Suitabook
I Hate Winter
Kristien Potgieter
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Kristien Potgieter. Illustrator: Linta Anish. Designer: Sabelo Shabangu. Editor: Tiffany Mac Sherry.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: I Hate Winter (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at Thembeka’s winter wishes and invite the child to notice her expressions. At the soup scene, ask what they think she might discover before turning the page.
- Themes
- Changing feelings: Thembeka moves from rejecting winter to enjoying it after tasting uGogo’s soup. The story warmly presents a change of mind, while the specific pleasure of the soup—not winter activities—marks the shift.
- Worth knowing
- Thembeka’s frustration is shown plainly, including an angry declaration that she hates winter; it is brief and linked to discomfort with the cold.