The Mazimba Berry Tree: Best Friends

Hi - i'm Gemma, daughter of Jeff Ginsberg the author.This beautiful book was born out of the stories my Dad used to tell my twin sister and I at a very young age before we fell asleep.The magical adventures of an adorable troop of bush babies and all their animal friends helped us to fall in love with nature from our early years and we were blessed to visit Africa later on to develop this sense of respect.I highly recommend this story, full of stunning photographs, to any parent who is keen to make sure their little ones grow up to look after and value nature too.From a proud daughter.Gemma

This book tells a wonderful story and introduces a range of fascinating characters through both well-known and less familiar animals, providing educative insight in a light-heartened manner. The use of beautiful pictures rather than illustrations really helps to bring a little piece of Africa to your home, while the story also offers a creative way in which to broach the subject of endangered species and human's influence on local environments. I was also very pleased to read that proceeds from the book would be donated to a range of wildlife charities - great job to all involved!

I bought 3 books, for our 3 sets of grandchildren, from 12 to 1. Their comments "S: (9) I love to read it to my brother A (4)" "J: (12) I thought the book was amazing, 5 out of 5. Brilliant pictures and delightful to read". "E: (11) We four all love the cute animals and I enjoyed the game at the back". Grandad: "Well done Author, well worth your efforts"

I can see this lovely book both delighting and educating children, together with those sharing it with them.Although I am an animal lover, I was surprised to discover from it many animals and birds I hadn’t previously been aware of.It is my hope - as no doubt it must be a strong desire of the author - that children will grow up knowing the importance of the natural world and how worthy it is of respect and protection.

I brought two copies to send to a friend for his little un's who are mad on Africa and love hearing stories about the animals their dad saw on safari when he was there. I love this book. I think it's such a lovely way to give children an understanding of animals and help them appreciate how amazing animals and nature are. Well done to the author and may this be a start of a series hopefully.

I bought this book for my children in order to expand their love for nature and introduce them to different animals that they don’t see in another childrens books. They absolutely love turning the pages and finding a new animal that they have never come across and the illustrations are really fantastic! It was also important for me to purchase this book in order to help different animal charities. I highly recommend it!!!

What a beautiful and magical book! I was totally mesmerised by the lovely story and stunning imagery. This is a wonderful way to teach little ones about the animals and nature of the African bush and will hopefully lead to further interest into this beautiful part of the world. This will give you and your family that little bit of escapism we all need right now. Highly recommend!

The Mazimba berry tree is such a sweet, cute little story with great real pictures of the animals living in their different habitats.I needed to bring Africa to my niece, if we can't take my niece to Africa 😊 and what a great way to do it.PS the book even has a little game where you can find all the animals on the different pages.