Children

Let’s make some puff puff! These fried balls of dough-ey deliciousness are loved and enjoyed all over the continent of Africa, the Caribbean and many countries around the world. Never heard of it? Perhaps it’s called something different where you live.

Doubling as a recipe book, inside you will find fun characters bursting with flavor as you learn to make this special treat!

In this timely and charming story about the importance of being true to yourself, mindfulness, and standing by your friends, we meet Leonard, a lion, and his best friend Marianne, a . . . duck. Leonard and Marianne have a happy life together—talking, playing, writing poems, and making wishes—until one day a pack of bullies questions whether it’s right for a lion and a duck to be pals. Leonard soon learns there are many ways to be a lion, and many ways to be a friend, and that sometimes finding just the right words can change the world . . .

This sweet, funny, thoughtful, and much-needed story will open up readers’ eyes to the importance of being who they are and not backing down to hurtful criticism. It’s an empowering tale about connecting with others and choosing kindness over bullying, and shows children how angry and provocative words can be overcome by empathy and inner courage.