Jackson the donkey works very hard, carrying loads of mielies, carrots and potatoes up the hill to market every week, from the little farm where he lives with the farmer, his wife Beauty and his son Goodwill. But one day Jackson just stops, halfway up the hill. The farmer pushes him, pulls him, shou[...]

Readers first met the elephant Mama Jumbo in Niki Daly's "Welcome to Zanzibar Road". Here she is sporting her flippy-floppy, flappy-slippy, this-way-that-way pompom hat in five easy-to-read adventures including a bubble gum rescue and a brand-new tutti-frutti shirt for Mama Jumbo's adopted child, Li[...]

"You're a strong skater, Piet, and you have a quick mind. This is why I know you'll succeed in this important task. I wouldn't ask you to do this if I didn't know it could be done."
In 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis, gets the assignment of a lifetime: He must skate along the frozen can[...]

Mama plans a chicken dinner for Christmas Day, and she gives Jamela the job of fattening up their chicken. But seeing how happy Jamela is with her hen, she wonders just how she'll get it away from Jamela and into the pot. Smelling trouble, Jamela sets off the day before Christmas with the chicken in[...]

When Sarie's teacher says, "Children, take out your reading books," a sick feeling grips Sarie. The words trip up her tongue and she stutters and stammers, making the children in the back row giggle. But there are two people who sympathise: her schoolfriend Emile, and Ou Missus, the old lady living [...]

Alistair D'Arcy McDermott has a great mum and a great dad who love him very much ...but aren't so keen on each other. He also has a best friend with a wicked laugh and a teacher who wears tight white trousers and likes humiliating kids. So when his mum decides that she's going on a blind date with t[...]

Mama and Gogo are tremendously excited about the new house they are moving to, but Jamela likes where they are and doesn't want to go. She starts putting her books and school things into a box, but eventually gives up, packs herself away and goes off to sleep. And just when the big truck is about to[...]

The summer holidays are here and Jamela is bored as a girl can be! All she can think about is the Afro-Idols TV final - so when she lands a job at Divine Braids hair salon, she can't believe her eyes to see Afro-Idols celebrity, Miss Bambi Chaka Chaka, in the salon being coiffed. but while Jamela's [...]

The story describes a day in the life of an African herd boy from the Transkei region of South Africa. He watches over his flock all day, watches out for birds of prey and helps to save the life of a lamb attacked by baboons. On the way home a big shiny car passes the boy and his flock and the perso[...]

The summer holidays are here and Jamela is bored as a girl can be! All she can think about is the Afro-Idols TV final - so when she lands a job at Divine Braids hair salon, she can't believe her eyes to see Afro-Idols celebrity, Miss Bambi Chaka Chaka, in the salon being coiffed. but while Jamela's [...]

Billedbog. Kwela Jamela skal flytte. Da hun bliver træt af at pakke og sætter sig til at sove i en flyttekasse, går der panik i familien, som ikke kan finde hende.[...]

Salma bodde med sin mormor och morfar i den lugna delen av staden. En dag sa hennes mormor: Salma! Söta Salma, kan du gåt till marknaden och handla åt din gamla mormor, som tycker så mycket om dig? Gå raka vägen dit och raka vägen hem igen, sa hon, och prata inte med främlingar, hör du det![...]

En vacker och spännande berättelse om självkänsla och framåtanda, inspirerad av före detta president Nelson Mandelas barndom.[...]