Suitabook
And Also!
Lauren Beukes
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Lauren Beukes. Illustrator: Anja Venter. Designer: Nkosingiphile Mazibuko. Editor: Helen Moffett.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: And Also! (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at each new pretend setting and invite your reader to spot what is real and what belongs to the game. Notice how the pictures show each sibling’s mood and participation.
- Themes
- Sibling collaboration: Keitu keeps adding ideas to Thabo’s make-believe play; after initially refusing, Thabo joins in and says they had a great day playing together. The ending warmly affirms shared play, while the repeated refusals show that collaboration is not immediate.
- Imaginative play: Thabo imagines settings including a sea, a spaceship and a jungle; Keitu extends the scenarios with her own ideas. The story treats imaginative play as enjoyable when the siblings build on one another’s suggestions.
- Worth knowing
- Thabo says “No” to Keitu’s suggestions several times, and his expressions appear frustrated. This brief sibling friction is part of the story before he changes his response.