Jasu Loves Football

Author: Rehema Egbert

Illustrator: Godwin Chipenya
Translator: Alisha Berger
Jasu liked to play
football.

2/17
But she lost her ball!

3/17
She looked for old
socks, scrap paper,
and thread.

4/17
She made a ball.

5/17
Jasu kicked her ball
everywhere she went.

6/17
Jasu went to visit her
grandpa.

She kicked to her ball

into his mango tree.
Some mangoes
dropped.

7/17
Grandpa wasn’t
happy. He told Jasu to
be careful.

Jasu apologized.

8/17
Jasu went to the
market with her
mother.

9/17
She kicked her ball.

10/17
It landed in a basket of
tomatoes.

Tomatoes fell to the

ground!

11/17
Mama told Jasu not to
play around.

Jasu apologized again.

12/17
Jasu carried her ball all
the way home.

13/17
At home, Jasu went to
the playground with
her friends. They
played happily.

14/17
Grandpa was happy
that Jasu is playing in a
safe place. He bought
Jasu a nice new ball.

Every evening, the

neighborhood kids
gathered to play at the
playground.

15/17
Jasu likes kicking the
new ball with her
friends...

16/17
...but Jasu still loves her old ball, too.

17/17
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by Godwin Chipenya © Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Boy and girl playing, by Godwin Chipenya ©
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Jasu Loves Football
Jasu loves football. She loves kicking the ball, hard! But she doesn't
(English) have her own ball. Jasu comes up with a plan.

This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.

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