Tiny Tuti the Hardworking Beetle

Tiny Tuti the Hardworking Beetle is a Kenyan children's book about a dung beetle in Tsavo National Park — a funny, gentle story about why small work matters.

In the heart of Tsavo National Park lives a tiny dung beetle named Tuti. He has a very big job: rolling balls of dung to feed his family and keep the park clean.

Ellie the elephant finds this hilarious. "Why do you bother with such a dirty job, little one? You're so small — does it really make a difference?"

Then the wind changes, and a terrible smell drifts across the park. Ellie wrinkles her trunk. Tuti explains, patiently, what happens when nobody clears the dung away — and how germs spread when the job goes undone.

By the end of the day the mighty elephant is rolling dung balls with her trunk, and the two of them have become the best of friends.

A funny, gentle story about the jobs nobody notices and the people who do them — built on real savannah ecology that children will remember long after the book is closed. Four activities at the back: a colouring page, a maze, a dot-to-dot and a word puzzle.