Children

By Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe

• Title: Refilwe
• Author: Zukiswa Wanner
• Illustrator: Tamsin Hinrichsen
• Publisher: Jacana Media
• Number of pages: 32
• Year of publication: 2015
• Category: Children

The African retelling of ‘best loved tales’, with a primary aim to encourage a love of reading in preschool and nursery school children, is commendable. Introducing children to the world of books and helping them develop a yearning for reading provides them with a platform to progressively experience the vast knowledge the world has to offer. However, there is a distinction to be made between the goal of such endeavours and the routes taken to achieve this aim. More…