Nelly and Sam Thwala

A beautiful story of friendship and loveOur wonderful, diverse, colourful country is filled with many de serving stories.A beautifully integral one is the story of friendship and love between children andtheir nannies.This story is the second title in the series about a little boy, Sam, and his wonderful,creative and inspiring nanny, Nelly.Nelly shares ideas, local history, tradition and culture with Sam. She brings a bitof her world, words and heart into his. Sam in turn, does what all little boys do he happily joins in the adventure. This particular story revolves around the idea ofthwala the Zulu word for carrying something on your head.By crossing a shallow stream for a picnic, Nelly teaches Sam the art of thwala andSam learns that there is more than one way to use his head.This is a story of innocence, love and care that connects us ac ross backgrounds.