When Olga visited Nana in the village she soon got bored. So when Mitra told Olga about the stork that visited each spring, Olga couldn't wait to see it. They waited by its nest every day, but did the stork ever come...' Each story in the Nana Knows Best series is set in Bulgaria, and follows Olga as she spends her holidays with her nana in a typical Bulgarian village.
A small girl stands on a stool and looks at herself in the mirror. She sees and identifies parts of her face. Then later, when she looks again, she doesn't see anything (because she is too short and is not standing on the stool). Her mother explains to her that she is still small and that soon she will be tall enough to look in the mirror without having to stand on a stool each time.
Tapiwa is a cheeky little tortoise who becomes jealous of the other animals and wishes he could be more like them. This is a beautifully told story that tells what happens when his wishes begin to magically come true. The enchanting illustrations and amusing story will keep the reader absorbed in the funny little tortoise's tale of misguided imagination.
The star stories is an reading series for English main and additional language learners. These stories are written for South Africans by South Africans.
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