Grandma Ugogo’s Zulu Hut

Patricia Benzie-Morgan

Illustrations by Anna Evans

Grandma Ugogo's Zulu Hut is a delightful adventure about preserving culture and traditional values, maintaining distant relationships and being away from home for the first time. This vibrant story, interspersed with snippets of Zulu language, inspires love, trying new things and the importance of family bonds. The collaboration with the artistic genius of Anna Evans has brought the fairy tale to life.

 

"Adorable story with lovely images that delightfully capture the life in a Zulu village. Perfect for reading to young children to enhance cultural awareness and the Zulu phrases in the story are charming." 
– Karin Holmedal Byrne, Clinical Psychologist, Mother of four children

 

 

About the Author

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Patricia Benzie-Morgan has always been passionate about music, languages, the arts and children’s literature. After an extended visit to Sweden, and later living in the United Kingdom, she migrated to Australia in 1987 and graduated from Melbourne University in 1993. She runs a private piano teaching studio and examines and adjudicates nationally for St Cecilia School of Music. Patricia has sung with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic and Melbourne University Choral Society, with whom she has toured Europe and Regional Victoria. Patricia has a great sense of humour, is generous and full of fun. An expert in Early Childhood Education, she recognises the importance of play in early childhood development, and provides the safety where anxiety can be converted to play. She is bilingual in English and Afrikaans with Basic Swedish and Beginner Chinese Mandarin and Polish, which makes communication universal. Patricia has staged numerous benefit concerts for Missionvale Care Centre, Port Elizabeth South Africa (www.missionvale.com.au) where she encourages everyone to turn their difficulties into dreams and follow the rainbow.