This book contains beautiful, colorful pictures of South African animals and real-life stories about how Grandma first met them. Fun facts and descriptions of the animals and their habits get the attention of even the tiniest toddler when parents read. The book is geared to increase awareness of these magnificent African animals as well as encourage the young reader to read by himself. It also awakens the reader to marvel the animals. Each animal is unique and some endangered. As an educational children's book, it contains descriptive animal stories written at third grade reading level. It also contains listening comprehension questions and "New Words for You?" vocabulary at the end of each book section.