The Gift of the Sun: A Tale from South Africa

This is our main text for Literacy for the next 10 days for SBT1 and I am teaching the first lesson in which I will introduce the text to the children This book is about a man called Thulani living in Africa wanting a simple life basking in the sun but his wife Dora was very hard working One day when Thulani is milking the cow he decides that he is tired of milking the cow so he goes and sells the cow and brings home a grizzly old billy goat but his wife was not happy What good is this goat to u [...]

Title Gift of the Sun A Tale from South AfricaAuthor Dianne StewartIllustrator Jude DalyGenre Non European Folktale, South African FolktaleTheme s Persistence, Trading for the future, Big things come in small packages, the grass isn t always greener on the other side.Opening line sentence Thulani loved to bask all day in the sun.Brief Book Summary A South African farmer trades a cow because he likes to sleep in the sun instead of working Once he trades away nearly everything he can farm, he need [...]

This book is an excellent book to use to assist with literacy lessons In the story, we follow Thulani and Dora in their lives in South Africa Thulani loves to lie in the sun and sleep while poor Dora does most of the work Thulani grows tired of having to milk his cow and so sells it for a goat He thinks Dora will be very pleased, but the cheeky goat ends up eating their supply of corn Thulani then exchanges the goat for a sheep Dora was pleased as she thought they could sell the wool However, Th [...]

Thulani loves to sit about and relax in the sun He felt that it was too much work to milk his cow and he decided to sell the cow and bought a goat because goats can take care of themselves but his wife, Dora was not happy One day the goat strayed into their house and ate all the corn Thulani went out and exchanged the goat for a sheep and his wife was okay with it because she felt that they could sell the fleece Thulani felt that shearing the sheep was hard work and he decided to exchange it for [...]

The Gift of the Sun is a simple, beautiful folk tale from South Africa Thulami,the farmer, wants a simple life that will allow him to sit back and enjoy the sun He tries several different schemes and,in the end, receives a gift from the sun that allows him to do just that.The dialogue was simple, which is fitting for a farmer and his wife However, the narration has a descriptive flair The nature of the story keeps you guessing as to what Thulami will come up with next The universality of the tal [...]

The book tells the story of a farmer who years for a simple life, basking in the sun In his pursuit, he sells his cow as he is tired of milking it each day He finds himself lumbered with a troublesome goat, which he exchanges for a sheep and then for three geese and finally some seeds Surprisingly, the seeds prove to be most beneficial to the farmer and his farm flourishes.This book could be used in design and technology to introduce the topic of where food comes from The book looks at different [...]

An amusing tale from South Africa about a man who does everything to please his wife but with each try comes something unforeseen until he mistakenly buys sunflower seeds instead of corn seeds and then his luck changes.Written by Dianne Stewart, illustrated by Jude Daly and published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux PB SouthAfrican Tale

My wife got me this children s book for my birthday, to start the book collection we will have for our kids since I want to have books about and from Africa for them Nice story about working hard eventually and what can grow from a little effort Not a huge moral of the story type book, but it s a nice and easy story, and the illustrations are interesting with skewed perpsective.

Charming South African story of well meaning Thulani and how his impulsive decisions to sell various animals seeds actually winds up being profitable in the end He begins with a cow, then moves to a goat, a sheep, geese, and sunflower seeds Clever ending Recommended.

Dianne Stewart thanks so much for writing this Fantastic book Also thanks to the illustratorOne of my all time favorites

Thulani enjoys nothing than sitting in the sun But a bag of sunflower seeds changed his life forever, for good.

A fun book showing the discovery of the cycle of farm living Nonetheless, it didn t really catch on with my 3 year old.