What do you get if you cross a python and a porcupine?
A roll of barbed wire.

What do you call a teacher who’s always in a bad mood?
Typical.

Jaco Jacobs is the master of jokes and funny stories and now his 101 Joke books are finally available in English as well! Prepare for hours of laughter and entertainment at a price that will make you smile.

What is the story of the earth?

The sun, the tree, the bird and me are all connected.

We look after the earth and it looks after us.

We are earth.

In this exciting new children’s book, Thembinkosi Kohli’s illustrations encourage young readers to connect with the world they live in. His bright and cheerful images, which are accompanied by short bursts of text, explain in an easy to understand visual language not only our connection to the earth as human beings but its importance in our everyday lives. This story is a great read for the whole family, especially children aged between 4 – 8 years old.

This new-format, new edition of the African wildlife quiz book will provide hours of fun for people of all ages. Packed with quizzes, crosswords, word searches, brainteasers and interesting facts, it offers competitive games for lively groups, or a quiet challenge for solitary users. The activities will keep family and friends entertained while they learn about African wildlife and the environment; and the varied levels of difficulty will ensure that the whole family is entertained and challenged as they fill in the quiz grids provided. All the answers are given at the back of the book.

An excellent companion to take on long voyages, or have handy to fill spare time or spice up a party.

An inspiring story, based on the author’s childhood in Soweto in the 1970s.

In spite of the bleak surroundings in the township, Nokuthula’ s parents were able to maintain a joyful, celebratory home life. Sam van Riet’s lyrically gentle illustrations reflect the disconnect between the outside world, and the happiness within the four walls of the family house.

This book is an ode to the value of hope, love and close-knit family relationships.

George, despite his size, is afraid of pretty much everything and a simple walk around the farm becomes challenging as he sees monsters everywhere.

Do you believe that there is more to life than your everyday routine? If you do, are you searching for that greater purpose? What If that purpose involved influencing those around you? What difference would you make? Would your efforts be for personal fame or would it be to make a positive difference to this world? Are you ready to break away from dogma and take a leap of faith?

Travel back to a time where one species of animal was not allowed to converse with another; a time where the big five were divided in their quest to gain the attention of their human visitors. With complacency brewing, a small group of animals convene to ascend with the changing times.

Traverse the park with the lion Panthera and the rhino Dhinoo, as they journey on a path of resistance, attracting other misfits with the single goal of rising up to create a brighter future. Join this team as they break free from conformity; believing in a greater purpose, as they attempt to change their world! However, be warned that change does not come without conflict as sinister forces attempt to bring their campaign to an abrupt halt.

Are you ready to join Panthera and make the shift?

Die karakter Fanie het reeds in Fanie se veldskooldae en Fanie word grootwildjagter in almal se harte gekruip. In hierdie boek, die derde in die Fanie-trilogie, neem die outeur die leser op nog ’n boeiende avontuur. Soos in die vorige boeke is daar weer ’n sterk Afrika mens as vaderfiguur. Die Afrikaans-Engels problematiek kom ook weer ter sprake en die Anglo-Boereoorlog is ’n belangrike tema in hierdie verhaal. Verder moet Fanie uiteindelik besluit wie die meisie van sy hart is: Die Engelse nooi Jekkie, of die Boerenooi Soekie?

What do you get if you cross a python and a porcupine?
A roll of barbed wire.

What do you call a teacher who’s always in a bad mood?
Typical.

Jaco Jacobs is the master of jokes and funny stories and now his 101 Joke books are finally available in English as well! Prepare for hours of laughter and entertainment at a price that will make you smile.

Talia is ’n bokser. Sy is deel van die veergewig-kategorie in die skoolspan. Maar haar afrigter het nie baie genade vir haar nie. Dit maak nie saak hoe hard sy boks nie, sy kan net nie sy goedkeuring wen nie.

Sy is ook nie vreeslik gewild ná haar broer, Hamer, vrygelaat word op parool nie. Hy was vir ’n jaar lank in die tronk oor diefstal. Almal behandel hom steeds soos ’n krimineel. Maar ... was hy werklik skuldig?

’n Boeiende roman oor die kompleksiteit van gesinne en die gevegte wat ons almal soms met onsself en ons naastes moet veg.

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.

Uthandiwe 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 English and Afrikaans.

A troublemaker about to get kicked out of school. An eccentric grandmother with a canary yellow Land Rover and a camera. A girl who loves books. A sheep that turns into an internet sensation overnight. A long dusty road. An unforgettable journey.

Trust me. If you steal a sheep at a small-town church bazaar, your life will never be the same again...

This humorous, heart-warming novel will open your eyes to the things that really make life worthwhile.

Maya kan nie glo hulle trek Bloemfontein toe nie en dit omdat haar ma 'n langverlore tante se huis en katte geërf het. Simon is gewoond daaraan om met mishandelde perde te werk, maar Lynx lyk nie asof sy ooit haar slegte ervaring sal afskud nie. Dalk sal Lynx se nuwe stalmaats haar help beter word? Maya pas ook moeilik aan by die nuwe skool en stalle. Dit help nie dat tante Jacquette maar 'n vreemde karakter was en haar ongewone huis en tuin boonop in Bloemfontein berug is nie.

Zackie and Vincent go camping, but it seems like Anton, the school bully, is planning to ruin their weekend.

Hoekom doen Kersfeesvader so goed karate? Want hy het ’n swart belt.

As jy wil grappies vertel by jou volgende partytjie, hier is die boek!

Maritha Snyman se Vertel my ’n grappie was BAIE pret. Hier kom nog vetter pret in Vertel my nog ʼn grappie!

Wat het die krimpvarkie die kaktus gevra? “Is jy my mamma?”

Kinders sal dol wees oor hierdie grappieboek. Koop dit vir hulle, maar lees dit eers self!

Maritha Snyman is ’n kenner en navorser op die gebied van kinderhumor. Die grappies is daarom gepas vir die ouderdomsgroep.

Die lede van die Genootskap van die Groot Uil staar nuwe, vreemde bedreigings in die gesig … Philip Senekal, die leier van ’n vyftal vriende wat hulleself die Uile noem, oortuig sy pa om hulle almal saam te neem op ’n jagvakansie in die Kalahari. Maar die opwindende vakansie draai anders uit as wat hierdie seuns van Kranskop verwag het. Kort voor lank kruis hulle paaie met gevaarlike wilde diere en hulle moet uit verknorsings gehelp word. Wie is die geheimsinnige woestynman met sy onverstaanbare taal wat hulle elke keer help? En sal hy ook kan help wanneer die Uile deur ’n groep gevaarlike inboorlingpriesters ontvoer word?

Welcome to Deedee’s Fabulous Farm!

Got a gaggle of geese that needs a good home? Is your pet mouse eating all your cheese? Does your grumpy cat meow too loudly?

Look no further – Deedee’s back garden is open for any and all animals in need!

She just has three problems:

1. Her parents are absolutely SCARED STIFF of animals, big or small.
2. If the neighbourhood grump Mr Crusty finds out about her farm, she’ll be in a whale of trouble!
And …
3. Just how big are some of these animals gonna get?!

Find out in Fab Farm!

This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid.

Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid. Their journey illustrates at every turn the grim realities of apartheid - the pass laws, bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life.

The opulence of the white "Madam's" house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi and Tiro face - that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.

On the strange, stormy island of Blightsend, twelve-year-old Delphernia Undersea has spent her whole life in the cloister of turnaway girls, hidden from sea and sky by a dome of stone and the laws of the island. Outside, the Masters play their music. Inside, the turnaway girls silently make that music into gold. Making shimmer, Mother Nine calls it. But Delphernia can't make shimmer.

She would rather sing than stay silent. When a Master who doesn't act like a Master comes to the skydoor, it's a chance for Delphernia to leave the cloister. Outside the stone dome, the sea breathes like a wild beast, the sky watches with stars like eyes, and even the gardens have claws. Outside, secrets fall silent in halls without sound. And outside, Delphernia is caught -between the island's sinister Custodian and its mysterious Childer-Queen.

Between a poem-speaking prince and a girl who feels like freedom.

And in a debut that glimmers with hope and beauty, freedom - to sing, to change, to live - is precisely what's at stake.

Kendall Mullins hates high school, almost as much as he hates the situation at home, but that all changes when Craig Baumgarten joins his class.

Craig makes life at Percy Fitzpatrick High almost bearable, until the bullies set their sights on the new best friends and Craig hatches a plan to fight back with devastating consequences. As Kendall is drawn in deeper he finds himself in a situation he can't escape and its up to his brother Justin to protect him.

The Mullins brothers flee the suburbs as they attempt to outrun the law and the wrath of their parents, but on the streets of Cape Town they find that life just got very real.

The weather is turning nasty and George is starting to panic. What dreadful terrors will this storm bring, and how will George survive?