Your Child's First African Adventure — Free
Casper is a small cat who wakes up lost in Africa. What happens next will have your child reading, laughing, and begging for the next book. Join Casper's Reading Circle, my free email letter for families. Enter your details below and instantly receive the complete first adventure — full ebook, unabridged audiobook, and a 100-page African activity pack. No catch. Just a great story.
Why the email? It's simply where we send your files — the full ebook, audiobook and activity pack arrive in your inbox within minutes. No spam, ever, just Casper, and you can unsubscribe anytime with one click.
Here's everything you'll get — instantly free:
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The Complete First Book - The Pangolins delivered as a beautiful ebook.
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Full Unabridged Audiobook - Perfect for car trips, bedtime, or reluctant readers
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100-Page African Activity Pack - Puzzles, colouring pages, wildlife facts and adventures
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Membership in Casper's Reading Circle
A beautifully illustrated chapter book adventure for children ages 5—10. Perfect for early readers and animal lovers.
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What is Casper's Reading Circle?
It's my email letter for families who love Casper, and joining is free.
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Book 1, straight away. The Pangolins, complete: the ebook, the audiobook and the activity pack, yours to keep.
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A proper welcome. A few short emails over your first weeks, introducing Casper's world, her friends, and the real animals behind the stories.
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Stories about Casper - discover the story behind the scenes.
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Casper's Adventure Trail (coming soon). Printable activities from all ten adventures, arriving on Fridays. There's more just below.
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Casper news. When something new arrives, you'll be the first to know.
Here's what it brings:
Get the whole first adventure—free, right now
Everything your child needs to fall in love with reading—delivered to your inbox the moment you sign up.
Meet Casper
Casper is a small black city cat with one green eye and one brown eye— and a heart much bigger than her whiskers.
Lost far from home, she must rely on bravery, kindness, and unexpected friendships as she journeys across Africa.
She may be small — but she never stops trying.
"She is tiny. She is lost. She knows it. And she still tries to help anyway."
— Literary Titan ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Meet Some of her Friends
Casper may be small, but she never journeys alone. Across Africa she meets gentle giants, watchful giraffes, majestic lions, mischievous baboons, and even the most unlikely heroes. Each new friend teaches her something about courage, kindness, and seeing the world a little differently.
Why Families & Classrooms Love It
Story First. Learning Naturally.
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Encourages courage and emotional intelligence
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Ideal for read-aloud and emerging independent readers
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Discussion-friendly chapters
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Real African wildlife woven into adventure
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Conservation themes presented with empathy
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Fun animal facts at the back of every book
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Casper's Adventure Trail
COMING SOON - Keep the adventure going: Casper's Adventure Trail
Here's what it delivers:
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Once your reader has met Casper, the Trail keeps them close to her world between books.
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More than 1,000 printable pages from all ten adventures:
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colouring pages from each book's own illustrations
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puzzles and word games
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real animals and extraordinary facts
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pages celebrating African life
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Delivered a little at a time, every Friday or once a month, whichever suits you.
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Your reader gets their own Adventure Passport too, with a badge for every animal they meet. There are 49 animals across ten adventures.
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It will be free for Reading Circle families, and every page is yours to keep. Join the Reading Circle now and you'll be among the first to hear when it opens.
A Note from Jennifer
When I first imagined Casper, she was simply a small city cat far from home.
But as her journey unfolded, she became something more — a reminder that courage doesn’t always roar, and that even the smallest among us can make a difference.
These stories were born from my deep love of Africa’s wildlife and the quiet connections that bind us to the natural world. I wanted to create adventures that feel exciting without being frightening, meaningful without being preachy, and gentle enough to open a child’s heart to curiosity and compassion.
That’s why we’ve chosen to share the very first book with you.
I hope that when you step into Casper’s world, you find laughter, wonder, and perhaps a few small conversations that linger long after the final page.
Thank you for being here.
Warmly,
Jennifer Ussi
Author, The Incredible Adventures of Casper the Cat Who Got Lost in Africa
One last thing before you go—it's free.
Thousands of families have started their African adventure with Casper. Your child's copy—plus the audiobook and activity pack, and a place in Casper's Reading Circle—is waiting. Just tell us where to send it.