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[...]
These new board book sets are written and illustrated by Niki Daly and Jude Daly, both of whom are locally and internationally successful.[...]
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[...]
In this version of "Little Red Riding Hood," set in Ghana, a young girl named Salma fails to heed her Granny's warning about the dangers of talking to strangers. By the creator of Jamela's Dress.[...]
"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 is very pleased with the dress material she has bought for Thelma's wedding. Jamela can't resist wrapping the material around her and dancing down the road, proud as a peacock, to show Thelma her beautiful dress! When things go wrong, Mama is very sad indeed, but there's a happy ending just in [...]
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[...]
A touching tale of young and old, full of the colours and smells of an African township. Songololo goes into the city with Gogo to help her do the shopping. Gogo walks very slowly, but Songololo likes to take his time as well. Grandmother and grandson enjoy a leisurely stroll around the busy African[...]
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 [...]
"Pweew Pweew " Malusi's shrill whistling drives the sheep out of grandfather's kraal. By the time they reach the grazing slopes, the earth is hot beneath his bare feet.He keeps the sheep and goats from straying towards the deep donga, which is easy to fall into but hard to climb out of. You have to[...]
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[...]
Alastair D'Arcy McDermott - otherwise known as Al - is less than thrilled at his holiday project: helping out at the local old people's home. How did he end up getting stuck with old Violet Rose and batty Major Maddocks? But then he meets the sinister Mrs Black, and the fun begins - Al's on his grea[...]
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[...]
It's Jamela's birthday, and she and Mama are off to buy some new shoes. As soon as Jamela sees the Princess Shoes with their sparkly buckles and little satin bows, she falls in love with them, but Mama points out that she'll have to wear the shoes for school too, so a sad Jamela ends up with sensibl[...]
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 [...]
Everyone loves Bernard, especially his aunts Lula, Lola, Lilly and Talulah. Whenever they visit, they cover Bernard in kisses from head to toe - squeaky-sweet-hello kisses, sneaky-on-the-nose kisses - and lots of others too. Bernard loves his aunts but he does NOT like the kisses. "No more kisses!" [...]
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[...]
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[...]
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.[...]
Billedbog. Pigen Salma skal købe ind på markedet for sin bedstemor. Hun skal komme lige hjem og ikke tale med fremmede. Men Salma glemmer det, da hun møder hr. Hund. Han får narret hende og sætter derefter kursen mod bedstemors hus -[...]
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![...]
Sommarlovet är äntligen här, men Jamela har så tråkigt som man bara kan ha! Det enda hon vill är att et ska bli kväll för då är det finalen i Afro-Idols på teve. Då ringer tant Beauty från sin frisersalong: Jamela måste komma och hjälpa henne. Och gissa vem som kommer till salongen? J[...]
En vacker och spännande berättelse om självkänsla och framåtanda, inspirerad av före detta president Nelson Mandelas barndom.[...]