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Pendo, our cow
Ruth Odondi
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Credits & Licence
Originally published by African Storybook Initiative.
Author - Ruth Odondi Adaptation - Ruth Odondi Illustration - Rob Owen Language - English Level - First words © African Storybook Initiative and Molteno Institute, 2014 Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 Source www.africanstorybook.org Original source
author: Ruth Odondi. illustrator: Rob Owen. adaptation: Ruth Odondi.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; story unchanged. Suitabook’s guidance is a separate analysis.
Original Book on African Storybook: Pendo, our cow (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Read the short lines aloud together, pausing to look at the pictures. Invite the child to describe what is happening in each scene and connect actions across the pages.
- Themes
- Caring for Pendo and using her milk: Ndalo feeds, waters and grazes Pendo; his father gives her grain, milks her, and sells the milk. Ndalo drinks some. The routine is shown in a warm, ordinary domestic setting, but the story does not explicitly evaluate the work or the use of the cow’s milk.
- Worth knowing
- Milking and selling milk are part of the routine. The story does not dwell on the process, but a child curious about where milk comes from may want to discuss it.