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The gift of giving... books & stationery

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4 December 2012
Nal’ibali is about creating conditions that support learning. Children have to experience reading in the same way that adults do. They have to be able to choose books they like, read in the languages they want to read in, write what they like and find comfortable spaces to read in and feel nurtured. In reading club spaces, children have to feel the excitement we...
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Dirty Dassie

Because Dumi Dassie is very scared of water, he never joins the other dassies when they go to the pool to wash. Dumi gets so dirty that the elders ask him to leave the village. But then it starts raining …

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Busi's gift

Busi was a little green frog who lived with her family next to a winding river in the Drakensberg mountains. Busi was a happy frog, but one thing made her sad. She looked different from her brothers, her sisters, and all the other frogs. Her face ...

Mom's best vase

Ashley was busy doing a jigsaw puzzle when her big brother, Ben, came into the lounge. 

 

“Tomorrow is Mother’s Day,” he said. “We should do something very special for Mom. Will you help me?” 

 

Ashley ...

The two brothers

Once upon a time two brothers called Kabelo and Lefa lived in a little village deep in a valley. They had two younger sisters, so their mother had four children to feed. She worked day and night, cooking and cleaning, sewing and mending, and digging ...

The small seed

There once was an old chief. He was both wise and kind. But there was one thing that made him sad – he didn’t have a son who could become chief after him.  

 

The chief needed someone to become the next ruler to look after his ...

The tortoise’s song

Long, long ago, a terrible drought dried up all the streams, rivers, wells and springs. It turned the whole world into a dusty desert. The termites gobbled up every leaf and blade of grass, and the animals were forced to chew on dry twigs just to ...

Palesa's List

“I need to go shopping,” said Mama, writing a list. “I need cabbage and meat and onions, and flour, yeast and oil.”  

 

“I’ll go to the market,” Gogo said. “You’re so busy here. Palesa can come with me and help me ...

Little Mouse

Lesedi was scared of everything. She was scared of shadows. She was scared of noises. She was even scared of thunder. She was so scared of so many things that everyone called her Little Mouse.  

 

Every night before she went to bed, ...

Crocodile and the lost boy

A long time ago a little boy sat and cried under a wild fig tree on the bank of a great river. He was lost.  

 

Not too far away, Crocodile wallowed in the water near the edge of the river and watched the little boy. Crocodile was ...

I want to be a chef!

In the town of Mahikeng, there lived a young boy named Kabelo. He loved nothing more than cooking. He cooked good food that everyone in his family enjoyed. Kabelo was also good at baking. He baked cakes and bread. He also made soup for homeless ...