The foundation of your child’s education is literacy. If your your child can confidently utilise language, they are literate. Speaking, reading, and writing are all included.
Beginning in the preschool years, literacy skills are developed throughout the school years. Since you are your child’s most important teacher, you can help them develop a love of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in a variety of ways.
We have compiled a list of children books to help you start your little ones literacy journey.
Coco the Money Bunny – by Nicolette Mashile
Join Coco, the money bunny, on her journey to learn about what money is and the best ways to make her money work with her. Coco learns through this journey: the power of earning, spending wisely, saving for a goal, why time is so essential for investing, and most importantly, spreading love and cheer through sharing her money.
My Coily Crowny Hair by Zulaika Patel
Lisakhanya, the main character of the book, is a 7 year old girl who draws courage from her mother, grandmother and the African queen, to style her hair in different hairstyles that girls from around the world can also relate to. The hairstyles include braids, bantu knots, twists, a tied up phondo and many more. Inspired by Mama, Gogo, and the African queen, Lisakhanya is proud of her natural hair that grows up towards the sun like a summer sunflower. She calls it her COILY, CROWNY HAIR.
Zuri by Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba
Zuri is a 7-year-old girl that was born with HIV. She is one of 1.7 million children living with HIV across the world. Disclosure plays an important role in the disease management and care of HIV positive children. That is the inspiration behind this book – to destigmatize HIV to a language that a child can learn from and understand.
Disaster at Gogo’s Spaza by Salamina Mosese
Tumi visits her Gogo in Soweto for the holidays. She and her twin cousins often help Gogo in her spaza shop. Gogo’s Goodies is the oldest spaza in all of Soweto and Gogo’s pride and joy. When Gogo leaves for a few days, Tumi has one of her crazy ideas: They will open the shop and run it themselves and earn loads of money! But they’ve never had to do it without Gogo, and things quickly get out of hand, making the spaza more famous than ever.
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