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  • Bibliography:
    96 Books
  • First Book:
    March 2004
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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Book List in Order: 96 titles

  • Jelly Baby

  • Aunty Felicia in the Evil Forest

    Junior and his family get entangled in culture and tradition and have to visit the village to straighten things out. But tradition and her servants can be treacherous, and their deceit leads the Nelson family into the Evil Forest - a perilous place h...

  • Chuma the Terror

    Chuma, the thirteen-year-old village terror, has no plans to mend his ways. But one day, he gets stuck in leopard country and must decide whether to keep being bad or to be good for once and obey an old man who wants to help. Is Chuma too far gone in...

  • Crab Story

    The crabs must stop pulling each other down and cooperate, if they hope to escape from the Man's basket at Crab Beach. Can they do this, or will they keep up their mindless selfishness and end up as crab soup? The clock is ticking and the cooking pot...

  • King Omatosan

    Two mischievous chiefs scheme to overthrow a wise and good king. In the rib-cracking plot are the fifty singing children of one of the chiefs, his fifteen quarrelsome wives and his shoulder-climbing pet monkey. But are these any help against the wisd...

  • Aunty Felicia and John Bull Sobo

    John Bull Sobo, Junior’s schoolmate, is so short â€" he’s a runt. And runts aren’t dangerous, are they? Well, John Bull Sobo is! Armed forever with rubber bands and paper pellets, he can scare the living daylights out of an arena of pit bulls! ...

  • Aunty Felicia and the Stalkers

    Can anything terrify Aunty Felicia? Yes! And Junior discovers what it is! It’s the stalkers! The stalkers can terrify the dreaded Aunty Felicia! But the stalkers will be of no use unless they can terrify Aunty Felicia into a jail cell or away from ...

  • Aunty Felicia and the Traitor

    Aunty Felicia always knows what the kids are doing at school. Junior is sure that the reason she knows is because someone is feeding her information. Can this person be a classmate? It's unthinkable - but can there be a traitor among Junior's trusted...

  • Aunty Felicia Goes to Church

    Junior and his classmates are excited over “Angel of Light” â€" a play showing that evil people may sometimes disguise as good people in order to harm the unwary. Is this what the dreaded Aunty Felicia is doing when Junior finds her in church? Or...



  • Aunty Felicia Has an Accident

    Is there anyone more slippery than Aunty Felicia? She is caught again and again. And again and again she escapes. Everyone is frustrated, and tongues begin to mutter. Ill-words are spoken. Princess, Junior’s stroppy classmate erupts in anger and ut...

  • Aunty Felicia Is Stalked Again

    Junior knows where the dreaded Aunty Felicia and her cronies are holing up, but no one believes him â€" not his parents, nor the police. Why isn’t he believed? Because Junior made some mistakes earlier that are speaking against him now. Does this m...

  • Aunty Felicia Kidnaps Froggy

    Froggy is the school's best-loved clown - and Aunty Felicia dares kidnap him to get at Junior Does Junior stay idle when this happens? For help, does he look to Froggy's parents who are waiting for the police, who in turn are waiting for a ransom ph...

  • Aunty Felicia Plays Soccer

    Aunty Felicia is as tricky as she is devilish, and no one knows this better than Junior. So when she sends a note to school suggesting a soccer match, Junior doesn’t fall for her tricks. But the other kids think it’s a super idea â€" and the girl...

  • The Cucumber Eaters

    What is six-year-old Roli doing hanging from Needle Rock? She is clinging from a ledge with the tips of her fingers, her legs dangling in the air thousands of feet above ground! Can Princess Wura â€" the Amazing Amazon â€" rescue her? But danger lurk...

  • Dream Princess 1

    The Queen of Forever Land is worried when her son, Prince Gallant, sets out in search of his dream princess. She knows there are many dangers a young prince might face away from home. But she could never have imagined the terrors Prince Gallant would...

  • Dream Princess 2

    City Yooglay is such an ugly place that anyone would be forgiven to steer clear of it. But Prince Gallant is truly gallant, and he delays his search for his dream princess so that he can help the Yooglians. Is his kindness rewarded? It sure is! The m...

  • Dream Princess 3

    Prince Gallant is in search of his dream princess, but he can’t leave Lalila captive in the dungeons of Castle Sathanka. Lalila is the ugliest of the Yooglians but Prince Gallant still rides to her rescue! Perils abound but the Prince is valiant an...

  • The Golden Apples

    What is the secret behind palace walls so towering that looking up at them makes Princess Wura’s neck ache? The secret turns out to be one that will bring war between King Amana and King Oti. But King Oti is the father of Roli â€" the adorable six-...

  • Penny for an Orphan

    In this blockbuster novel, a father-and-son feud is not all there is to the tempest that erupts when Kolade falls in love with a beautiful blonde maid who works in his family's London home. For lurking beneath the storm is a curse that snakes its way...



  • Searching for Barbie

    Wura’s father, King Ola, is set against his daughter’s intentions to go in search of the fabled Barbie. So he seeks to use the cunning of Ugo, his chief bodyguard, to thwart Wura’s plans. But Ugo is not as loyal as the king thinks, and he hatch...

  • Aunty Felicia and the Bully

    Bully Boy is a horrible bully whose huge size makes his bullying more terrifying. He meets Junior in a children’s center in Yola and wants to use him for punching practice. Junior is no coward, but what chances can such a small boy have against thi...

  • Aunty Felicia and the Teacher

    Junior is grateful that God rescues him again and again from the wicked Aunty Felicia, but he would like God to put an end once and for all to her evil schemes. Thoughts niggle him. Why, he wonders, does Aunty Felicia always escape being caught? Why ...

  • Aunty Felicia Goes for Youth Service

    Junior and his family decide that a change of scene will do Junior good after his car accident. So he accompanies his dad on a research trip to the National Youth Service Corps camp in Yola. All goes well until he sees someone he takes to be Aunty Fe...

  • Aunty Felicia Hijacks a Plane

    The police in Yola are hot on Aunty Felicia's trail, and it's with great relief that Junior and his parents leave all the trouble and head back for Lagos. But has trouble finished with them? Who do they find in the plane? Aunty Felicia All might be ...

  • Aunty Felicia Meets Aunt Daisy

    Yola was meant to be a nice holiday for Junior, but a nightmare began when the evil Aunty Felicia showed up. Junior is forced to keep to the safety of his hotel â€" and the safe company of Aunt Daisy. But Aunt Daisy bears a striking resemblance to Au...

  • Adventures in Play-Acting

    “I’m the Drama Producer,” declared Kwali. “The only drama scripts that will be produced in this television studio are those I approve!” Piro, Pretty Girl, Flash, Bumsy and Kwali are twelve-year-olds on the hop for holiday fun and adventure....

  • Barbie in the Fire

    Sinister balls of fire start appearing in the kingdom of Manak and people mysteriously begin to vanish. When the heir to the throne, the handsome Prince Tak, falls victim to the horror, the land shrieks with panic and the kingdom seems doomed. Then B...

  • Barbie in the Woods

    Barbie is a poor woodcutter’s daughter living deep in the woods of Misara, far from royalty and splendor. But Barbie’s kindness brings the royal palace down to her doorstep and now nothing can keep the brave and handsome prince of Misara from Bar...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet Ajayi Crowther

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel through time, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this episode, they decide to visit Ajayi Crowther, the slave boy destined for greatness â€" and what an adventure ...



  • Toju & Tosan Meet Blind Bartimaeus

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju's scientist father invented. In this adventure, they find themselves outside the gates of Jericho 2,000 years ago and feel the excitement as Jesus...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet Mother Humble

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this adventure, they go to see a woman so determined to get what she wanted that she gladly humbled herself in t...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet the Rooftop Man

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this adventure, they travel back in time to see Jesus heal a paralyzed man let down through a hole in the roof. ...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet the Strange Lion

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. When Tosan is attacked by Pharaoh’s Dog â€" owned by a neighbor â€" she and Toju wonder about the occasional stra...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet Zacchaeus

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this adventure, they visit the famous Zacchaeus of the Bible and discover that short can be very tall indeed. Fo...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet Jezebel

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this adventure, they question the influence women have over men and decide to visit the once-influential Jezebel...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet the Fastest Sprinter

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this adventure, they ask questions about the earth’s fastest creatures and discover that the fastest sprinter ...

  • Toju & Tosan Meet the Water-Walkers

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this adventure, they feel cheated when they are suddenly yanked off their school play, and they decide to visit ...

  • Bad Girl

    A young teenage girl gets fed up of being reviled because she is stout and ugly. She decides to take her revenge on the world by going bad. A few years later, a young, dashing chap takes a fancy to her, thinking she is beautiful within. He hopes to f...

  • The Betrayal

    Nneka stands a chance of winning a badly needed scholarship, but the offer comes with a condition â€" the recipient must be of good moral standing. Can Nneka manage this â€" with flamboyant Stan beckoning to her?...



  • Born-Again Boy

    Funke’s grandmother was robbed of further education by teenage pregnancy and she is desperate to prevent the same thing from happening to Funke. But surely there is no chance of it happening since the only boy who has caught Funke’s attention is ...

  • The Famous Virgin

    Chisom has the notion that the path to happiness is to marry at the age of eighteen. The idea becomes a consuming passion when the handsome Ajax, a devastating charmer, walks into her life. Can Chisom overcome the obstacles to her happiness? Will she...

  • Friendly Fire

    14-year-old Tessy is assaulted by friendly fire as her family and friends taunt her about taking life too seriously. She is desperate to change her image and runs for help to King Komedie, her school’s comedy king. But Komedie has a fire in mind th...

  • Grand Treachery

    13-year-old Lara is an orphan whose looks and sexy figure send the boys drooling. She is driven hysterical by the overwhelming attention of pestering piddys who line up to date her. Some make it clear they have something more deadly in mind. 17-year-...

  • A Greater Betrayal

    Is it anything but betrayal when the boy a girl trusts turns round to do her marvellous harm? But can there possibly be an even greater betrayal? This is the question that waits to ambush young Nkiru as she beats her way through the jungle of perilou...

  • Gum Girl

    Simbi’s father has the extraordinary notion that marrying early is best for a girl, but his daughter thinks differently â€" until she meets the unswervingly handsome Gbenga. Is marriage in the cards or will Simbi â€" who chews gum like a militant t...

  • The Mermaid

    14-year-old Oyinda has picked up the notion that any stunningly beautiful girl must be a mermaid, and she is certain that the exquisitely beautiful Nina is one. Is there a way that Nina can prove she is a normal girl - not only to Oyinda but to other...

  • Mr. Glitter

    Fourteen-year-old Chinwe dumps her religious and safe boyfriend for a dashing seventeen-year-old whose flashy car and glittering ways have earned him the sobriquet “Mr. Glitter.” All too late, Chinwe discovers that not all that glitters is gold....

  • Private Eye

    16-year-old Ify has been obsessed all her life with the idea of an eye watching her. When she meets the man of her dreams, she is in a quandary. Will she let the eye drive her into his arms â€" or away, forever, from her happiness? She sweats in her ...

  • Sweet Foolishness

    When the tall and beautiful Ada enters the household of the Peters family as a house girl, she has set her foot on a golden highway. For Reverend and Mrs Peters have determined to give her a first-rate education as well as support her dream of becomi...



  • The Talebearer

    Chika’s teenage heart pants for the dashing 17-year-old Ben â€" and Ben likes the gorgeous girl every bit as much as she likes him. Is this a dream come true? The answer lies in the boomerang of Chika’s tale-bearing ways â€" a boomerang whose dea...

  • Unholy Cuddle

    "Beware the curse of Leviticus Enter this territory at your peril " So might the sign have read that doubtless overhung the forbidden field sprawling before Bose and Bayo. But Bose and Bayo are teenagers, and are given, like teenagers, to wayward fa...

  • Wolf Girl

    14-year-old Sola seeks the aid of a classmate called Wolf Girl in order to stem the unpleasant overtures of a bunch of girls. Who is friend and who is foe â€" the girls Sola is trying to escape or the girl called Wolf Girl? Sola must get it right or ...

  • Beautiful Stranger

    To be young, gifted, and wealthy enough to own a mansion with a swimming pool and a butler can be fun. But it can also attract plenty of bad eggs. Handsome Wingie has his fair share of it. But when a beautiful stranger walks into his life, reeking of...

  • Blade

    10-year-old Blade avoids the company of people and prefers to be alone. This gets him into trouble at home and at school, and causes him to be labelled a problem child. Is Blade actually bad, or should the blame for his behaviour be placed at the doo...

  • Cobra Girl

    A series of events sink their teeth into Blackie, and she finds herself in Italy where she must work as a sex slave in the furnace of pain. But she is a Nigerian and is resilient and wily, and so out of the fire and pain emerges Cobra Girl â€" lethal...

  • Grandmaster of Bad

    TJ argues that life must be spiced with a little bit of bad to make it interesting, and so he cherishes the company of bad John Bull. "A little bit of bad," his mother warns, "grows into a lot of bad - and that kills." If this is true, will TJ surviv...

  • The King's Horse

    The King’s miracle horse helps him conquer lands and grow rich. But the precious horse falls sick on a day that two mighty armies march out against the king. Is his kingdom doomed? What the king doesn’t know is that if help comes it will also ope...

  • The Soup of Wisdom

  • A Greater Mermaid

    16-year-old Michael argues that the beautiful Jennifer is not really an earthling. So when his friend, Emeka, falls under her spell, he goes to the rescue. But might Michael be acting out of envy or from error? Surely, he couldn’t possibly be right...

  • Oga Sir, Oga Madam

    Stan, a hired driver with a university degree, argues that bigotry may be found not only in regard to skin colour or place of origin, but also in regard to economic class. And it retains its potency to destroy its vessel. How true Oga Sir and Oga Mad...

  • A Strange Sight

    17-year-old Tolu is careful about casual sex. But when he meets the stunningly gorgeous Lara, he throws all caution to the wind. Is Lara worth the sacrifice? Only Gbenga, Tolu’s best friend, is capable of answering that question....

  • Vanishing Lady

  • Barbie and the Monster Wolf

    The Prince of Arak leads the effort to slay the monster wolf plaguing the land. It seems to be a hopeless task, until Barbie, a poor peasant girl, steps in. She has a key to the plague â€" and to the Prince’s heart....

  • Ant Boy Rescues Ajayi Crowther

    Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first African bishop, is a towering historical figure; what could Ant Boy have to do with him? But Ant Boy is Ant Boy, and he rides around on a strange winged ant, and he has a sword with amazing powers â€" any wonder that ...

  • The Children Have Gone Mad

    Misan and Etemi find themselves on the savage streets of Lagos hawking pure-water and oranges. They experience the horrors of the hawking madness. Or is it not madness? Have the children not gone mad? Surprises await!...

  • The Face of Treachery

    Treachery is what faces two young lovers who wish to marry â€" treachery from within! For the girl’s father has not her interest at heart but his selfish ambition. And the young man’s cousin schemes to sacrifice the man for gain. Are the lovers d...

  • Oh God

    Steve believes he has played his cards right in the game of life and can now enjoy a prosperous retirement with his wife, Ada. He discovers only too late that he has neglected key elements in the game....

  • Traffic Jam Kids

    Two young orphans, Jolomi and Temi, are forced by their wicked aunt to work as traffic jam kids, hawking pure-water and oranges on the savage streets of Lagos. All hope seems lost â€" until two little monkeys, Bintu and Binta, show up!...

  • A Tyranny of Oracles

    Uyi and Uno are madly in love and wish to be married. Uyi is a princess of the Benin Kingdom and Uno is heir to a rival kingdom. Oracles predict death and destruction should they marry. Uyi has the power to communicate with leopards and she raises an...

  • The Writer's Dilemma

    This novella gives a glimpse of some of the difficulties facing the full-time creative writer. Wolves snarl on all sides of Jolomi, and there is only one friend in sight â€" but he turns out to be the most ferocious wolf of all....

  • Barbie and the Dazzling Blacksmith

    In a dream a handsome blacksmith sees a treasure chest with his name on it. He goes in search of the chest and winds up in a bog. Was the dream a lying dream? Barbie shows up â€" and an unexpected treasure greets the young man’s eyes....

  • Barbie in the Water

    The prince of Manaba is set to marry a ravishing beauty from faraway, but Barbie discovers that the lady is actually a sinister mermaid from a nearby enchanted pool. Can Barbie persuade the prince to shelve his plans? Her attempt takes her to a water...

  • Lady Strange

    "Not everything is what we think it is," Lady Strange tells the newsmen at Mero's Bar. They know she is about to launch into a spellbinding story and they are all ears. But the lady has something more than a story for them. That's why she is Lady Str...

  • The Ageless Witch

    Fred could choose to follow the path of his cousin, Spike, who at twenty-three is preparing to go for his PhD. But dating seems much more fun to Fred, until his first girlfriend reveals her true self....

  • Barbie and the Deadly Vow

    Barbie thinks Prince Banva has dangerous enemies lurking in the palace. When she hears the king make a rash vow which the prince's enemies could use to eliminate him, she decides to take action. But she is only a maid - will anyone listen to her?...

  • Barbie and the Prince's Mother

    Queen Raga has a grand plan for her chief lady-in-waiting and her son the prince. She goes into a lot of trouble to get the right lady and ends up with Barbie. But is Barbie the right person for the queen? Or even for the prince? Intrigue is hot and ...

  • Biggie

  • Car Lift to Destruction

  • The Club of Vengeance

    Gbade is determined to get revenge on Linda for dumping him, so he joins the Club of Vengeance â€" a cult in his school. “Vengeance is the Lord’s,” his mother warns, but Gbade is adamant. Will he succeed in exacting revenge? Or is he treading t...

  • Cyber Cafe Love

    Amaka is crazy about going to Dubai and her chance comes to go but there is a catch â€" she must be of good behaviour. But can any fifteen-year-old be well behaved when she is crazy about a boy who sees no reason to be of good behaviour?...

  • Fish Tail

    Peter is obsessed with what he heard as a little boy about why sardines packed in tins don’t have heads. Little does he know that there is a bigger problem awaiting him with the fish tail on his table....

  • Grain

    The parable of the grain of wheat that must die to live eludes short-story writer CapontĂ© for years. Then in his hunt for ironies he comes across the strangest of stories in Ghana â€" and understanding explodes on him....

  • Literature in the City

    Tosan Tetsola, a young university lecturer, sets out to research the topic “Literature in the City.” He almost loses his life in the process but comes away with the conviction that all things work together for good. Is this true? His friend Capon...

  • Maroko Outcast

    Lovinia lives in a high-rise luxury apartment far from the Maroko shantytown of her origins, but she wakes up one morning to discover she is in chains. She must escape her chains or be doomed to the fate of her father who was ruined by the shackles o...

  • Octopus Hands

    When a ravishing schoolmate takes a romantic interest in a fifteen-year-old church boy, the boy decides that it is time to enjoy his life. But will dating the voluptuous Salome really bring enjoyment? Will it?...

  • Out of a Snake

    The streets are aboil with youths on the rampage, divided along ethnic lines. The thunder of death and destruction rumbles. Only one man, they say, can bring peace. He is called Snake. Can it be true? Can anything good come out of a snake? Or is it a...

  • Snake Hair

  • The Strange Man

    Things started going wrong for brilliant Shettima when he decided he needed to have a girlfriend. Sybil comes into his life, and along comes trouble - and a strange man A man who spells more trouble than Shettima could ever have imagined...

  • The Talking Tree

    Nduka has become very girl-conscious. He has taken a shine to mangoes and oranges â€" the sort that grows on young girls’ chests. His friend, Deji, warns him of the dangers of this brand of foolishness, but he is adamant. Then a grapefruit comes in...

  • The Young Amazons and the Virgin Sacrifice

    15-year-old Itohan is a strikingly tall and beautiful Bini maiden. She is as strong as an ox and has superior fighting skills. When she is rejected from Princess Uyi’s leopard army for indiscipline, she forms the Young Amazons â€" an elite fighting...

  • A Strange Education

    Aunt Kemi believes that nine-year-old Yemisi and six-year-old Bolu are better off hawking on the streets as traffic jam kids than being in school. But Yemisi devises an unusual way of educating herself and her brother â€" and the tables are turned on...

  • Toju and Tosan Meet Balaam's Donkey

    Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju’s scientist father invented. In this adventure, they wonder if animals speak to humans but humans can’t understand. Who better to ask than Bal...

  • Water-Carrier Millionaire

  • Barbie and Prince Charming

  • Barbie and the Strange Vow

  • Barbie and the Runaway Prince

    Evil machinations in the king's palace send the Prince away, and send Barbie, an innocent kitchen hand, to the sun-drenched fields to suffer like a slave. Can this be a blessing in disguise? Barbie's kind-heartedness paves a way for her back to the p...

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Philip Begho has published 96 books.

Philip Begho does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Barbie and the Runaway Prince, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Philip Begho, Jelly Baby, was published in March 2004.

No. Philip Begho does not write books in series.
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