Heavy and Light
Clare Verbeek
Kathy Arbuckle
English

What is heavy between the two? The chicken or the feather?

1

What is light-weight? The flower or maize (corn)?

2

Which of the two babies is heavy?

3

Who is heavy? The man or the elephant?

4

What is heavy? 1 kilogram (kg) of stones.

5

Or 1 kilogram (kg) of cement?

6

What is heavy? 1 kilogram (kg) of sugar?

7

Or 1 kilogram (kg) of feathers?

8
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Heavy and Light
Author - Clare Verbeek, Thembani Dladla, Zanele Buthelezi
Translation - Kutlwano Pascaline Mosweu
Illustration - Kathy Arbuckle
Language - English
Level - First words
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