Charo and Pascal Yaa
Rabasa Onyango
Jacob Matthess

Charo's friend is called Pascal Yaa.
They are in the same class at Mbaraka Chembe Primary

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Charo and Yaa like singing.
They like singing in the school and on their way home.
One day they will be singers on radio and television.

2

Charo and Yaa like reading story books.
They have cards to read stories on the computer.
Their teacher likes them to read to the class.
Other pupils like the way Charo and Yaa read in class

3

Charo's mother is a fisherwoman.
Yaa's father is a cook in a hotel in Malindi.
Charo's mother sells fish to Yaa's father.
They use the money to buy books for their children.

4

Charo's mother and Yaa's father have lots of money.
They have good plans for their children.
They tell them to sing at school, in church and at home.
Singing at night in disco matanga is a bad habit.
It makes children drop out of school.

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Charo and Pascal Yaa
Author - Rabasa Onyango
Illustration - Jacob Matthess, Idowu Abayomi Oluwasegun, Wiehan de Jager, Danica Strydom
Language - English
Level - Longer paragraphs