Planting Seeds – Bearing Fruit
A post from Jeni Bister Jeni Bister has been involved in Little Zebra Books from the very start. In 2013, she oversaw the use of the first Little Zebra books in Tete, Mozambique. She is a tireless champion of Little Zebra Books and is passionate about getting kids reading. We have been doing this for […]
The Little Zebra books that survived Cyclone Idai
In 2018 the Sena books were first launched in Beira, Mozambique. Eva and Luis attended the first Little Zebra Books Conference in Tete in May of that year and were really excited about the opportunity to share these books with children. Stories of how their new programs were engaging local language communities in reading clubs […]
Little Zebra Books is Blooming
An update from Jeni Bister. Little Zebra Books is really into making BEAUTIFUL BOOKS available to ANYONE in ANY LANGUAGE. We recently signed a partnership with SIL’s Bloom Library where we now have our own bookshelf! SIL’s Bloom software was created so that people from hundreds of different languages can build their own libraries! SIL […]
The birth of a Little Zebra
The Books are Born: In 2013, David Ker decided to look into the archives of Nyungwe stories he had collected for language learning in the first years of living in Tete, Mozambique. He chose a few of the folktales that were interesting and seemed appropriate for children. He also wanted to do some one-word picture […]
Can you use Nyungwe books in School?
Primary schools in Tete were facing so many challenges. I was able to visit many of these schools as part of the Forum for Education Partners in Tete. Besides the economic and structural difficulties, most schools were overcrowded and staff was stressed with inadequate facilities and materials. Students often came from homes where their parents […]
Jeni’s introduction to language work in Mozambique
In 1998 I arrived with my husband Mikael to work on a linguistic survey in the Tete Province of Mozambique. Through our contact with the local Nyungwe people, we were determined to support the development of the Nyungwe language and training in the development of literature in the language. The Nyungwe churches asked for a […]
Little Books, Big Impact!
When I moved to Tete, Mozambique, in 1998 it was a sleepy town that most people avoided in the hottest part of Mozambique’s interior. The Nyungwe people there were not very interested in writing and reading in their language. Things have changed so much in the past 20 years! Tete is now home to international […]
