Kukamba loves to visit her grandmother, Gugu. Though the village where Gugu lives is dry and dusty, her house is big and sprawling and unlike any other. The courtyard and walls are decorated with beautiful paintings and clay animals, all made by Gugu herself. Best of all, when Kukamba visits, she gets to help shape and paint some of the wonderful zebras, elephants, and birds that Gugu is always adding to the house. When the heavy rains come and her grandmother’s showpieces are destroyed, Kukamba is crushed. But the Gugu helps her see that an ending can also be a beginning, and art is not the only beauty the world has to offer.

Related: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Zimbabwe

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• ISBN: 9780618003891
• Author: Stock, Catherine
• Illustrator: Stock, Catherine
• Published: 2001, Clarion Books
• Themes: Animals, Creativity, destroy, Rain, village, visiting
• Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Zimbabwe
• No. of pages: 32