One Day. One Book. Indigenous-Language Storybooks

Nomsa’s First Day

Originally written in Tshivenda

Supported by
Limpopo Faces

Nomsa is very excited for her first day of school. But when she meets Norman, she learns her first lesson in a very unexpected way!

  • Written by Nomsa Tshililo
  • Illustrated by Aimee Ayres
  • Designed by Tshebetso Ditabo
  • Edited by Fiona Wallace
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Mother reading to child image from Graca’s Dream by Karlien de Villiers, Marike le Roux and Melissa Fagan