The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.

It is bedtime for Albie the warthog, but he would rather play with the other animals.

In the African highlands, three unlikely allies--Echo, a water buffalo chosen by the Great Spirit to lead; Stride, a cheetah hiding a deadly secret; and Tailgrabber, a young hyena desperate to find peace--must hold their own against the coming storm.

A boy treks through Africa on a wild safari, hunting for a lion and finding many other animals--which turn out to be his grandmother's creatively shaped cookies.