Heritage books for the children we're raising far from home.

A curated library of bilingual children's books in Shona, Ndebele, Yoruba, Igbo, Swahili, Zulu, Chichewa and more — so our kids grow up in both languages and both cultures.

If you've ever gone looking for a children's book in your mother tongue and come up short, you're in the right place. I'm a Zimbabwean mum in the UK, an accountant by day, and a parent who got tired of how hard these books are to find. So I built the library I wished I had. Browse by language below, and tell me what's missing.

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Shona First Words. 83 Bilingual Flashcards for Children

A Girl Named Disaster

Am I small? Ndiri muduku here?: English-Shona Children’s Picture Book

At Grandma’s (Chichewa): Kwa Agogo (Dual Language Book)

At Grandma’s (ChiShona): KwaGogo (Dual Language Book)

At Grandma’s (CiTonga): Kuli Bakaapa (Dual Language Book)

At Grandma’s (English Version)

At Grandma’s (Isindebele): KoGogo (Dual Language Book)

At Grandma’s (SiLozi): Kwandu yabo Kuku (Dual Language Book)

At Grandma’s (Swahili): Kwa Nyanya (Dual Language Book)

Chipo The Little Farmer: Children stories

Count Your Way Through Zimbabwe

Shona First Words: Flashcards for Children

Help your child learn Shona, one word at a time. This is a set of 83 colourful flashcards covering the everyday words families use most: greetings, family, food, animals, numbers, colours, body parts and action words.

Each card has the Shona word, a clear picture, the English meaning, and a simple pronunciation guide, so you can teach confidently even if your own Shona is a little rusty.

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