Fifi and Teddy

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Fifi and Teddy
Illustrated by Alison de Villiers
Written by Tshepo Letsapa
Designed by Fathima Kathrada
Edited by Zanri Kritzinger
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Durban on 29 October 2022.
ISBN: 978-1-928497-97-4
Typeset in Pangolin and Quicksand
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Alison de Villiers   •   Tshepo Letsapa   •   Fathima Kathrada

Fifi has loved Teddy since she was a baby.

Fifi eats with Teddy.
Fifi plays with Teddy.

Fifi takes Teddy wherever  she goes.

And they curl up together  every night.

Fifi knows she cannot  take Teddy to school.  So every morning she leaves  Teddy on her bed.

One day, when she comes back from school, Teddy is not there!

“What’s wrong, Fifi?”
asks Mom.

Teddy is missing!

“No, darling.  Teddy just had a bath!”

“There you are, Teddy!”