The Lost Doll
Author: Moleboge Shibboleth Poho
Illustrator: Melvyn Naidoo
Translator: Alisha Berger
This is Abi.
2/16
Abi has a doll.
3/16
Abi loves her doll.
4/16
But today, her doll is
missing.
5/16
She goes to look
inside the house.
6/16
She looks inside the
kitchen.
7/16
She looks in the
dining room.
8/16
She looks in the
bedroom.
9/16
She looks outside.
10/16
“Where is my doll?”
she asks the cat.
11/16
“Meow,” says the
cat.
12/16
“Where is my doll?”
she asks the
chicken.
13/16
“Ku-ku-ku,” says the
chicken.
14/16
“Where is my doll?”
she asks the dog.
15/16
“Bow wow wow,”
says the dog.
16/16
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Cover page: Girl and her doll, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Girl cradling her
doll, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: A girl talking to her doll, by Melvyn Naidoo ©
Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Girl playing with her doll, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015.
Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: A girl, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC
BY 4.0 license. Page 6: A girl going inside a house, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7:
A girl searching under a table, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: A girl searching
under a sofa, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: A girl wondering, by Melvyn Naidoo
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a cat, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 13: A girl talking to a hen, by Melvyn Naidoo ©
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rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 15: A dog talks to a girl, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released
under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 16: A dog hides its face in shame, by Melvyn Naidoo © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0
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The Lost Doll
Abi loves her doll very much, but one day it goes missing. What will
(English) she do?
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