Kino

Kino — Boy · the hub of it all

Lives in Balito (KZN coast · Kino's world), part of Kino & Yezi's House.

Yezi's big brother, Zani's best friend.

Ties: Jero — dad · Dr Nisa — mum · Yezi — brother & sister · Zani — best friends · Mr Maz — teacher · Pamo — shops at · Sara — friend · Dave — friend · Kayla — plays with · Hayden — plays with.

Appears in 38 books, from The Pie (Level 2) to Giraffes (Level 8).

Turns up at: Pamo's Grocers · Kino & Yezi's house · Boni's garden & the pond · The family kitchen · Kino's bedroom · The animal park · Yezi's house · Kino's house & the beach ….

Open question: Whose dog is Zuzu? — Zuzu is at Boni's salon with Zani (L2) but is also just there at Kino's house in most later books. The Snail Race cast — Picture notes say “Kino and Zani in the garden at their home”. Two towns, never crossing — Nini's strand is Cape Town (Level 4 note “Remember this is CT!”, Bonteheuwel pool in Level 8). The Three Hats fox is Kino — Kino plays the big bad fox in a dress-up game.

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Seeded from the scripts. Expand freely — backstory, voice, what they want, anything the books imply but never say.