SuitabookTravelling through South Africa
Chanri and Boipelo’s train journey visits named cities and provinces, with brief encounters and sights along the way.
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Chantel Botha - Author
Author - Chantel Botha Illustration - Chantel Botha Language - English Level - Longer paragraphs © African Storybook Initiative 2020 Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 Source www.africanstorybook.org Original source
author: Chantel Botha. illustrator: Chantel Botha. source_copyright_statements: © African Storybook Initiative 2020.
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Original Book on African Storybook: Adventure around South Africa (opens in a new tab)This is a cheerful travel tale built around a train ride, with repeated “Tjoeke puff toot-toot” sounds and colourful scenes of the changing landscape.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a cheerful travel tale built around a train ride, with repeated “Tjoeke puff toot-toot” sounds and colourful scenes of the changing landscape.
Chanri and Boipelo’s train journey visits named cities and provinces, with brief encounters and sights along the way.
One stop features a coal factory supplying fuel for the train. This is part of the journey, not a discussion of coal’s wider effects.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
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