Die pretboek beloof ure se vermaak!

Hier is grappe wat jou sal laat skater en raaisels wat jou sal laat kopkrap. Hier is ook vreeslike vreemde feite, prettige speletjies en snaakse limerieke. Jy sal giggel wanneer jy hoor waarom spoke nie leuens kan vertel nie. Jou oë sal rek as jy uitvind wat gebeur as mens te veel wortels eet!

En jy gaan op die grond rondol as jou maats moet verduidelik waarom hulle kies om ’n mak krokodil se tande te borsel óf eerder in ’n swembad vol spoeg sal swem!.

When we meet someone, one of the things we notice is the colour of their skin. But what can someone's skin colour tell us about them? Despite what some people say, your skin means very little! Inside we're all the same.

Join Njabulo, Aisha, Tim, Chris and Roshni as they discover why humans have different skins, and how people's thinking about skin colour has changed throughout history. Skin We Are In is a celebration of the glorious human rainbow, both in South Africa and beyond.

One of South Africa's best-selling authors, Sindiwe Magona, has teamed up with well-known American anthropologist, Nina G. Jablonski, and award-winning illustrator Lynn Fellman to create a much-needed book about race and skin colour – for children. Magona has written a story of five friends as they explore and discuss the skin they are in. The scientific narrative, written by Jablonski, expands and supports the conversation topics generated by the children's adventure.

When we meet someone, one of the things we notice is the colour of their skin. But what can someone's skin colour tell us about them? Despite what some people say, your skin means very little! Inside we're all the same.

Join Njabulo, Aisha, Tim, Chris and Roshni as they discover why humans have different skins, and how people's thinking about skin colour has changed throughout history. Skin We Are In is a celebration of the glorious human rainbow, both in South Africa and beyond.

One of South Africa's best-selling authors, Sindiwe Magona, has teamed up with well-known American anthropologist, Nina G. Jablonski, and award-winning illustrator Lynn Fellman to create a much-needed book about race and skin colour – for children. Magona has written a story of five friends as they explore and discuss the skin they are in. The scientific narrative, written by Jablonski, expands and supports the conversation topics generated by the children's adventure.

On a hot summer’s day, the animals wandered, they roamed and explored, they galloped and soared, in search for the perfect tree for their needs.

Many trees were falling one by one, from the force and destruction of what the elephants had done. And some of the trees that had stood the test, had patches of bark missing from the rhino’s unrest.

And looking more closely at the top of the trees, sat fish eagles in waiting to soar and fly free.

Will the animals find the perfect tree?

A thrilling, resonant and inspiring novel about justice, privilege and the power of the young to strive for change.

Set in a world where Adam and Leila and their friend Zak live as Nons under the Permitted ruling class. Then, when Adam and Leila's father dies unexpectedly, their mother faces losing her permit to live in the Stone City with deportation to where she was born. Before music-loving Adam can implement his plan to save Mama, Zak is arrested for a bold prank that goes wrong, with far-reaching repercussions for them all . . .

The eagerly awaited new children's book comes from award-winning author Beverley Naidoo, winner of the Carnegie Medal for The Other Side of Truth.

Daar is mense wie se lewens van die begin af anders verloop. Sulke mense se liefde lê nie op die gewone plekke en paaie nie, maar juis daar waar min ooit die moed sal hê om hul toekoms te gaan haal.

Twalie is die enigste meisiekind onder die eksentrieke Albrechts wat in ’n dorre landskap om oorlewing veg. Hulle is ’n geharde, eenkant gesin vol geheime. Twalie se pa verwerp haar en haar ma maak haar gedurig stil.

Dan red die Namavrou Letgoed haar uit ’n sandstorm en leer haar die geheime van Die Poort, wat tydens die heuningmaan ’n magiese plek word. Hier maak tyd soms ’n deur agtertoe oop …

Twa die Tydloper is ’n aangrypende roman oor een mens se groei wat lesers sal meevoer en met nuwe oë na die wêreld om hulle sal laat kyk.

'What will we find in the uncut grass?'
'It depends on what we’re looking for.'

From Trevor Noah, the author of the #1 bestselling memoir Born a Crime, comes a gorgeously illustrated fable in the tradition of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse about a young child’s journey into the world beyond the shadow of home, a magical landscape where he discovers the secrets of solidarity, connection, and finding peace with the people we love.

Infused with Trevor’s signature wit and imagination, in collaboration with visionary artist Sabina Hahn, it's a tale for readers of all ages – to be read aloud or read alone.

Kwezi Collector’s Edition 4 Issues 10-12 sees our team of heroes faces challenges they never could have predicted while Mpisi sets about establishing an anti-Super campaign…

Lienke en Dezi beleef die vakansie van hulle lewe in Kalkbaai.

By die hotel ontmoet hulle Danroy, 'n kelner wat vakansiewerk doen, wat hulle na al die mooiste plekke in die baai vat. Hulle leer ken Danroy se "skwad" en sy geliefde Uncle Kaz. Dan is daar 'n tragedie op see wat Danroy en sy ma se lewe omkeer.

Soos Uncle Kaz altyd sê: "Mens het net drie goete nodig om gelukkig te wees: iemand om lief te hê, iets om jou hande mee besig te hou, en iets om na uit te sien."

In the past two months, Thabo has experienced many exciting things.

He has:

• Flown to Mars;
• Met two Martians;
• Almost been eaten by a pod of seriously dodgy aliens;
• And also flown off Mars.

Now, Thabo and all his friends - human and alien - are on their way to the planet Gliese. Everything will go super-smoothly ... Right?!

This is a story with a beginning and an end that begins again.

Like everything and everyone around her, Blou Feetjie is part of the cycle of life. She wishes everyone happiness as she laughs and frolics gaily. Sometimes she plays near ten Very Special Stones that share their ancient wisdom with her.

She has to sit very quietly and listen very carefully to how she can make life easier, and better, and more beautiful, and happier, and lighter, and dearer, for others.

It’s 1976 in South Africa. Written from the points of view of four young people living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto – Zanele, a black female student organiser, Mina, of South Asian background working at her father’s shop, Jack, an Oxford-bound white student, and Thabo, a tsotsi – this book explores the roots of the Soweto Uprising and the edifice of apartheid in a South Africa about to explode.

In the black township of Soweto, Zanele, who also works as a nightclub singer, is plotting against the apartheid government. The police can’t know. Her mother and sister can’t know. No one can know. On the affluent white side of town, Jack Craven plans to spend the last days of his break before university burning miles on his beat-up Mustang, and crashing other people’s parties. Their chance meeting changes everything.

Already a chain of events are in motion: a failed plot, a murdered teacher, a powerful police agent with a vendetta, and a secret network of students across the township. The students will rise. And there will be violence when morning comes.

Introducing readers to a remarkable young literary talent, When Morning Comes offers an impeccably researched and vivid snapshot of South African society on the eve of the uprising that changed it forever.

Since her mother left, Pearl has spent more and more time in the ocean, fishing to help her father pay the bills.

But when she gets mixed up with a group of illegal abalone poachers and starts diving near a restricted wreck, Pearl meets an ancient sea monster named Otto—who isn’t quite as monstrous as she thought. And when Otto’s enemies come back to finish what they started, Pearl is the only one who can save him, but only if she has the courage to let go of her past and open up to others—including the girl from class she’s got a crush on.

With her one-eyed pup sidekick and a whole lot of nerve, Pearl may just be able to save Otto and finally tell the truth to her father… and, more importantly, to herself. With vibrant full-color illustrations, Pearl of the Sea is a South African adventure story exploring how we are both bound to and freed by nature, seen through the eyes of a tough teen-aged heroine determined to live life by her own rules.

Mense glo daar’s ’n vloek oor Stormwater. Die see roep elke jaar sy slagoffers. Is dit waarom Caleb se pa se vliegtuig neergestort het?

Caleb moet sy matriekvakansie opoffer om om die geheim te ontrafel. Freya word ook gedwing om haar somer in die vreemde kusdorp deur te bring – asof vars lug 'n kitskuur sal wees vir haar kroniese siekte. Saam speel hulle speurder.

Maar wat as die waarheid 'n tsunami is wat wag om hulle te verswelg?

Die dood. Dis al waaraan Lumi kan dink en in ’n poging om seker te maak dat sy verder as haar sewentiende verjaarsdag leef, word sy deur haar peetouers in ’n kosskool vir tienerfae gesit. Hier vind sy haarself vasgevang in ’n web van onbeheerbare faemagte, nuwe vriende en ’n vyand wat net nie wil los nie.

En dan is daar Colden Breakspear. Die ligtekop, blou-oog Kruisfae wat haar gedagtes gevangene hou, maar iets pla.

Waarom is hy amper belangriker as wat sy is vir twee van die sterkste faemonarge in Tír na hÓige? En wat presies het hulle ouers met alles te doen?

Another exciting addition to the existing Mpumi range, this book is aimed at the younger child and features a younger Mpumi.

Masego Morulane’s illustrations encourage young readers to connect with themselves and with the world in which they live. The bright and cheerful images, which are accompanied by short bursts of text, explain in an easy-to-understand visual language, our daily activities as human beings. In this story, Mpumi shows us her favourite meals.

This story is a charming read for the whole family, especially children aged between 3-6 years old.

Walter the weaverbird is ready to build an amazing nest. He weaves, weaves, and weaves some more - and can’t wait to show Willa. But when Willa turns out to be hard to impress, Walter has to SERIOUSLY rethink things.

A fun new picture book by the beloved author Marleen Lammers about weaving, doing things your own way, and a bit more weaving.

This book hopes to create awareness around endangered animals, to help educate and empower the next generation to be the game changers. Who knows? Some readers may even aspire to become game rangers!

It is time to stand up and say, ‘enough is enough’, even though the task may seem very tough. (The list is only getting longer and longer, these endangered animals getting fewer and fewer).

It is not too late to join in the quest. Let’s stand up and put these poachers to the test. There is power in team work as more can be done. Let’s stand together to save every last one!

"There is something I’m missing … something I’ve forgotten. But what?"

Trapped in a world in which she clearly does not belong, Annabel tries to make the most of her life despite the strange abnormalities. However, that all changes in a single day. Now in a world as dangerous as it is wonderful, she discovers her life intertwined with both questions and dark magic.

Following the inquiry of a mysterious visitor, Annabel and her two best friends embark on a journey to save countless lives before it’s too late. Astonishing revelations are made along the way, foreshadowing the massive journey ahead ... and then there’s still the lingering question.

What happened eight years ago?

An African fantasy-adventure graphic novel inspired by the mythology of the Zambezi River and the history of the Kariba Dam, one of the largest dams ever constructed.

Siku has always called the Zambezi River her home. She understands the water – and strangely enough, it seems to understand her, too, bending to her will and coming to her aid in times of need. But things are changing on the river – a great dam is being built, displacing thousands of Shonga people – and things are changing in Siku, too, as her ability to manipulate water grows out of control, and visions of a great serpent pull her further from reality and her loving father, Tongai.

When Tongai ventures to the Kariba Dam to find a cure for Siku and never returns, she sets off to find him with the help of Amedeo, the young son of Kariba’s chief engineer. Together, they traverse elephant graveyards, rugged jungles, and ancient ruins, outrunning pirates, bootleggers, and shape-shifting prophets ready to use Siku to their own advantage. But she soon discovers that her father has been shielding a terrible secret: Siku is actually the daughter of Nyaminyami, the Great River Spirit, and the only way to bring about the necessary rumuko – a ritual which has brought balance to the Zambezi for centuries – is for Siku to give up the only life she’s ever known.

With the future of the Shonga resting on her shoulders, Siku must journey to the source of the river to understand the ancient power hidden within her.

I heard there’s a girl in school growing wings. No, she’s not graduating or anything. She’s legit growing wings, just like this other oke in school.

He’s doesn’t have wings though. He’s growing a tail and he keeps skipping class. They probably think no one sees them but we’re watching them. They keep getting closer and closer to each other so we all have to watch them. The sky and the sea. The rivers and the forest.

Faeries and mermaids. It’s hectic, I know. A thousand eyes watching you but I guess that’s what happens to us as we grow up. We either grow a tail or wings and the world watches the ugly process unfold.

This beautiful and poignant novel by the exciting voice of Mia Arderne will be sure to make young adult readers excited about holding a book in their hands!

Wanneer die aantreklike en selfvoldane Basson van Rensburg se pa sterf, aanvaar hy dat hy die baie suksesvolle familie­onderneming sal erf. Tot sy skok ontdek hy daar is voorwaardes. Hy het vyf dae om in die Kaap te kom en daar is ’n take om tydens sy reis te voltooi.

Langs die pad wag ’n beeldskone, boheemse meisie. Amory gaan ook Kaapstad toe, maar is op ’n missie van haar eie. En sy het sekere vaste reëls, nes Basson. Nie een van hulle is ingestel op hartsake nie, maar wie weet wat wag op dié lang tog propvol avontuur en onthullings? Daar is gevaar ook, want wie is die motorfietsman wat so verbete agterna kom – en wat gebeur as hy hulle inhaal?

Kan liefde seëvier met soveel struikelblokke in sy pad?

Pad na jou hart – ’n rolprentdrama ?is gebaseer op die draaiboek en is aangepas volgens die vereistes van die KABV vir Graad 11 Eerste Addisionele Taal met ’n inleiding tot die drama, kontekstuele vrae met antwoorde, ’n konsepvraestel en glossarium van woorde en literêre begrippe.

Join The Feathered Five on an unforgettable adventure as they navigate the cacophony of the African savanna.

Enough was enough, the birds woke up grumpy and mad, as they let the noise of the Hadedas’ turn a good start to bad! (We’ve heard it before, a call on repeat, an annoying sound that is far from discreet!) Tired and frustrated, now running late, many birds concerned they might miss a very special date. For today was a day of great celebration, as they had a party to attend for the Yellow-billed Kites’ homecoming migration. Excuse after excuse, the exhausted Secretary Bird had a hard time remembering their reasons for delay.

Will the birds finally arrive for the Yellow-billed Kites’ special day?

Jana, 'n aspirantfilmmaker, raak verlief op Alex, die nuwe matriekleerling wat langs hulle intrek. Die verhaal sentreer rondom Jana se coming out.

Nes Jana is Alex ook versot op films en lid van die skool se filmklub. By 'n partytjie ontmoet Jana, Mia se matrieksuster, 'n universiteitstudent.

Jana se passie vir filmmaak help haar om haar ware gevoelens teenoor Alex te wys, en ook om Mia uit 'n moeilike situasie te help.