English ↔ South African languages · Ages 4–8
The Rainbow Kitchen
English · isiZulu · Afrikaans · Sesotho
In MaDlamini's kitchen in Kagiso, everyone speaks a different language, and nobody minds. Each book is one meal, cooked together, with words in isiZulu, Afrikaans and Sesotho stirred right in. The gentlest introduction to a multilingual country.
Theme: Food, family and South Africa's many voices
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The Rainbow Kitchen · Book 1
Pap for Breakfast
Iphalishi Lasekuseni
Dr. Schuppert
Morning words, greetings in three languages and a lumpy pot.
152 pages
The Rainbow Kitchen · Book 2
Chakalaka Sunday
Chakalaka-Sondag
Dr. Schuppert
Vegetables, colours and a fight over the chillies.
168 pages
The Rainbow Kitchen · Book 3
Magwinya for Everyone
Magwinya ho Bohle
Dr. Schuppert
Sharing, counting and street-corner manners.
184 pages
The Rainbow Kitchen · Book 4
The Braai
Die Braai
Dr. Schuppert
Fire, safety words and uncle Sipho's terrible jokes.
160 pages
The Rainbow Kitchen · Book 5
Malva Pudding Birthday
Usuku Lokuzalwa
Dr. Schuppert
Celebrations, songs, and a candle that will not go out.
176 pages
The Rainbow Kitchen · Book 6
Grandmother's Recipe Book
Incwadi Yokupheka KaGogo
Dr. Schuppert
The recipes, written down at last, in every language at the table.
152 pages