This was my favourite book of 2021. I loved it. It had such a beautiful lesson on how to deal with people with kindness even if you don’t like them or find something irritating about them. It gives you a great perspective on how change your mindset especially when you are so angry or frustrated with someone how to flip it. Everyone has inherent goodness in them. This book make you look hard and search hard for this goodness in everyone even if you can’t see it being clouded by a high negative emotion, force yourself to find the good in everyone and spread kindness. Find the good, convey the kindness .Simple message but a potent message. Well done on such an amazing book. Just like all nanima, ouma thought pumpkin to find her kindness. Rating 10/10 from myself. Story beautifully told by Bianca Flanders and illustrated by Zelda Mcdonald.

About the book
A story about finding your kindness when the big green monster of jealousy rears its head … “Pumpkin Pie was grumpy. Her day had been the worst. She thought she’d win a prize at school but Megan had come first. Her anger started rumbling. It SIZZLED, SNAKED and GREW into a big green monster that she couldn’t quite undo.” Book illustrated by : Zinelda Mcdonald https://www.instagram.com/zinelda/

About Author

Bianca Flanders has a BA in Theatre and Performance (Bilingual) and English from the University of Cape Town. She is an accomplished actor, appearing in award-winning productions such as District 6, Niqabi Ninja and many more. Bianca Flanders is an actress and director, known for Our Girl (2013), Barakat (2020) ,  Nativity (2021) and Trou Koors(2021) Her voiceover campaigns include Vodacom 35050, Pep, as well as being one of the voices of the recent Slotomania campaign. She has also recently published Pumpkin finds her Queen and now Pumpkin finds her kindness.

Competition

Two lucky readers will each win a hamper of children’s books valued at over R1000! Each hamper contains a copy of I see a Buffalo, Elephant’s Big Secret, The Singing Turtle, Helpful Hannah Hippo, Pumpkin finds her kindness, Walter the Warthog and Sindele the Stork, Pangolin Plays a Prank, and The Great Adventure. To stand a chance of winning, simply complete the online competition form below. 

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