Dancing Words
Athambile Masola
Illustrated by Katlego Keokgale
Ages 3 to 6
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01 August 2026
Imprint: Pan Macmillan South Africa Children's Books
Synopsis
Everywhere Vuyo goes she learns new words. At home she learns about nature and food. Tata takes her to the library so that she can choose books. At school she and her friends make up songs from words their teacher taught them. She learns the words of hymns at Sunday school. And then one night she has a dream about words dancing … so she writes a beautiful poem about them. This book is also available in isiZulu, isiXhosa, Setswana and Afrikaans.
Details
01 August 2026
32 pages
9781779992215
Imprint: Pan Macmillan South Africa Children's Books




