The Pet Snake by Dickson Mukunyi

The Pet Snake is a compelling collection of short stories written by Dickson Mukunyi, a teacher who first developed these narratives for his own students in Central Kenya. Now published by Phoenix Publishers, the book serves as wonderful supplementary reading for upper primary classes.

The stories are rooted in the author’s local background, offering young readers highly relatable scenarios, characters, and settings from the Nyeri District. The title story, The Pet Snake, and the other tales in the collection are designed to be entertaining while subtly imparting important moral, social, and cultural lessons relevant to East African children. This collection is ideal for fostering a love of reading and providing contextually relevant literature in the classroom.