Chitu the Rabbit

About this book

Chitu the Rabbit by Laika Phiri is a children's story from a young Zambian writer who enjoys creating imaginative stories for other young readers. Rabbits have a long place in African and global storytelling as lively characters through whom children can explore curiosity, choices and consequences. Phiri's book adds a contemporary young voice to that tradition. As one of her early published works, Chitu the Rabbit also shows children that authorship is not limited by age and that their own ideas can become books. The story is suitable for primary-age readers, home reading, school libraries and classroom literacy activities. Parents and teachers can use it to support vocabulary, comprehension, prediction and discussion while children enjoy an accessible animal-centred narrative. It is a locally published Zambian children's title that encourages both reading and creative confidence among young people.