Suitabook
The Things That Really Matter
Refiloe Moahloli
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Refiloe Moahloli. Illustrator: Subi Bosa. Designer: Natalie Pierre-Eugene. Editor: Louis Greenberg.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: The Things That Really Matter (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at the changing expressions in the car and invite your child to notice how each person feels. Then compare those moments with the final scene.
- Themes
- What matters on a family trip: The story contrasts packing for a trip and wanting particular belongings with the family playing, singing and finding a way to enjoy themselves together. The ending affirms shared time as important, without suggesting that every family would value the same things.
- Worth knowing
- There are brief frustrations and accidents: a parent falls into water, glass breaks at a roadside stop, and the car later will not start. The family is shown upset at points.