Of Mice and Elephants

About the Book

  Perhaps you have met Winnie the Pooh!  Perhaps your heart was swept away when Cinderella married the prince.  Maybe you stayed up late dreaming of Santa on The night Before Christamas!  Have you checked your closet Where the Wild Things are and called your mother in the middle of the night? Or, did tears roll down your face when Humpty Dumpty had a great fall?

  Now, the beloved characters of classic African folklore can enthall you!  They will equally delight your heart with humor, wisdom and life lessons that have enchanted African children in centuries past.  You will discover in this book why elephants are scared of the mice.

About the Author

  Dinah Senkungu was born and raised in a village deep in the heart of Uganda, passionately recalls spending her early pre-school days drawing on the ground and learning life’s lessons from the native folklore told to her by her elder relatives.  She brings knowledge of the beautiful and timeless quality embodied in cultural folklore with her as she endeavors to enlighten her students.

  Dinah has taught English in both elementary and high school abroad.  She is currently teaching in the United States of America and working on a doctorate degree in Education.

Bruce Seaman was immediately attracted to these delightful stories from African culture.  He spent his childhood in rural New Jersey.  Often playing alone in the nearby woods and fields with only his dog for company, he created his own childhood stories that were filled with characters who shares his boyhood adventures.  When Dinah and Bruce first met, Bruce was struck by her enthusiasm for her stories and she liked his flair for the dramatic.  So, they began to collaborate.  She drew from the stories told to her during her youth in Africa.  He drew from the action images of his early childhood stories.