This book brings to light an important message about courage, and how to stand for justice by practicing values, virtues, and love.

Justice stands up to a bully and befriends her, showing the importance of love and empathy. Inspired by the many world heroes who have stood up for justice – like Nelson Mandela, Malala, and many others.

This is the perfect story to teach children about standing up for what’s right and helping others.

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.

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.

Willow Asks Why, written in rhyme and told through playful illustrations, is about a curious character called ‘Willow’ who begins to question why there seems to be a different set of rules, for people of different races.

The lighthearted yet powerful message is that we should always question the world around us and learn to see the ‘invisible’ roles that power and privilege play. Only then, can we challenge them.

Stories word daagliks van een person na ‘n ander oorgedra. Dit is ‘n natuurlike deel van mense se sosiale omgang met mekaar.

“Stories word aan kinders vertel om lewenslesse oor te dra, en vriende vertel vir mekaar stories om mekaar te vermaak, of om inligting oor te dra. Die vertelling van verhale is dus ‘n belangrike deel van menslike interaksie. “Vertel stories waar dit nodig is. Dit voed die mens se siel. Ons het partykeer elkeen net ‘n goeie storie nodig.

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?

Lotta se klas gaan hierdie week na hulle ouers se werksplek toe om te kyk wat hulle beroep is. Pappa is een van die ouers. Net die gedagte dat hulle na sy skool toe gaan, gee haar ’n NAAR KOL op haar maag.

Gelukkig gaan hulle darem van ander cool beroepe ook leer. Leigh-Anne se ma werk by ’n hondesalon, en hulle gaan ook inloer by die DIERESKUILING waar mnr. Lategan vrywillige werk doen. Lotta en Chantelle se liefiehonde, WOLLIE en STOFFIE, is daar en hulle gaan ook eendag daar werk.

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.

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?

Tumi visits her Gogo in Soweto for the holidays. She and her twin cousins often help Gogo in her spaza shop. Gogo's Goodies is the oldest spaza in all of Soweto and Gogo's pride and joy. When Gogo leaves for a few days, Tumi has one of her crazy ideas: They will open the shop and run it themselves and earn loads of money! But they’ve never had to do it without Gogo, and things quickly get out of hand, making the spaza more famous than ever . . .

Prinses Minna is mal daaroor om moles in haar koninkryk uit te sorteer! Maar hoe gaan sy ’n vreeslike verwarring opklaar?

Hierdie kort, snaakse stories is perfek vir beginnerlesers.

Musa has a loving family and a wonderful home.

But what do other families look like?
Where do they live?
What are their favourite foods?
What language do they communicate in?
And what makes them a family?

These are the questions Musa aims to answer as he sets out on a mission to meet the delightfully diverse families of South Africa!

Na die ontstellende gebeure by die viering van sy ma terugkeer, vlug Josh van Liba af weg. Op soek na slaapplek dwaal hy en Charlie die misterieuse Geelwoud binne. Hier vind Josh tydelik geluk wanneer die kinders van die Nuwe Jerusalem hulle in hulle boomdorpie laat bly. En Jandja, die tienerleier van die groep, is 'n seun soos hy. Maar Josh weet Kalimbula brand. Hy moet iets doen. Dan is daar nog vrae: Het Njeri hom regtig verraai? En wat lê agter tannie Verona se obsessie met die Wafu-water?

Teddy is a happy chappy. So happy that everyone wonders why Teddy is always so happy. We take some guesses as to why Teddy is so happy.

Perhaps nothing ever goes wrong in his life, perhaps he’s good at everything and maybe he gets everything he wants. We learn that Teddy does indeed have his fair share of challenges. However, Teddy has a magic trick of seeing the good in every situation.

He eats his peas so that he can eat his dessert, he gets through difficult maths sums so that he can read at leisure, he even cheers up after falling and hurting his knee. Teddy, like all of us, has many things he doesn’t like doing, but he doesn’t let that keep him down. Teddy’s magic trick is seeing the good in every situation.

Isenguye is excited to start BIG school!

But when she gets there, her teacher gives her a name that makes her feel small. Soon all her friends will learn to uncover the power in Isenguye’s name – and their own names too.

What is the power in your name?

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.

Based in sunny South Africa, a heartwarming children’s book capturing adventures in the kitchen with head chef, Grandma over the school holidays, featuring sister-brother duo Trish and Nir who bake-up a storm with some scrumptious chocolate cupcakes.

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 South African Alphabet is not your typical ‘ABC’ book for children. It has been splendidly illustrated by Alex Latimer with illustrations on subjects unique to South Africa.

Greg Owen, voormalige hoofseun van Lawson Kollege en kuberkraker van formaat, is 'n eerstejaar-Matie na die jaar waarin sy gesin se lewe uitmekaar val. Sy pa en Dok Pienaar is ontmasker as die Baker en die Candlestick Maker van Project Nursery Rhyme en is agter tralies. Maar wie en waar is die Butcher? Greg sal nie kan rus tot die derde lid van die gewetenlose driemanskap aan die pen ry nie. As jy wil wraak neem, moet jy twee grafte grawe . . .

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.

In this story the Flixies Learn about the winning recipe of the vertebrates – a skeleton of bones and cartilage inside the body, to which muscles could be attached. Vertebrates had unique features that enabled them to adapt to living on land. In this way many niches were filled, thereby opening up the land even further for the other forms of life!

Here comes Thoko again! Thoko is resourceful! Thoko is full of fun! Thoko is kind-hearted! Niki Daly makes reading about life as a kid entertaining and realistic with his delightful new local heroine, Thoko. Thoko skips through life, leaving behind a trail of laughter. With adorable illustrations and four heart-warming easy-to-read stories, Niki Daly has created a second book about Thoko - who is sure to become one of his most beloved characters. Look out for Hooray! Thoko.