Minki se verjaardag is om die draai.
Sy mag kies – wil sy ’n present hê of ’n partytjie hou?

Minki wil baie graag haar kamer mooi maak … maar sy wil ook nie die kans laat verbygaan om vir haar maats ’n lekker partytjie te hou nie!

Twee spesiale besoekers by die skool krap egter al haar planne
deurmekaar … en gee haar ’n baie oulike verjaardag-idee.

Maar dit lyk of Danika haar bes gaan doen om te sorg dat Minki ’n goor verjaardag het …

Gugu is nervous about her first day at a new school. But a kind gesture, a shared lunch and a rescued bird help her classmates see what a great friend she can be.

Join in Gugu’s journey, as she goes from feeling anxious to showing kindness and being welcomed.

This sweet story about a kind little zebra teaches children that every emotion is valid, and that we can show empathy and respect in all situations.

Also available in Afrikaans as Diere maniere: Katryn kry `n ster.

The weekend is here. Tom and Clint are going to camp out in the garden! They’ll sleep in a tent and have a braai. But then things go wrong … MONSTROUSLY wrong!

Will Tom and Clint last until morning, or will the garden monster send them running? Grab your copy to join the adventure! Be sure to collect all four books in this hilarious new series.

Also available in Afrikaans.

She wants a future - is that too much? This Thing Called the Future, the multiple-award-winning young-adult novel from J.L. Powers, is finally coming to South Africa, its country of origin. The book is set in Imbali, the sprawling township outside Pietermaritzburg. Khosi is fourteen years old. She lives with her grandmother and her little sister, Zi. Both her parents tell her of the past, about a time when hundreds of Imbali residents were killed in political violence. Khosi wants a future; she wants to help make South Africa a better place. Is that too much in an environment where some men believe that raping virgins, like Khosi, will cure them of AIDS? Meanwhile, Khosi has fallen in love and really, really just wants to experience that warm, fuzzy feeling that happens when Little Man, the handsome boy in her class, touches her hand. In a world where HIV and AIDS are treatable for those with money and access to good state-sponsored care, Khosi has to negotiate hours in clinic lines, vengeful men, her mother's disdain for traditional healers, her grandmother's faith in their sangoma, and the terrible curse her next-door neighbour has cast on their household. This beautifully crafted young-adult novel never preaches and never falls into the trap of “warning” teenagers against anything. It simply deals with the realities of township life and the hardships a young virgin faces. This Thing Called the Future has won several prizes in the USA. LAPA and Catalyst Press are proud to bring it back to its country of origin.

Tom and Clint are furious. The twins pulled a nasty prank on them. Now everyone at school is laughing at Clint. But Tom has a clever plan – and and even BETTER prank!

Wilson se lewe is, net soos haar naam, ietwat buitengewoon. Sy woon saam met haar ouers in 'n huis op wiele en moet elke paar maande na 'n nuwe dorp trek. Dit frustreer haar baie. Amper so baie soos Errol. Hy het onlangs besluit dat Wilson sy beste maat is en dat sy hom moet vergesel op vervelige uitstappies soos voëlkyk. Net toe Wilson dink dat Verkeerdevlei net so vervelig gaan wees soos al die ander klein dorpies waar sy al gewoon het, ontdek sy iets uitsonderlik - iets wat ten alle koste geheim gehou moet word. Maar dan raak dinge gevaarlik ... Iemand is daarop uit om wraak te neem, en niks en niemand gaan hom stuit nie - veral nie twee kinders nie.

Neo hou van avonture, maar partykeer voel hy ’n bietjie bang. Sy suster, Thandi, is sterk en dapper … en sy het ’n slim plan om Neo veilig te laat voel. Sy gee vir hom ’n spesiale kombers – ’n onsigbare kombers. En dit werk! Hy skrik nie eens meer vir die hoogste boom in die tuin nie. Maar sal die onsigbare kombers help wanneer Neo na ’n nuwe skool toe moet gaan … en aan die swemgala deelneem? ’n Inspirerende storie oor dapper wees en glo in jouself.

Splatt could not have imagined that a simple quest to find colour would reveal its true essence!

Splatt, an adolescent water drop, lives in Sea Drop Village on the ocean floor at a depth where water has absorbed all colours of light spectrum, and everything appears grey. He is curious and somewhat rebellious; and struggles to blindly accept the authoritarian dogma he is taught – from the dangers of entering the open ocean, to a required unyielding reverence to Thunder God his creator, and finally the threat of death by painful evaporation should he rise to the surface. But most of all he refuses to accept that colour does not exist.

Splatt becomes preoccupied with the fabled Colourland and convinces his girlfriend Lara to set out under the cover of darkness to find it. But only meters into their quest they get separated by strong currents and carried in opposite directions. Both know the only way to reunite is to find Colourland. But the ocean is vast and home to diverse Drop Species that are often hostile.

Success seems increasingly unlikely and at times impossible. The Question is: is colour found in the journey, the destination, or beyond?

Om te leer lees is een van die grootste avonture wat op enige kind wag - en Krok en Dil is die perfekte maats om die opwindende reis mee aan te pak! Die nuwe leesreeks uit die pen van Jaco Jacobs stel kinders deur middel van prettige stories aan verskillende klanke bekend. Die reeks het 'n sterk strokiesprent-aanslag, met volop spraakborrels en fantastiese volkleurillustrasies deur Nadia du Plessis, en die twee onwaarskynlike beste maats, 'n knorrige krokodil en 'n lewenslustige komkommertjie, sal dadelik in beginnerlesers se harte kruip. Jaco is self die pa van twee dogtertjies, Mia (9) en Emma (7), wat die afgelope paar jaar leer lees het, en hy se een van die grootste struikelblokke was om toeganklike beginnerleesboeke op te spoor. "My kinders het grootgeword met stories - van die heel lekkerste storieboeke in Afrikaans en Engels wat aan hulle voorgelees is. Dit was daarom vir hulle baie frustrerend as beginnerleesboeke net op die klanke fokus, sonder 'n sterk, vermaaklike storielyn. Dit is waarom ek die Krok en Dil-reeks begin skryf het - ek wou 'n leesreeks skryf wat vir lesers - en ouers! - 'n prettige storie in elke boek bied, met hope humor."

Jakkals' wag won't work! Is she sick? Is her tail broken? Mom and Dad are worried, but it is little Lollipop, her best friend, that knows her best.

Jakkals and Lollipop love swimming in the lake, Jakkals diving and breaching like a whale. She needs nothing more than Lollipop's understanding to regain her wag.

In spite of the problem of Jakkals' seemingly broken wag, the author manages to keep the story light and positive by using humour and creative language. Humour stimulates creativity and brings a fresh angle to the story and a welcome change from other books for this age group, often with educational or moralising messages.

The Dog with the Broken Wag provides lots of opportunity for funfilled interaction between reader and listener, creating lasting memories of shared reading experiences.

Lake of Memories is the second book in the Shadow Chasers trilogy. It’s an African fantasy adventure ̶ one part family saga, one part hero's quest.

Zithembe has to find his knife to rescue his mother from the evil Army of Shadows. The only way to find it is to go to the Lake of Memories in the dreamworld, where it guarded by the evil Mama Wati water spirits. Without a knife of his own, Zithembe can’t go to the dreamworld, so his friend Nom and his cousin Rosy have to take their lives in their hands to help him ….

Deliciously creepy, fast, fun and a blast to read. Get this for the reluctant reader in your life right now!

Die meeste mense slaap Saterdae laat, maar nie Zander nie. Hy sit al weer saam met sy ouers langs die rugbyveld om te kyk hoe sy broer hul pa se sportdrome uitleef.

Zander se belangstellings beïndruk sy ouers nie veel nie. Hy hou van rekenaarspeletjies, lees en draf. Vir hom is draf ’n bietjie soos lees. Wanneer hy sy tekkies vasmaak en sy oorfone in sy ore druk, verdwyn die wêreld rondom hom. Totdat een van die mooiste meisies in die skool hom op ’n dag sien hardloop … Roxy is vasbeslote om Zander sover te kry om landloop te hardloop, en in die proses word sy lewe op sy kop gekeer – in meer as een opsig.

Zander se beste vriend verstaan nie sy nuwe obessie met hardloop nie en wil net oor die Cyber Clash-rekenaarspeletjiekompetisie praat. Daarby is Zander se gevoelens vir Roxy ook definitief nie platonies nie, en asof dit nie genoeg is nie, is sy eerste landloopkompetisie op dieselfde dag as sy broer se debuutwedstryd vir die eerste rugbyspan. Zander sal moet kies: Gaan hy sy broer in die steek laat, of vir Roxy?

Tekkies is ’n grafiese roman met teks deur die topverkoper-skrywer Jaco Jacobs, en illustrasies vir die slimfoon-generasie deur Alistair Ackermann.

Book 1 in an exciting action series set in a soccer club that is a melting pot for teens of different backgrounds, with one thing in common - love of the beautiful game.

The antics of Bomani and his friends will provide hours of entertainment, as well as afford parents and caregivers wonderful opportunities to teach lasting life lessons to children. As you read Bomani the Meerkat you will be reminded of the classic stories of your youth. There are 3 different stories in the book. Each story is followed by a reflection, a Bible verse, a short prayer and an activity.

Minki en haar maats sien al weke lank uit na die skool se avontuurkamp. Hulle gaan in die bos kampeer, swem, kampvuuraande hou en in tente slaap. Boonop is daar allerhande lekker uitdagings waaraan hulle kan deelneem. Dit klink na vet pret! Maar Danika is vasbeslote om weer dinge vir Minki-hulle so goor as moontlik te maak. Sy besluit dat haar span as die Kampkampioene gekroon gaan word en dat niks in haar pad gaan staan nie. Nie eens al beteken dit sy moet vuil speel nie …

Facto listens to what the Flixies have to say about water and learns that it is magical material!

No form of life, as we know it, can exist without water. It is an amazing solvent as all food for animals and plants must first be dissolved in water before it can be absorbed. It also used for washing and cleansing and even to cool off. But our supply of usable water is actually extremely limited…

The earliest green plants lived in water. Since the conditions on land was very different from life in water, the earliest plants would have simply dried out and would have been unable to stay upright without support of water. Facto learns how plants developed to be able to live on land and which plants were the most successful in propagating on land…

Van ’n teddiebeer wat lewend word, tot ’n snotmonster wat ’n koshuis terroriseer en ’n spookmeisie wat in die middel van die nag in jou oor fluister. Hierdie bundel bevat 11 naelkou-lekker kortverhale deur twee skrywers wat presiés weet hoe om al die hare op jou kop regop te laat staan.

Die laaste storie is boonop ekstra spannend en onvoorspelbaar, aangesien dit as ’n aflosverhaal geskryf is – een hoofstuk elk, afwisselend deur hierdie twee grilverhaal-meesters.

Moeg vir jou planeet se troeteldiere? Bestel vandag nog ‘n troeteldier van ‘n ander planeet!

Rudi en Judy baklei gedurig soos kat en hond. Hulle stem oor byna niks saam nie. Maar een aand bestel hulle per ongeluk in plaas van pizza … ‘n ruimtewese! Kort voor lank is daar groot moeilikheid …