Welcome to Zanzibar Road

Written by Niki Daly

Narrated by Danai Gurira

Niki Daly has won the Children's Literature Choice and Parents' Choice Silver Awards for her delightful stories. In Welcome to Zanzibar Road, Mama Jumbo the elephant walks down Zanzibar Road on a hot day in Africa. She decides this is the perfect place for her new home. There are plenty of new friends to meet, and all her neighbors pitch in to help her build her house. But who will she share it with? Maybe Little Chico will come live with her! "South African culture flows joyfully in the vibrant tale that's sure to be a hit ..." -School Library Journal

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 5, 2010
• ISBN: 9781436142694

Niki Daly

Niki Daly has won many awards for his work. His groundbreaking Not So Fast Songololo, winner of a US Parent’s Choice Award, paved the way for post-apartheid South African children’s books. Among his many books, Once Upon a Time was an Honor Winner in the US Children’s Africana Book Awards and Jamela’s Dress was chosen by the ALA as a Notable Children’s Book and by Booklist as one of the Top 10 African American Picture Books of 2000. It also won both the Children’s Literature Choice Award and the Parents' Choice Silver Award. Niki lives with his wife, the author and illustrator Jude Daly, in South Africa.

Reviews for Welcome to Zanzibar Road

[jenw1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I read this in hopes that it would work for my "Around the World" preschool story time. While it's a cute story, it's too long for my purposes. This would make a fun bedtime story (one chapter a night) for preschoolers.

[ronicadibartolo · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

My daughter and I enjoyed this book together. She liked the colors and art work. I liked that he put a bunch of short stories into one book.

[dchaikin_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is fun series of stories with African animals and an interesting African flavor. In the first story, when the elephant Mama Jumbo builds her house, she builds it out of scrap metal, and marks her address with a 7-Up sign. My 4 1/2-year-old was entranced.