Storybooks
English storybooks for Grades 1 to 7
Every book here answers one KICD sub strand. The Kiswahili books are complete coverage of Kusoma kwa Ufasaha for Grades 1, 2 and 3, one book for every sound group the design names. From Grade 4 the design stops naming sounds and starts naming lengths, so those are graded readers written to the word count it asks for. All of them are original, all of them are Kenyan, and all of them are illustrated.
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1Grade 1
The first year of school. Very short books, one for every sound group the Grade 1 design names, in Kiswahili and English.
The Cat on the MatA story about who shares the hutEnglishWord reading/a//m//t//e/
Buru and the Big BrushA story about getting properly cleanEnglishWord reading/b//r//u//g/
Kip and the Lost PenA story about looking in all the wrong placesEnglishReading aloud/i//k//l//n//p/
Dede Can GreetA story about one good word all day longEnglishReading aloud/d//e//f//g//h/2Grade 2
The year the letters start to join up. Short stories built on the sounds KICD names for Grade 2, in Kiswahili and English.
3Grade 3
Reading starts to carry the rest. Longer stories, still built sound by sound, in Kiswahili and English.
4Grade 4
The design stops naming sounds and starts naming lengths. These are graded readers, written to the word count Grade 4 asks for.
The Boy Who Came with the RainA story about who counts as familyEnglishWide reading
The Cake That Did Not ComeA story about what a celebration is actually made ofEnglishComprehension
The Two Words Wanjiru ForgotA story about the shortest sentences in the languageEnglishComprehension
The Girl Who Read the LabelsA story about a book nobody else openedEnglishWide reading
The Friend Who Had No FaceA story about a message that asked too many questionsEnglishWide reading
The Field That Would Not GrowA story about waiting, told by someone who could notEnglishReading aloud
The Captain Who Could Not RunA story about the difference between fast and usefulEnglishComprehension
The Drain at the Bottom of the RoadA story about twenty children and one borrowed wheelbarrowEnglishComprehension5Grade 5
Longer again, and the theme now brings its own sayings with it. Every Grade 5 book is written to 400 words and carries the similes, idioms and proverbs the design lists under its theme.
The Flag That Was Too SmallA story about what a town stands up forEnglishComprehension
The Guest Who Would Not SitA story about a table and the fear of itEnglishComprehension
Muthokoi on a FridayA story about the slowest dish in the competitionEnglishWide reading
The Acre That Everybody OwnedA story about one field and eleven familiesEnglishReading aloud
The Week the School ClosedA story about a tap, a queue and a bar of soapEnglishComprehension6Grade 6
The last year of primary school, and the widest shelf yet. Extensive readers of more than twelve hundred words in English, Kusoma kwa Kina and Kusoma kwa Mapana in Kiswahili, first readers in French and German, and stories told from the Christian RE design.
The Night at the RiverJacob wrestles until daybreakEnglishChristian RE
Four DaysLazarus is raised at BethanyEnglishChristian RE
The Talent Nobody Clapped ForA story about being given something useful and dullEnglishChristian RE
The Counting of the FlamingosA story about the lake that feeds a townEnglishWide reading
Tuesday and ThursdayA story about a boy who was doing his bestEnglishWide reading
The Girl Who Fixed the DryerA story about a machine that was nearly rightEnglishWide reading
The Price of a ChapatiA story about the number nobody was countingEnglishWide reading7Grade 7
Junior school. Independent reading and non fiction in English, Kusoma kwa Kina and Kusoma kwa Ufasaha in Kiswahili, and the French, German and Christian RE strands the junior designs set out.
The One That Was LeftA story about what it costs to keep something aliveEnglishChristian RE
The Word for GraceEleven years of Tuesdays, and one verseEnglishChristian RE
Before You Send ItA story about a group, a screenshot and a girl who was not thereEnglishChristian RE
The Extra Three HundredA story about a mistake that was not hersEnglishWide reading
The Man Who Found the BoyHow a Kenyan fossil hunter found the most complete early human ever discoveredEnglishWide reading
The Second OpinionA story about believing the wrong expertEnglishWide reading
Thirty Million TreesWangari Maathai and the work that looked like nothingEnglishWide reading
The Letter to the Form OnesA story about what you inherit and what you pass onEnglishWide reading
What the Map Did Not ShowA story about a place that was officially emptyEnglishWide readingRead the whole library
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