Emmanuel Kariuki

 I enjoy writing books mainly for children and adolescents.  I also love reading especially on ancient civilizations. I have  done extensive reading on Kikuyu culture and Egypt's 18th Dynasty. I have formed certain opinions about the Kikuyu and their origins in ancient Egypt and I am causing quite a stir with my writings on that comparative subject.

Discovering Hubpages was one of my milestones. I got a forum to express my views and teach others what I know in an interactive manner like no other. I am learning something new everyday as I engage my readers from all corners of the earth.

 Besides my day job as an Exhibition Designer I also illustrate books and translate from Swahili and Kikuyu into English and vice versa. As an accomplished artist, I work in Fibre-glass, water colours and oil paints. I have illustrated many books for publishers in Nairobi, but currently I only illustrate my own work unless I am commissioned for a very special project

Below is a list of my published books. The ISBN numbers and the publishing companies are give below each set. 

A. Children’s fiction

1.    Safari ya Kombamwiko (Kiswahili) – ISBN: 966 47 225 8

2.    Kombamwiko na Hoteli ya Nyota Tano (Kiswahili) – ISBN: 966 47 256 8

3.     Ngiri Mganga  (Kiswahili) – ISBN: 966 47 236 3

4.    Miraba and Proud Vuno – ISBN: 966 47 040 9

5.     Kombamwiko's Adventure – ISBN: 966 47 035 2

All the above are published by Phoenix Publishers

6.    The Savanna Laughing Stock – ISBN: 966 01 110 2

7.    Python the Investigator   – ISBN: 966 01 105 6

8.    Kolo the Soothsayer  – ISBN: 966 01 117 X

9.    Eating is Hard Work – – ISBN: 966 01 116 1

All the above are published by Focus Publishers

B. Pre-school Language Activity books

10.   Little Angels Day Care, for three year olds – ISBN: 978 966 011 06 0

11.   Little Angels Pre-unit 1, for four year olds – ISBN: 978 966 011 08 4

12.   Little Angels Pre-unit 2, for fove year olds – ISBN: 978 966 011 10 7

Abantu Publishers

C. Young Adult’s Fiction

13.   The Salem Mystery - ISBN: 966 25 025 5

Winner of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, adolescent category, 2003, selected as a reader by Rwanda’s Ministry of Education

14.   The Red Coat ISBN: - 978 966 25 535 4

 Was nominated for the Impac Dublin Literay award – 2010

15.   The Ole Sepei Mystery - ISBN: 978 966 25 593 8

All the above are published by East African Educational Publishers

16.   The Trail of Mercy

This story was inspired by the Photo Novel described in the Young Adult's Photo Novel below.

The Focus Publishers

D. Young Adult’s Photo Novel

The House of Mercy was selected from six scripts that resulted from two workshops in Dar-es-salaam in 2009 and 2010, with funding from UNESCO. The Participating publishers from six African Countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia) were funded to publish translations in any African language of their choice. Focus published in Kikuyu; Tanzania in Kiswahili; Uganda in Luganda and Zimbabwe in Shona. I do not yet know the language selected by Zambia and Namibia. 

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