Free African Folktales for 2nd Graders

Dhegdheer the ogress has one giant ear that hears everything for miles, so when a girl named Asad wakes one afternoon to find her mother gone, how can she possibly sneak past a monster who catches every footstep? Asad follows the great footprints toward a cave full of frightened prisoners, but the danger is only beginning. Can a rattling seed pod and a clever plan outwit an ear that never sleeps? This Bookbot level practices reading longer words of three or more syllables, like ‘afternoon’, ‘dangerous’, ‘prisoners’, ‘suddenly’, and ‘immediately’.