n Studiereis na Parys was die laaste ding wat Emma vir haar 16de verjaardag wou he! Sy word egter gou oorrompel deur die skoonheid van die stad. Boonop is daar Luc, Madame Flaubert se seun, wat gids speel en die stad se bes bewaarde geheime vir Emma oopsluit. Soos dat die sleutels tot Parys as middelpunt vir musiek, argitektuur en letterkunde deur drie muses gedra word. Na elke eeu moet hierdie sleutels aan Parys se burgemeester oorhandig word. Maar wat het dit met Emma te doen?

Ben doesn’t like going to school. The other kids are mean to him and he doesn’t have any friends! But then his mom tells him that Jesus loves him and that he is very special. The next day the teacher announces that they’re going to have a concert! Maybe this will be his
chance to finally make friends …

Zuléka Smit’s touching story about the difficulties of going to school for the first time is based on her many years in education, as well as her experiences with her own kids.

A brand new compilation of the best English poetry, short stories, dramas and folklore for the high school!

This anthology includes works by Sally Partridge, Fanie Viljoen, Mia Arderne, Hannes Barnard ... and more!

This collection perfectly suits the needs for teachers and learners, both home language and first additional language. A separate study guide will also be available so teachers can easily find additional material on all the texts.

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.

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.

Tjoppie is ’n nuuskierige klein hondjie. Vandag is sy verjaardag! Hy kry baie geskenke. Maar saam met wie van sy maats moet hy eerste speel? Dit is tog die lekkerste as almal leer om saam te speel.

Tjoppie se prettige, kleurvolle avonture is perfek vir storietyd saam met peuters en kleuters.

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.

Adelie se beste maat is haar Boston Terrier-hond, Riley. Riley hou van speel en hy kry gereeld die zoomies. Hy los ook groot STINKbomme!

Vir Adelie en Riley is daar geen grense aan die avonture wat hulle beleef nie. Die agtertuin verander in ’n wêreld waarin daar allerhande monsters en vreemde kreature wegkruip ...

In “Die MOEsters” gaan Adelie en Riley se gesin almal saam op vakansie. Hulle bly op ’n pragtige plaas waar daar allerlei plaasdiere wei. Maar hoekom tree die beeste ewe skielik snaaks op? Amper asof hulle zombies is ... Hoe gaan Adelie en Riley uit die penarie kom?

Hannah is vasgekeer.

Tussen die boom se blare waar sy soms vir haar lewe wegkruip en per ongeluk vir Lua, die coolste meisie wat sy ken, afloer. Sy is vas tussen die soet geure van haar ma se koekskeppings en haar uitgewaste jeans. Vas tussen haar pa se rugbesering terwyl hy plastiek-warlord speel en die wêreld vanuit sy studeerkamer probeer red. Vas in haar onvermoë om haarself te laat geld. Sy is moeg vir wegkruip, moeg om die enigste agter-die-klip-tiener te wees en te vries wanneer sy moet vlieg.

Tot Lua onverwags ʼn paar ou rolskaatse vir Hannah gee en haar help om kelnerin by die akwarium se koffiewinkel te word.

Hannah kom voor ʼn keuse te staan: veg, vlug of vries?

Sy kies! Sy kyk video’s oor hoe om bo te bly, want skaats gaan sy skaats. Die De Lange-broers kruis haar pad. Leo leer haar skaats, Ben wys haar die dolfyne en Hannah se vlerke kry vere.

Sy vlieg en wanneer sy land ... land sy op wiele!

This is a night for endings. A night for stuffing your copy of The Catcher in the Rye into your backpack and saying goodbye to your house where your dad spends every night drinking too much whiskey, reminiscing about his army days and beating the crap out of you and your brother. A night for checking the list of names of all the kids at school who have always irritated you and called you a freak and a weirdo. A night for paying tribute to all the cult movies and cult figures who gave you a voice when you were struggling to find your own. A night for prowling the dark street with their grave-cold pavements; meeting the clowns, phantoms, gargoyles and helpless ones who come crawling out of their hiding places at night. A night for discovering the dark thing inside you, getting to know him intimately, feeling him stretch his wings and ball his angry fists. This is the final night. Tomorrow I’m taking a gun to school.

Adelie se beste maat is haar Boston Terrier-hond, Riley. Riley hou van speel en hy kry gereeld die zoomies. Hy los ook groot STINKbomme!

Vir Adelie en Riley is daar geen grense aan die avonture wat hulle beleef nie. Die agtertuin verander in ’n wêreld waarin daar allerhande monsters en vreemde kreature wegkruip ...

In “Die wakker-akkers” het Adelie en Riley met ’n heel ander “monster” te make. Die akkerboom in haar ouers se tuin gooi ’n klomp akkers af.

Hoekom lyk dit vir Adelie of die akkers ’n vorm begin aanneem en vir haar en Riley aanval? Hoe gaan hulle die tornado van akkers keer?

Aldan Valentyn is niemand nie.

Hy plaas ʼn foto van homself sonder sy hemp, op Instagram. En word die bespotting van die skool.

Maar dit sal binnekort verander. In die gym. Met gewigte. En die KRAG in die naalde.

“Wat is die ergste wat kan gebeur?”.

The original Zackie Mostert series already has thousands of young fans - and now there's also a reading series, perfect for beginner readers.

Each book in the series features bright full-colour illustrations and simple, easy-to-read text that make these fun-filled stories accessible to young readers.

1. Z is for Zack Ready to Race
2. Z is for Zack A Slimy Surprise
3. Z is for Zack Tree House Trouble
4. Z is for Zack The Perfect Pizza
5. Z is for Zack The Funfair

Willem is oor die wêreld heen beroemd as speurhond. Maar 'n paar jaar gelede het 'n sending skeefgeloop en het hy in Kaapstad by die DBV beland. Dis waar Adriaan en sy ouers die oulike swart-en-wit spanjoelhondjie raakgeloop het. En van daardie dag af is Adriaan en Willem onafskeidbaar. Hierdie omnibus bevat die eerste drie avonture: hulle reis na Istanbul, Parys en Londen, 'n seerower-avontuur op 'n passasierskip en die Bosveld-vakansie waarin hulle 'n bende renosterstropers vastrap. 

Ben gaan in sy heel eerste rugbywedstryd speel. Sy maag gee sommer so ’n wilde draai as hy net aan die wedstryd dink. In die wedstryd druk Ben ’n uitstekende drie … maar onder die verkeerde pale! Sy hartjie voel baie skaam oor hierdie fout, maar Pappa lees vir hom in die Kinderbybel dat hy nie skaam hoef te wees vir foute nie.

Ben and the Big Game is ’n lieflike storie wat kinders leer dat dit almal soms foute maak en dat dit jou nie moet onderkry nie, maar dat jy eerder uit foute moet leer en altyd weer probeer.

Die Bitterbosbende besluit om in die skoolkoor te sing. Maar meneer Louw is nie die vriendelikste nie en boonop is daar nuwe koorlede wat Kurt nog nooit in die skool opgemerk het nie en wat blykbaar vir die res van die bende onsigbaar is. Dan ontdek Nieke 'n stuk papier met snaakse simbole, amper soos bladmusiek, in haar geskiedenisboek. Nieke en Kurt besef hulle droom albei oor onaardse aaklige musiek, en 'n koor van kinders geklee in swart, met aardige groot koppe . . .

“Vandag bly jy by die tafel sit totdat elke krieseltjie spinasie op is!”

Tomas weet hy kan dit nie eet nie, sy lyf wil nie spinasie hê nie. Maar sy ma staan vas. En uiteindelik gee Tomas oor en eet al die spinasie op sy bord.

Toe hy die laaste sluk vat, besef hy egter dadelik dit was ’n fout.

’n Groot fout.

Want ’n rilling rol deur sy hele lyf.

Sy ore slaan toe.

Sy lyf voel warm en koud gelyk.

En hy voel die sweet soos twee riviere teen sy slape afrol. En dis nog nie die ergste nie ... hoekom hoor hy wat Gemmer, die kat, vir hom sê?

BEGIN HY STEMME HOOR?!

Lees van Tomas se vreemde avontuur, sy ma se laptop word gesteel en die damwal bo in die rivier breek, maar as hy die mense waarsku, wil niemand hom glo nie – want hy kan nie sê hoe hy dit weet nie. Gelukkig kry hy hulp van iemand van wie hy dit nooit sou verwag nie ...

“G’n mens kan so verkeerd verjaar nie!” roep ouma Mollie.

Haar naam is Mollewania Mollewiekus Nagtegaal. Maar jy kan haar sommer net ouma Mollie noem – die grootste moeilikheidmaker op Seeperdjiebaai. Gelukkig hou Nina haar ouma (gewoonlik) uit die moeilikheid.

Vandag is egter nie een van daardie dae nie. Ouma Mollie vergeet skoon van haar eie verjaarsdag. Toe sy dit vinnig wil vier, eindig die verjaarsdag in ’n GROOT ramp. Niemand het geweet suurlemoentert kan so SUUR wees nie. Ouma Mollie se vingers en tone krul sommer in vuisies. Ouma Mollie besluit sy moet weer verjaar – sommer môre! Maar o genade, Ouma Mollie se TWEEDE verjaarsdag loop ook nie volgens plan nie.

Gaan Ouma Mollie dit regkry om uiteindelik REG te verjaar? En wat het dit te doen met ’n walvis se oog? En seepborrels? En ’n waterwurm?

Nee, wag, lees maar self hoe Ouma Mollie die grootste partytjie ooit hou.

VEELS GELUK, OUMA!

Die Bitterbosbende kamp langs die rivier. Toe Zia en Nieke een aand badkamer toe loop, begin 'n hond verwoed blaf. Toe is daar die geluid van 'n trein wat kwaai rem aanslaan en dan 'n harde botsing. Dis eers toe Zia gil dat Nieke sien wat in haar hand is . . .  'n been?  En so begin die soeke na die geheimsinnige stoomlokomotief wat passasiers in die sewentigerjare vervoer het, wat daar naby ontspoor het. Wat het van die slagoffers, wat kinders en 'n hond ingesluit het, geword?

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.

Maak die potlode skerp. Skiet daai doppies van die merkpenne af. Lê op ‘n baal, sit agterstevoor op ’n trekker, klim op na die solder in die skuur, of gooi ‘n kombersie oop onder ‘n boom. Die tyd het aangebreek. Kom ons kleur in!

Hierdie vrolike inkleurboek bevat 22 eg-Afrikaanse gesegdes en idiome, elk met interessante feite oor plaasdiere en volg op die gewilde Rooimiere-in-diebroek idioom-inkleurboek.

As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life’s most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems.

‘I’m practically a man in most areas,’ writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, as always in South Africa, radical change is in the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncomfortable redemption, but Spud Milton is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior, Instead, he discovers that his vindictive arch enemy is back to taunt him and that a garrulous Malawian has taken residence in his dormitory, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends.

Spud’s world has never seemed less certain; he attempts to master Shakespeare, wrestles constantly with God and the power of negative thinking, and develops an aversion to fried fish after a shocking discovery about his grandmother, Wombat.

Oliver Strange's life in London is all very normal until his father disappears in the wilds of the Okavango Swamps while collecting frog data. When Oliver goes in search of his dad, he is captured and things go from bad to worse.

He soon discovers his knowledge of reading maps and his Swiss Army knife are not enough when faced with crocodiles, hippos, lions and dynamite-brandishing crooks with a sinister goal to collect venom from the most poisonous frog of all the golden poison dart frog, found only in Colombia. Oliver is faced with not only saving his father but perhaps the whole world.

This school edition of Oliver Strange and the Journey to the Swamps is included in the Department of Basic Educations National Catalogue for Senior Phase learners. It has been revised and updated with activities for pre-reading and post-reading, questions according to cognitive levels, glossaries and notes on the genre of the novel.

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.