The Flixies share an entertaining time together in the wetlands. Kwax and Crox, the two water Flixies, stage a play act as though they are some of the ancient lobe-finned fish that first stuck their heads out of water. They crawl about in the muddy waters and wonder it must be like to live on dry land. And so the Flixies learn about all the problems that vertebrates possibly had to face with the transition from life in water to life on land…

Halley’s Comet is a story of friendship, love, change, taking chances, hope, a comet, and some pretty cool 80s music.

Pete de Lange must survive as a teenager in a small Natal town during the 1980s, together with his new-found friends, Sarita and Petrus. In a country marked by turmoil and racial conflict, this is not as easy as it seems. Pete and his friends witnessed a horrendous crime, and the perpetrator is on their case. Will justice prevail? In between all of this, Pete must try to make the first rugby team and win the heart of his high-school crush, Renate.

This is an excellent coming of age story, full of emotion and nostalgia, set in a troubled country where doing the right thing was not always easy.

Die eerste groen plante het in water geleef. Omdat toestande op land baie anders is as in water, sou die oudste plante eenvoudig uitdroog en nie kon regop bly sonder die ondersteuning wat water bied nie. Facto leer hoe plante ontwikkel het sodat hulle, hulle op land kon vestig en watter plante op die ou end suksesvol was en oral op land begin groei het...

Die Flixie-stories is geskryf en word in die skole gebruik om twee groot krisisse aan te spreek: ’n omgewingskrisis en ’n geletterdheidskrisis. Ons planeet Aarde is in die nood en jong lesers en hul opvoeders moet bewus gemaak word van biodiversiteit en ons almal se verantwoordelikheid om te sorg vir die kwaliteit van lewe op Aarde.

I am a CURIOUS brown boy.
I explore the world around me ...
I am an ACCEPTING brown boy.
I respect people who are different from me.

Remarkable me is an empowering book of positive affirmations for brown boys. This book teaches boys to embrace and celebrate their unique talents and interests, while encouraging them to dream big and to be creative.

Build confidence and resilience from a young age with easy-to-follow rhyming text and bright inclusive illustrations that reflect proudly South African children.

Also available in Sesotho, isiXhosa, isiZulu and Afrikaans

Malherbe Albertyn, oftewel Vuur, beplan om sy somer in Kransbos te spandeer om die magiese Ylwoud te vind. Desperaat op soek na die antwoorde, na iets buiten die Bloedskuld wat hy en sy bendebroers steeds in die arena betaal. Desperaatheid dryf ook vir Mieke om te waag om haar drome na te jaag.

Kan sy ontsnap deur saam met Malherbe in 'n onvoorspelbare bos te gaan verdwaal? Is Ylwoud die antwoord op Malherbe se suster se verdwyning?

Zucchini Street is a street just like any other street. Okay, maybe not quite. After all, it’s the street where Zack Berry lives.

And whether he’s doing marvelous magic tricks, starting his own newspaper or making desperate plans to get out of the school play – wherever Zack is, there’s always loads of fun, adventure and mischief!

Three fantastic, funny stories in one book!

This book includes the following stories:

• The Magnificent Magic Trick
• The (Almost) Incredibly Awesome Idea
• The Dreadfully Disgusting Kiss

Facto het die Flixies ontdek! Hy “luister in” na hulle gesprekke en so leer hy meer van ons aarde en die natuur. Lees in hierdie storie meer oor die Flixies, waar hulle woon en hoe Facto hulle ontdek het...

Melo se koninkryk neem kinders op ʼn wonderlike avontuur na die Afrika-bos saam met Melo en haar spesiale dierevriende. Elkeen van die bekoorlike stories is gebou op ʼn Afrika-spreekwoord en gebruik Bybelse beginsels om kinders op ʼn boeiende manier te leer en te inspireer.

Die stories, geskryf deur Thuli Madonsela en lede van haar familie, beklemtoon die belangrikheid van waardes soos eerlikheid, moed, respek, spanwerk en goedhartigheid, terwyl dit die wonders van die skepping benadruk.

Die boodskap van elke storie word versterk deur ʼn relevante teksvers, gebed, vrae vir nadenke, woorde van wysheid en ʼn prettige geloofsgebaseerde aktiwiteit.

Die aarde is soos 'n ruimteskip saam met al die ander planete in die ruimte op reis. Die groot verskil tussen planeet Aarde en die ander planete is dat ons planeet in die ruimte duisende vorme van lewe saamdra. Flex verduidelik vir die Flixies van die bane waarin die planete om die son wentel en hoe die vorm van hierdie bane sorg dat ons verskillende seisoene het waarin die plante kan rus en kan groei.

Facto had discovered the Flixies! He eavesdrops on their conversations and by doing so, he learns interesting new facts about the earth and nature. In this story we find out where the Flixies live, where they get their information from and how Facto discovered them…

The beads jingle and jangle and sparkle. The girls giggle with glee! Mpumi and her friends discover magic in her hair and what begins as an ordinary school day in Joburg is suddenly full of adventure everywhere! Mpumi's Magic Beads is a delightful story about friendship, self-esteem, discovery and beautiful hair in the big city of Joburg. It follows the sudden adventures of Mpumi, Asante and Tshiamo as they see the world around them from new heights and realise all of the fun waiting to be discovered outside of their classroom. This story is a great read for the whole family, especially children aged between 5 - 10 years old.

Children can explore their world with this fun first dictionary and learn the names of various things around them. Each page is packed with pictures and things to find and talk about. These books are hard back with full colour illustrations.

Kinders kan hulle wêreld met hierdie prettige eerste woordeboek verken en die name van allerlei dinge rondom hulle leer. Elke bladsy is vol prente en dinge om te soek en oor te praat. Dié boeke is hardeband met volkleur illustrasies.

Die Jasper-jeugreeks is die eerste keer uitgegee in 1959 en daar was verskeie herdrukke van dié gewilde reeks.

Hierdie is die tweede titel in die Jasper-reeks. Vir enige kind sal dit ure se genot verskaf, want dit is 'n boek om te lees en te herlees. Saam met die Viermanskap is die leser bly oor die sukses wat behaal word en saam met die vriende word daar getreur oor die brandende sitvlakke! Jasper het nog altyd geweet hy is lief vir rugby, maar hy het nie besef dat hy ’n rugbyheld sou word nie!

Kom deel in die avonture van Jasper!

Nicole en Pappa is mal oor hulle nuwe buurt en hulle het reeds ‘n klomp vriende gemaak. Daar is oom Samsodien met die mooi roostuin, tannie Bets met die poedels, die Masango-gesin met die twee klein dogtertjies, mevrou Carboni en haar kleinseun Luca met sy rekenaar en kitaar, die veearts en haar ontvangsdame, Simon in die rolstoel, en die busbestuurder wat elke dag vir Simon na sy toe skool neem.

Maar Nicole het steeds nie ’n maat van haar eie ouderdom nie. Iemand wat sy haar BESTE maat kan noem. Dan kom Zintle huis toe vir die skoolvakansie. Sy woon oorkant Nicole-hulle en al is sy blind, is sy baie onafhanklik en groot pret. Saam bou die twee maats vir Appelliefie ’n dam, maar hulle kry stry wanneer Nicole vir Zintle met alles probeer help, selfs met die dinge wat sy self kan doen. Asof dit nie genoeg is nie, is daar ook ’n droogte in Kaapstad. Hoe op aarde gaan hulle genoeg water kry om die dam vol te maak? Gelukkig is daar altyd hulp in ’n buurt soos hulle s’n …

After Mosela’s village is destroyed by pirate penguins, she embarks on a perilous journey to warn the Mouse King.

She must find the Chosen One who is destined to save Rodentia. Khova, the powerful Mage Owl, fits the description perfectly. There is just one problem: Khova is the whiniest, most arrogant creature Mosela has ever met!

Will they succeed in saving her family and convince the armies to stand together?

13-year-old Leo Jantjies loves playing Theatre of Gods and Heroes (TOGAH). He’d play all day and night if he could – if it weren’t for nuisances like school and chores.

When a clip of Leo playing TOGAH goes viral, he doesn’t expect to get a call from a pro team wanting to recruit him for the Esports World Championship in Paris.

But soon Leo, his best friend Fiks, and his sister Lauren jet off to Europe for an adventure none of them thought was possible.

Uncle Kelly is a drag performer who lives with his nephew Eli. Eli is about to start school and he has a birthmark on his face that he is afraid he will be bullied about. Uncle Kelly helps Eli find his confidence and encourages him to love himself as he is.

Eli finds a creative way of owning his insecurity and with his new confidence makes friends and inspires other children to accept their peers, and to even express their own creativity.

A book that encourages love and acceptance and embraces otherness, What’s Wrong With Glitter is a rhyming book that is filled with bright illustrations.

In die vernuwende strokiesboek Kaptein Pipskwiek moet die bleeksiel Danie skielik ’n geweldige taak aanpak: om die aarde teen ’n gevaarlike aanvaller te beskerm. Nou dra hy ’n kostuum en kan hy selfs vlieg – hy is ’n gemaskerde superheld! Alles is egter nie net pret en avontuur nie, want dit gaan sleg by die huis. Danie se stiefpa en -broer gee hom probleme en verder wil dit lyk of sy ma sieker raak elke keer as hy in Kaptein Pipskwiek verander. Hoe kan hy dan die dorp red? Hy sal vinnig die regte besluite moet neem...

A mark. That’s how it begins. The first sign you’ve been chosen.

Sixteen-year-old John’s life changes when he discovers a sinister black symbol on his arm. Little does he know that thousands of children across the world woke up with similar marks, but went missing shortly thereafter.

It’s like they disappeared from the face of the Earth. Where did they go?

Unfortunately, John is about to find out.

Hierdie tweetalige (Afrikaans en Engels) badboeke kan ure se vermaak aan kleintjies verskaf. In hierdie badboek word kinders vertroud met verskillende diere, soos 'n by, pikkewyn, wurm, beer, seekat, kat, skaap en krap terwyl hulle die Afrikaans en Engels kan leer lees.

Die boeke is perfek vir badtyd en gewone speeltyd!

Which was the most successful group in the entire animal kingdom? Facto finds out what contributed to the arthropods success and why they deserve the title of the first land animals. The Flixies play a guessing game and they chat about crustaceans, multipedes, spiders and scorpions and the first animals that could fly – the insects!

Die Flixies het sommer baie pret waar hulle in die vleiland bymekaarkom. Kwax en Crox, die twee water-Flixies, speel toneel en maak asof hulle van die heel oudste lobvinvisse is wat hulle koppe uit die water steek. Hulle kruip in die modderwater rond en wonder hoe dit moet wees om op land te lewe. So leer die Flixies van al die probleme wat werweldiere moontlik mee te doen gekry het met die oorgang van water- na landlewe...

Wie was die suksesvolste groep in die ganse diereryk? Facto vind uit waaraan geleedpotiges se sukses toegeskryf kan word en hoekom hulle as die eerste egte landdiere beskou word. Die Flixies speel 'n raaiselspeletjie oor goggas en gesels ook onder mekaar oor skaaldiere, veelpotiges, spinnekoppe en skerpioene en oor die eerste diere wat kon vlieg – insekte!