Gold city is in for a big surprise! Mr Mpisi and his cohorts have met secretly to devise a plot to undo the rise of Kwezi and the superhero phenomena. They unleash Mamadou, a raging giant from the hidden land of the hyena to wreak havoc in the city centre. With Mohau and Khoi still in inter-dimensional travel, and Kwezi yet to gain new insights and powers back home, all is left to an introspective Azania to protect the city. Will the cunning Mr Mpisi’s elaborate plan succeed in furthering his dark cause? Will Azania’s heroism win out? Will Kwezi and the others return in time to aid Azania and defend the city from the ever-tightening grip of the megalomaniac, Mr Mpisi?

Vir die vyf dapper vriende wat hulleself die Uile noem, is dit opwindend om na die skatte van 'n geheimsinnige, verlore stad in die Kalahari te gaan soek. Opwindend, ja, maar ook lewensgevaarlik. Want in die Kalahariwoestyn is die enigste bedreigings nie net die roofdiere en sandstorms nie, maar ook vyande wat self 'n oog op die buit het. Sal die Uile hierdie gevaarlike manne kan uitoorlê? En is daar werklik 'n verlore stad en skatte diep in die woestyn?

The Flixies teach us one of their most important secrets: variety. And so we learn what the word biodiversity means, and why it is so important that we understand it. Facto learns that there is an exceptional number of different types of animals and plants on Earth, and that each one that is discovered must be named. Grandma Flox surprises the Flixies with a very special piece of embroidery…

Two very different nocturnal creatures learn the give and take of friendship on the African savannah, when they decide to open a hotel.

Aardvark, impulsive and full of ideas, is the perfect foil to Pangolin's calm and careful nature. The tempo of each chapter follows a pattern:

Aardvark, the dreamer, suggests a halfbaked idea. Pangolin refuses for rational reasons, then falls under Aardvark's spell, with the inevitable conflict that follows. Funny and adventurous, the story explores friendship and individuality. In the end it's the tiny gifts left by the animals who came to stay that help Pangolin appreciate what true friendship means.

A touching picture book about resilience, identity, and familial love. Every morning when Ta’mkhulu helps Zinzo to shine his shoes, he reminds him that he has big shoes to fill. Zinzo wants to make his dads proud, even though they live far away in the city. His grandfather sets a great example by being kind and caring to everyone in the village. But when the children at school learn about Zinzo’s unconventional family they are not kind to him at all. Can Zinzo show them that being different is nothing to be afraid of? Big Shoes to Fill is a proudly South African book that encourages acceptance, understanding and kindness towards the LBGTQI+ community. This picture book is not only a tribute to the unbreakable bonds of family but also a celebration of the courage to stand tall in one’s own shoes. Also available in isiXhosa, isiZulu and Afrikaans.

'n Karavaanpark klink dalk na 'n idilliese plek om te woon, maar Kruhan Malherbe dink nie so nie. Die plek is vol eienaardige mense en daar's geen vriende nie. Een nag volg Kruhan twee otters tot anderkant die riete, na waar 'n vriendelike seun op 'n vlot sit en braai. Timma is die vriend waarop Kruhan gewag het! Terug in die karavaanpark hoor hy stories van mense wat verdwyn het: die eienaar se kleindogter,  en ses jaar vantevore, ’n elfjarige seun. Kan Timma help om die raaisels op te klaar?

Brown girls are risk takers, move makers and planet shakers. We can be scientists, artists, engineers or any other kind of pioneer. Brown girls are brave, we follow the example of others. Women who came before us - our sisters and mothers. Empowering and inspiring, Wonderfully made is a book of positive affirmations for brown girls of all shades, sizes and shapes. This book teaches girls to not only embrace, but to truly celebrate their unique appearance and talents 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.

Grandpa Flex and Dux discuss the various types of reptiles. Flex explains how primitive vertebrates eventually managed to cope with life on land. Certain descendants of the amphibians had the features necessary to make exactly this possible!

Oom Fanie se plaas het te klein geword vir al sy seuns en vir Martiens en Piet, die twee oudstes, was dit tyd om uit te spring en hulle eie potjie te gaan krap. Nou moet hulle hul eie plaas van die grond af opbou, paaie en kampe aanle, opstalle bou en heelwat uitdagings trotseer. Gelukkig is hulle nie alleen nie: 'n Vriendelike sersant genaamd oom Lafras en sy regterhand Phefeni gaan kom aftree op die plaas. Maar sal die leeu wat elke nag sy teenwoordigheid bekend maak, vir hulle een uitdaging te veel wees?

Ingonyama En Ander Maats Met Leeueharte is ’n bundel propvol tematiese nuwerwetse verhale vir graadvier- tot graadseskinders van Afrikaans as eerste addisionele taal.

Dié bundel neem die riglyne van die KABV in ag en die Departement van Basiese Onderwys se strewe om laerskoolonderwys by die “Vierde Industriële Rewolusie” te betrek.

Elke verhaal bied:

• ’n besprekingstema en ’n woordelys;
• pre-leesvrae;
• vertalings van woorde;
• post-lees- kontekstuele vrae; en
• verrykingsaktiwiteite.

Carin Krahtz, Nelia Engelbrecht, Annelie Ferreira, Jaco Fouché, Troula Goosen, Henriëtte Linde-Loubser, Elrien Scheepers, Christina van Deventer, Annerle Barnard, De Wet Hugo, Carin Krahtz, Anzil Kulsen, Naomi Meyer, Christien Neser, Carina Stander, Marita van Aswegen, Elizbè Van der Colff, Derick van der Walt, Elizabeth Wasserman, Zelda Bezuidenhout, EKM Dido, Sidney Gilroy, Rouxnette Meiring, Chase Rhys, Cecilia Steyn, Fanie Viljoen, Sasha Richards

Athandwa’s heart is different. For as long as she can remember, her heart sings. At first it scares her. Why is she different from her family and friends? But when she tries to silence her heart, she discovers a secret … and a special song. A song that Mama, Gogo and Koko also know.

You are loved is a lyrical story about accepting the things that make us unique and celebrating the intergenerational love that lifts and protects us.

The book is also available in isiZulu and Afrikaans.

Once upon a time there was a girl who loved asking questions. Why? Where? When? How? What? Who? When everyone grew sick and tired of all her questions, the girl decided to search for the answers to all her questions elsewhere – in books! And before long she started telling her own stories …

An empowering story about the power of books and stories.

Also available in English and Afrikaans.

Rorisang and her twin brother Mo must start the school year at a new school after their mom decides that the family needs to get out of their comfort zone.

The twins have attended the school across the road since they were toddlers. All their friends are there, and their dad is best friends with the headmaster. The new school is far from their house, the extramural activities that are on offer are unfamiliar and the ones that Rorisang used to excel at in her old school is dominated by kids far better than her.

Luckily Rorisang makes new friends quickly, learns to play softball and performs a praise poem at the Eisteddfod. She even survives the long trips in the car with her pest of a brother!

A heartwarming story that celebrates family and friendship and finding your voice amidst change. The book is also available in isiZulu and Afrikaans.

A book of affirmations that highlights each of South Africa’s eleven official languages: Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu. The affirmations are written by ten authors, adding to the piece in their home language. The book is a love letter to children (especially Black, Indigenous, and people of colour) in South Africa honouring their magic, worth, and power. It is the authors’ hope that BIPOC children discover the power of their voice through the recitation of these positive affirmations and know that they can change the world in an impactful way.

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 …

Die Flixies leer vir ons een van hulle belangrikste geheime: verskeidenheid. So leer ons wat die woord biodiversiteit beteken en hoekom dit so belangrik is dat ons dit moet verstaan. Facto leer van die baie verskillende soorte plante en diere op Aarde en dat elkeen wat ontdek word, 'n naam moet kry. Ouma Flox verras die Flixies met 'n spesiale stuk borduurwerk...

Die laaste omnibus in hierdie reeks bevat nóg drie gewilde Trompie-stories. Die sproetgesig Grootkaptein en die Boksombende se avonture voortgesit en Trompie en sy maats besluit om in die kloof te gaan swem en dan teen die berg op te klim en die grotte daarbo te verken. Trompie ontmoet ook die mooiste meisie wat hy nog ooit gesien het en ding mee teen sterk kompetisie in die atletiekspan.  

As Rietrot moet jy jou plek ken, besef Daniël du Randt met die intrapslag in Rietvallei Hoër. Almal sê daar bestaan nie iets soos ontgroening nie, maar hierdie matrieks het duidelik nog nie die boodskap gekry nie. Gelukkig het hy vriende soos Malebo, Antonie en Giovanni, want Peet Pretorius eet graad 8’s vir ontbyt en spoeg hulle soos fyngekoude grate uit.

Een vir een. Wanneer Daniël en Malebo een nag uit die koshuis glip en hulle vasloop in ’n skelm – wat vir Peet soos ’n lammetjie laat lyk – begin hulle probleme werklik. Moet hulle vir iemand daarvan vertel? Kan hulle dit waag? Sê nou daardie ou kom een donker nag terug om sy dreigemente uit te voer? Hoërskool is beslis nie vir sissies nie!

Alex se oupa het grys hare, dra valstande en kyk graag na reisprogramme op TV. Maar op ’n dag raak hy skielik mal oor …

BREIIINNNSSS! Dit is duidelik dat Oupa besig is om in ’n zombie te verander. As Alex hom van dr. Zuurman en die zombiepolisie wil red, gaan hy ’n paar briljante planne, goeie vriende en hope broccoli nodig hê. En miskien kan hulle op die koop toe ook hulle droom bewaarheid om die Zambia en Egipte te siene kry!

Met Jacobs se sonderlinge kombinasie van humor en die deernisvolle uitbeelding van gesins- en ander verhoudinge, is dit nie moeilik om te verstaan waarom hy die topverkoperkinderboekskrywer in Suid-Afrika is nie.

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!

Sammi is 13 en bly saam met haar tannie Valerie, 'n kunstenaar. Hulle gaan kuier vir die vakansie by Oumie en Dedda in die Noord-Kaap. Sammi gaan haar vriendinne April en Lerato mis, maar die klein dorpie gaan 'n goeie change of scene vir haar wees.

Dit sal haar gedagtes afvat van Richfire Arts Academy, die kunsteskool waar sy so graag wil inkom. Maar die platteland is vol verrassings. En kansvatters.

Sal sy vir Dedda en Oumie kan help as die slymerige George sy flikkers kom gooi?

We may look different you and I,
sound different,
act different,
eat different food,
and live in different places
but when I look into your eyes, I see myself.

A comforting and lyrical book about friendship and ubuntu that celebrates both our differences and similarities.

Also available in isiZulu and Afrikaans.

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