By: John Steptoe
Mufaro has two beautiful daughters; Nyasha and Manyara. Nyasha is gentle and kind and Manyara is harsh and selfish. The king wants to choose a wife so both Nyasha and Manyara travel to see the king. Along the way to the king, Nyasha shows her kind character. Manyara arrives first and is frightened by a snake, but Nyasha remembers the snake from her garden. The snake transforms in front of Nyasha and she is pronounced queen.
This book is similar to a Cinderella story. I would use this book as a read aloud to go along with the Sootface, the Ojibwa story. We would discuss the cultural differences, as well as the universal theme “good always prevails bad”. Also, I could use this picture book to start a lesson about Zimbabwe/Africa in social studies.
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