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    The story is about two siblings, Thembi and Thulani, who visit their sick grandfather Nathi in the hospital. When their grandfather passes away, they are sad but their parents help them create a 'memory tree' where they can stick photos of their grandfather to remember him.

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    The Memor y

    Tre e
    Savnola Goldridge
    Agrippa Mncedisi Hlophe
    Jason Gien
    The
    Memory
    Tree
    This book belongs to
    The
    Every child should own a hundred books by the age of five. To that end, Book Dash gathers Memory
    Tree
    creative professionals who volunteer to create new, African storybooks that anyone can freely
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    The Memory Tree


    Illustrated by Agrippa Mncedisi Hlophe
    Written by Savnola Goldridge
    Designed by Jason Gien
    Edited by Mariam Mahomed
    with the help of the Book Dash participants in Durban on 29 October 2022

    ISBN: 978-1-92849-796-7

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence (http://creativecommons.
    org/licenses/by/4.0/). You are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium
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    Savnola Goldridge • Agrippa Mncedisi Hlophe • Jason Gien
    Thembi and Thulani like to visit the
    park with Grandpa Nathi.

    They love their Grandpa Nathi.


    e p
    Be Beep
    Beep But Grandpa Nathi is very sick in the
    hospital. His eyes are closed.

    The machine next to Grandpa Nathi


    goes beep, beep, beep.

    “Mommy, why won’t Grandpa Nathi


    sing with me?” asks Thembi.

    Mommy says, “Grandpa Nathi can still


    hear you. His heart is singing with you.”
    At home, Thembi and Thulani
    are waiting at the window.

    Mommy and Daddy are taking


    so long at the hospital.

    Then Thembi sees Mommy and


    Daddy walk up the driveway.

    “They are back!”


    Mommy and Daddy are very sad.

    “What’s wrong?” asks Thembi.

    Her tummy feels sore.

    Mommy’s voice is very quiet.


    “Grandpa Nathi was old and sick.
    The doctors couldn’t make him better.”

    Her eyes fill with tears, “we won’t be


    seeing Grandpa Nathi again.”
    Thulani is sitting outside under
    Grandpa Nathi’s favourite tree.

    He doesn’t feel like playing with


    Thembi. He wishes Grandpa Nathi
    could read him a story.
    Thembi is angry and throws her doll.
    “Why did Grandpa Nathi have to die!”

    Mommy pulls Thembi close on her lap.

    “It’s okay to be angry,” says Mommy.


    “I miss Grandpa Nathi, too.”
    Today Mommy, Daddy, Thulani and Thembi
    are wearing their best clothes to go to
    church for Grandpa Nathi’s funeral.

    Everyone is coming to remember Grandpa.


    Mommy holds Thembi’s hand as they
    sing Grandpa Nathi’s favourite songs.

    Everybody sings and dances too.


    Thembi can’t sleep. She calls out to Mommy.

    “Mommy, I miss Grandpa. My heart is so sore!”


    Thembi and Thulani are eating
    breakfast when Daddy walks in with
    a big, big, big cardboard tree.

    “This is a memory tree,” says Daddy.


    He sticks the cardboard tree on the wall.

    Mommy has a box of photos. “Take your


    favourite pictures of Grandpa Nathi
    and stick them on the tree.”
    Together they all stick pictures
    of Grandpa Nathi onto the tree. They
    remember the fun times they had.

    Thembi claps excitedly.


    “This is my new favourite tree!”
    Daddy smiles. “Now anytime we
    want to remember Grandpa Nathi,
    we can come to our memory tree.”

    “We will never forget Grandpa Nathi.


    He will always be in our hearts.”
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