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Swahili Children's Books to keep the little ones reading, thinking, and growing.
Join Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe, and their Maasai friends on an exciting counting adventure across Tanzania's grasslands! Along the way, they meet elephants, lions, monkeys, and more, counting from one to ten in English and Swahili. With rhyming text, vibrant illustrations, a Swahili counting guide, a map, and fun animal facts, kids learn about Tanzania and the Maasai culture. Perfect for ages 4 to 10!
"Jambo Means Hello" introduces children aged 4 to 8 to the Swahili alphabet through engaging illustrations and pronunciation keys. This vibrant book immerses readers in East African culture while teaching language basics.
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Librarians, ‘Piki Piki Moja’ is a clever introduction to Swahil numbers and language diversity. Perfect to start a new generation on their journey to bilingualism.
Use this book to introduce your child to basic math skills and reading and writing numbers from 1 to 10.
Elimu Haina Mwisho - Education has no end
Language Lizard
Language Lizard offers bilingual books, multicultural books and dual language audio books for kids and English language learners (ELL) of all ages.
Multilingual Books
Multilingualbooks.com has a nice starter collection of Swahili children's books for babies.
Feel to check these out.
Digital Dialects
Digitaldialects.com provides free online games for home and school use.
Swahili Kids
swahilikids.com gives access to free quality educational and culturally relevant Swahili learning materials
Storybooks Canada is a website for teachers, parents, and community members that aims to promote bilingualism and multilingualism in homes, schools, and communities.
Akili and Me
Akiliandme.com introduces Akili, a curious 4-year-old who lives with her family at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. Kids sing with numbers, dance with letters, draw, play and learn bilingually with Akili and friends!
Ubongo
Ubongo.org is great! It develops edutainment and partnerships to transform the lives of African kids.
OmniGlot
Omniglot.com provides a solid collection of useful phrases in Swahili for you to learn.
BBC Swahili Guide
BBC languages provides a great guide to Swahili with 10 facts, key phrases and the alphabet.
Swahili phrasebook
Wikitravel has a fantastic collection of words and phrases for travelers.
Swahili people facts for kids
Kids.kiddle.co provides a great outline of Swahili people for kids to learn.
Swahili Language and Culture
Glcom.com is a great website to get more acquainted with the Swahili language and culture.
These short stories range across all forms, genres, and topics of interest.
University of Dar es Salaam's MobiTUKI English-Swahili dictionary
Swahili-dictionary.com (MobiTUKI) by the UDSM's Institute of Kiswahili Studies is an excellent resource where you will find idioms and phrases, technical word and thousands of examples with variants for British, American, Australian and South African English.
This online resource is an open access to picture storybooks in the languages of Africa. For children’s literacy, enjoyment and imagination.
Agga - Wildlife Education Done Right
Agga was started by a father who believes that every species on this planet is impressive, and our prejudice against certain animals is sustained because of myths, superstitions, and ignorance. They have released a beautifully illustrated 'The Spotted Hyena Joins a New Clan,'( 'Fisi Madoa Apata Ukoo Mpya,') which explores the traits and behaviors of spotted hyenas through an exciting stories that will inspire children. The book is available in Kiswahili, English and Hebrew, and a portion of the proceeds go towards wildlife research.
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Spoken by millions across Africa, Swahili is a beautiful language to learn. And because it’s so easy to use, it’s easy to love.
Check out these extra resources to help you on your journey to bilingualism.
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Because 43% of the world’s population is bilingual and 17% is multilingual, You Give Your Child an Edge - think 'The Lion King,' and 'Hakuna matata!'
Our easy and fun to read books make the learning safari delightful.
" This was a great book. My daughter loved the rhyming words and the bright colorful pictures. It is a very good introduction to Swahili for kids who are learning the language. It kept us engaged and interested to the end!
And check out this cool child-focused Youtube review by Zuri for an awesome perspective on our Swahili children's books."
"I bought this book for a little boy I am sponsoring in Tanzania. I am from the United States so I had it shipped here first. My little 7 year old's really enjoyed seeing how English can translate into Swahili. It is also a very sweet little story about what qualities make for a good friend. And how each of us are special. I thank the author for providing an authentic Tanzanian based book with spot on translations. I hope the little boy I send this too enjoys reading about his animal friends in the Serengeti while also getting and introduction with English that will hopefully help him in primary school. Thanks for a great book! Highly recommend...I even bought a second copy because my girls liked it so much."
Kuku Kumi Swahili Children's Book Review. Get it at Amazon here.
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Whether you are a traveler or just looking for more ways to engage with your children in learning about different cultures, we have something for everyone.
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"To share Swahili simply with fun rhymes and meaningful bilingual children's books."
Whether you're teaching your child to be bilingual, or your child is an English language speaker working on learning Swahili (or vice versa), bilingual children's books are a great tool to add to your family's bookshelves.
As bilingual parents our goal is to offer choice and make more Swahili children's books available on the market today — making it easier for families to enjoy reading aloud together and strengthening second-language acquisition through the introduction of new words and sounds.
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