This paper explores the role of storytelling as a tool for moral education in Adamu’s Clever Squirrel and the Great Wedding Contest, a contemporary African children’s story that draws inspiration from oral narrative traditions. The study examines how the author reimagines the folkloric trickster motif to teach values such as intelligence, humility, cooperation, and justice. Using a functionalist theoretical framework, the paper situates the story within the continuum of African oral pedagogy, where narratives serve not merely as entertainment but as instruments for shaping ethical consciousness and social behaviour. Through close textual analysis, the paper highlights how narrative strategies such as repetition, animal personification, conflict, and resolution mirror traditional didactic patterns found in African folktales. It argues that Adamu’s creative adaptation of oral aesthetics reinforces the enduring relevance of indigenous storytelling in promoting moral instruction among children. Ultimately, the study positions Clever Squirrel and the Great Wedding Contest as a cultural symbol that bridges orality and literacy, reaffirming storytelling as a viable medium of moral and communal education in modern African society.