Ifyo Ningailesha Ukukalipa

About this book

Ifyo Ningailesha Ukukalipa by Sydney Muponda, PhD is a local-language children's title that gives young readers an opportunity to develop literacy through a story written in a Zambian language. The book is useful in homes, classrooms, libraries and reading programmes where children need more than spoken familiarity with local languages; they also need to see those languages used confidently in print. The title can support vocabulary development, oral reading, comprehension and discussion, particularly when children read together with parents, grandparents or teachers. Local-language children's books also help preserve expressions and ways of thinking that can be weakened when most early reading takes place only in English. Ifyo Ningailesha Ukukalipa contributes to Sotrane Publishers' broader catalogue of indigenous-language and African-centred children's literature, giving young readers material that is culturally closer to their own communities.