Toby says: We bought this book when Nelson Mandela died, but it took us a while to read it. I didn't like how people weren't all treated the same, because that isn't right. Naledi and Tiro were very brave to go travelling all by themselves.

Mummy says: We'll probably re-read this one in a couple of years, there are so many undercurrents in this book that we'll keep returning to it many times, I'm sure! 

Toby says: There was a girl called Naima, she liked painting. Her Daddy worked as a rickshaw driver, and her family were very poor. Naima wanted to drive his rickshaw to help out, but she wasn't allowed, because she was a girl. But she took it out for a drive anyway and she crashed it. The rickshaw needed repairing, and the repairing person was a lady! And Naima got to paint rickshaws and work for the lady! I liked the book because Naima got to paint rickshaws and help her family.

Mummy says: When Toby writes to other countries, it is often difficult to understand how some children might live there. Boys and girls might not get the same chances in life everywhere, and this was one example where we could look at this in an age-appropriate book. Naima paints alpanas, and looking at these was also a lovely introduction to art and culture.