Charlie's house

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Short description

Charlie had watched builders making a shelter for his family in the township of Guguletu near Cape Town. Now, using mud and imagination, he builds his own house filled with all the things he ever dreamed of.

Long description

Charlie had watched builders making a shelter for his family in the township of Guguletu. Now, using mud and imagination, he builds his own house – only Charlie's house has a lounge and a TV and bedroom all for himself. The roof does not leak and there is plenty of space for all his family. Then Charlie begins to build his dream car.

Product details

Illustrator:: Niki Daly
Publisher:: SONGOLOLO
ISBN:: 9781919888064
Publication date:: December 2002
Length:: 230mm
Width:: 185mm
Pages:: 28
Readership:: Children

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Moving and Inspiring - highly recommended
Reviewed by Shirley Royal from South Africa on 02 April 2007
15 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

Charlie lives in a simple corrugated iron home in Gugulethu with his working mother and grandmother. Through Charlie's recollections of the construction of their simple home, the reader is given insight into the hardships of living in an informal settlement. The author succeeds in communicating these hardships while keeping the story positive and uplifting. The heart of the story lies in Charlie's fun, fresh attitude to life in spite of his circumstances. Yet his secret longing for a more comfortable home are revealed in his simple, creative construction of his dream house from the mud outside their home after the rain. His inventive use of waste products to design a home with a lounge and a tv, a bathroom with a bath and most touchingly, a room of his own is truly inspiring. A wonderful book to read to children in the 3-9 age group as glimpse into the circumstances of how so many South Africans live.

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