<p>The Wildest Dog and Other African Tales introduces a new story to this popular series. Allthe animals, including his own pack, think Wild Dog is too wild. In fact, he's the wildest dogthey've ever met. His constant activity leads him into a variety of adventures and, ultimately,into danger. But the wild dog pack saves the day and his own mother defends his wild ways,pointing out that curiosity and boldness are essential traits for an alpha dog, such as hisfather and herself. Rather than squelching Wild Dog's high spirits, she affi rms them.In six heartwarming tales, Avril van der Merwe highlights character traits or habits thatmay trouble young children. Wild Dog's hyperactive nature gets him into trouble, Pangolinuses her intelligence to outsmart Lion and discovers new friends in the process, Bushbaby'snocturnal habits lead the animals to assume he is shy, Hyena mistakenly thinks that if shechanges her identity she'll be accepted, Hippo's envy of Rhinoceros' horn ends up creatingmore trouble than she anticipated, while Cheetah learns that his bragging doesn't impresshis friends. Each animal character faces a challenge, but with plenty of encouragement andsupport from their friends, a lesson is learned and the outcome is always positive.</p>