Featured books

A group of friends huddle together and come up with a good plan. Each friend has a job to do but the result isn't quite what they had hoped for. So they make a new plan which is thought through more carefully and end up with a special play place in the end. The main Mathematics theme in this story is that of measurement. Also included are elements of planning strategy, group work and data handling.

Farida receives a postcard from her uncle. He is sending a friend to visit her. She wonders who the friend might be and what they can do together. Will Farida be happy to meet her? The main concepts that are carried throughout the telling and teaching of the story include greetings and identifying similarities and differences. Additional concepts include looking at presumptions, verbs and games at school. The story can be used as a starting point to discuss greetings (such as how one greets another at different times of the day) and look at formal and informal greetings. The learners can include greetings in their home language. One can also look at similarities and differences between people, languages and classrooms.

Crocodile has a sore tooth. The wild animals offer him advice. Bird is able to help him get rid of his toothache, but what must crocodile promise? The main concepts that are carried throughout the telling and teaching of the story include wild animals and their eating habits. Additional concepts are keeping promises, bravery and dental care. The story can be used as a starting point to discuss when it is important to keep a promise (for example: you promised your friend that you would play with him or her at break time) and when it is okay to break a promise (for example: stranger or danger). You can also discuss healthy eating habits and looking after teeth.

Can you? is a brightly illustrated, playful and joyful little book that will make readers of all ages smile. Its clever use of repetition and humour as well as its focus on the familiar will get young children moving and reading!

When a girl calls Brunette a 'coconut' the Siyagruvers suddently notice the differences between life in the suburbs and life in the townships or on the Cape Flats. They have to do something about it - but what? And, hey, how come Shelley's mom (of all people) is riding around the townships as if it's her turf?

This is the story of how quick-thinking Zebra tricks the hungry Hyena into not eating him for dinner, with very prickly results. A delightful tale with striking paper collage illustrations.

Baby has hiccups. The family members try different ways of getting rid of the hiccups. Who is able to find a cure? The main concepts that are carried throughout the telling and teaching of the story include family members and action words (verbs). Additional concepts include problem solving. The story can be used as a starting point to discuss how family members work together to solve problems.

Thandi needs new shoes and she knows they are going to cost a lot of money for her Gogo. So, together they work out a plan to get the money with a little help from Nosipho, her doll and Pepi, her pet rooster.

Lizo is a young, homeless boy who lives on the streets of Cape Town. He has no family and no money and he sings to passers-by on street corners and outside businesses in the hope of earning some money. One day, a member of a carnival band hears Lizo singing and invites him to join the band. Lizo finally finds a place where he belongs.