Following on from How Many Ways Can You Say Goodbye?, Sara is back in the hot air balloon to learn How Many Ways Can You Say Thank You. This is the third book in the series, with the first one being How Many Ways Can You Say Hello?.
How Many Ways Can You Say Thank You
Sara is back in the hot air balloon and has decided to pay all her friends a visit. As they share their food, they learn all the ways to say thank you and express gratitude in all South Africa’s official languages (including sign).
Words to learn
Together with your child, you can learn a basic phrase in Tshivenda, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, siSwati, isiZulu, Xitsonga, isiNdebele, Sepedi, Setswana, and Sesotho. To ensure your pronunciation is perfect, you can listen to the narrated version of this book. This is available as a downloadable link.
My verdict
We are a rainbow nation with twelve official languages! This book is the perfect introduction for children to learn how diverse our country is, and more importantly, how we can communicate with everyone. This book takes less than 10 minutes to read, making it perfect for busy minds. The illustrations are fantastic and will be a delightful visual for your young child.
About the Author
Refiloe Moahloli is a best-selling and award-winning author of multiple children’s books including How Many Ways Can You Say Hello?, How Many Ways Can You Say Goodbye?, Yes Yanga!, We Are One, You Are Loved, Let’s Play, Know My Name, Part of a Team and A Friend For All Seasons. Her awards include a South African Literary Award, South African Book Awards and an IBBY SA Picture Book Award. Refiloe’s books have been translated into several languages in South Africa and some abroad; We Are One (also known as I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu) and Let’s Play are published internationally as well. Refiloe is passionate about writing stories that bring out the best in the human spirit, stories in which children and the inner child in adults can identify and celebrate themselves.
Publishing information
Penguin Random House South Africa sent me this novel to review.
See the links below for blog posts I published on November 9:
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- 2018: Semolina Pasta
- 2017: Augusta Kleinbosch Guest Farm
- 2015: Crunchy Oat Biscuits
- 2012: Rosemary
- 2011: Dill
- 2010: Beef Strogonov
This will make a nice holiday gift with some chocolate for my neighbours who have two toddlers.
that is a sweet gift to give 🙂
twelve official languages? wow that is a lot! This book sounds very useful indeed.
it is a lot, and most children learn in their mother tongue, and add English and Afrikaans if that is not one of them, later on 🙂
This is very cool. I’m going to look for it.
It was very sweet 🙂