One Day. One Book. Indigenous-Language Storybooks

Fish Finds a Friend

Originally written in Sepedi

Supported by
Balaodi Publishers

Poor Fish is terribly lonely. All he wants is a friend who will love him just as he is. Will he find someone to play with?

  • Written by Moyahaba Masela
  • Illustrated by Gerda Smit
  • Designed by Jennifer Jacobs
  • Edited by Katherine Hofmeyr
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Mother reading to child image from Graca’s Dream by Karlien de Villiers, Marike le Roux and Melissa Fagan