Lou-Anne’s own library, full of friends who are always up to something.
Meet the friends6 stories
It was another warm, golden day in the African Savannah. The tall grasses shimmered in the sunlight, waving gently in the breeze, while the sky stretched vast and cloudless above Lou-Anne and her...
It all began after a windy evening on the Savannah. Lou-Anne had spent the whole afternoon playing tag with Vakawu, helping M’Pofo paint a new rock, and chasing Marmalade through the tall grass....
One evening, when the sky was turning deep blue and the first stars were beginning to twinkle, Lou-Anne sat outside Omi and Opi’s house with Marmalade curled in her lap. The air was soft and...
The day began with a wind so strong that it made the Savannah seem as though it had forgotten how to sit still. The tall grass bent and swayed in great golden waves. Leaves spun through the air, loose...
The sun was sinking behind the Savannah when Lou-Anne and her friends gathered beneath the old baobab tree. The sky glowed orange and pink, and the tall grass moved gently in the evening breeze....
Tomorrow, Lou-Anne would turn eleven. She knew this because the date was circled in green on Omi’s calendar. She knew it because Opi had whispered something to M’Pofo that morning and then...