

Text and pictures describe the beginnings of the universe, particularly Earth and its first life.

The story of a weary traveler who stops at the home of a grumpy old woman and shows her how to make nail soup.

A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples.

The alligator has fire, but will not share it with anyone, making their lives miserable. Bird Woman begs and pleads with him to share, but will not. She knows she must get the fire from the alligator, but how?.

Jack learns a valuable lesson about life when he tries to keep Old Man Death from taking his mother.

A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples.

The story of a weary traveller who stops at the home of a grumpy old woman and shows her how to make nail soup.

Clownfish decides to leave the safety of the Anemone and has an adventure meeting a dragonfish, spottyfish, sea slug, and a dangerous eel.