Magozwe Finds a Home

Magozwe Finds a Home is a story about a orphan named Magozwe. Magozwe’s parents died when he was young, so Magozwe end up living on the street for some time. Then finally, when it seems all is almost lost, he finds a home. Despite of the difficulties in his life, he strives to work and study hard to one day achieve his dream.

This is a level 2 book by African Storybook. This book is perfect for children that are learning to increase their vocabulary, this books has a lot of pictures that will help children to recognize and familiarize new words.

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Magozwe Finds a Home (English), written by Ursula Nafula, illustrated by Wiehan de Jager, published by African Storybook Initiative (© African Storybook Initiative, 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in

Sample from Magozwe Finds a Home

In a certain city, there
lived street boys.
The youngest of them
was called Magozwe.

When Magozwe was
five years old, his
parents died.
He went to live with
Uncle Bunu.

Uncle Bunu was a bad man.
Magozwe ran away and lived on the streets.

About Pratham, Read India

Pratham Books was set up in 2004, as part of the Read India movement, a nation-wide campaign to promote reading among children. Pratham Books is a not-for-profit organization that publishes quality books for children in multiple Indian languages. Pratham’s mission is to see “a book in every child’s hand” and democratize the joy of reading.

Pratham’s books are available now in digital form on the Storyweaver platform.

Read Magozwe Finds a Home in French Version here:

Magozwe Trouve une Maison – Magozwe Finds a Home French Version

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