Tinga Tinga Tales
Why do Zebra have stripes and Leopard spots, Rhinos horns and Camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened.
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Bat Hangs Upside Down
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Bat loves scaring the other animals by saying boo, so they teach him a lesson.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Caterpillar Is Never in a Hurry
Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. One day Caterpillar transformed into the most beautiful butterfly ever.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Crocodile Has a Bumpy Back
Stories telling young children how animals got their distinctive parts. Here, the story of how Crocodile got his bumpy back and became grumpy.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Elephant Has a Trunk
Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Here, the story of how Elephant got his trunk.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Flamingo Stands on One Leg
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Flamingo always stands on both legs until the Crabs need more room.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Frog Croaks
Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. The birds trick poor old Frog into a singing duel, and his voice is reduced to a ribbit.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Giraffe Has a Long Neck
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Giraffe had a short neck until her head became stuck in a honey tree.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hare Hops
Stories telling how animals got their distinctive parts. Hare was one of the speediest animals in Tinga Tinga but no-one would race with him, until Tortoise arrived.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hen Pecks at the Ground
Animal stories. Hen borrows a needle from her friend to sew herself a coat, but the needle gets lost. From then on, Hen pecks the ground looking for it.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hippo Has No Hair
Stories telling a young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. There was a time when Hippo had lots of hair, and she was always hot.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Jackal Howls at the Moon
Stories telling a young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. The animals make Jackal believe that the moon is made of honey.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Lion Roars
Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. Following Flea's advice, Lion goes to the Great Cave of Tinga Tinga to get his roar back.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Lizard Always Hides under Rocks
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. The animals teach greedy Lizard a lesson when he pinches their food.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees
Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. When Monkey becomes stranded up a mango tree, he asks Crocodile for help.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Mosquito Buzzes
Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience why animals are as they are. Mosquito's tales send the whole of Tinga Tinga into a complete panic.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Owl becomes a night guard when mangoes start disappearing.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Porcupine Has Quills
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. How Porcupine lost her soft coat to naughty Jackal and replaced it with quills.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Rhino Charges
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. How monkeys made Rhino a horn from wood so he could join in the Dance of the Horns.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Snake Has No Legs
Stories telling a young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Snake had hundreds of legs, until he swapped them all for Millipede's eyes.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Spider Has a Tiny Waist
Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. Greedy Spider hears of Four Feasts in Tinga Tinga and wants to go to them all.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Tickbird Sits on Hippo's Back
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Tickbird challenges Hippo: who can drink the most in a single gulp?
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Tortoise Has a Broken Shell
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. When Tortoise fell and landed on his shiny shell it broke into pieces.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Vulture Is Bald
Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Vulture's crown of beautiful feathers gets burnt by the sun.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Warthog Is So Ugly
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Once Warthog was really rather handsome but the animals grew tired of his boasting.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Woodpecker Pecks
Stories about how different animals became distinctive. There was a time when Woodpecker didn't peck. All the birds made a sound, but not Woodpecker.
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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Zebra Has Stripes
Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. There was a time when Zebra was skinny and white all over.
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