I Don't Want to be a Hyena

by Avril van der Merwe, Heidi-Kate Greeff (Illustrator)

Overview

Hyena believes that none of the animals like her. She thinks that if she changes her identity she will be accepted and liked. But Hyena doesn’t realise that each animal has a unique set of skills and, no matter how hard she tries, a hyena can’t become an elephant, or a lion, or a leopard. When she becomes despondent, the other animals, including her own hyena clan, rally around to point out the good things about being a hyena. Finally, hyena recognises that she doesn’t need to become another creature in order to be accepted. All she has to do is be the best hyena she can be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781485900511
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	08/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	77 MB
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Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Avril van der Merwe is the author of How Cheetah Got His Tears (Puffin Books, 2017) and Once Upon a Rhinoceros (Puffin Books, 2018) as well as several prize-winning children’s stories set in Africa. She developed a love of writing for children while working as a Montessori pre-primary school teacher in Cape Town and a high school English in Johannesburg. Now living in California, she works as an inspirational writer and speaker, and continues to write both children’s stories and adult fiction.
Heidi-Kate Greeff loves creating and drawing animal characters that capture our hearts. She is constantly inspired by the endless supply of beauty, humour and adventure in the world. Based in Cape Town, she has a degree in Fine Art from the University of Pretoria. This is her third collaboration with Avril van der Merwe.