Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors whom he fears but, despite all precautions, the old man is served with the black spot which means death. Among the dead man's belongings Jim discovers a map showing the location of the buried treasure of the notorious pirate Captain Flint. It is not long before he, along with Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney, sets sail to find the treasure. However, amongst the hired hands is the one-legged Long John Silver who has designs on the treasure for himself. The continuing fascination with this tale of high drama, buried treasure and treachery bears out what Stevenson wrote about the book to his friend W. E. Henley: 'if this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.' The book not only continues to 'fetch the kids' but the grown-ups too - in fact all those with the spirit of adventure in their hearts.

Another exciting tale from the Really Useful Engines on the Island of Sodor. This time, it's all about Rusty.

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?

Drama, humor . . . en natuurlik liefde en liefdesdriehoeke. Drie van die gewildste Eerste Liefde-stories in een. In Rugbyballe en bikini’s kan niks Anelle se vakansie op Duinebaai bederf nie. Maar hoekom laat Martin haar so anders voel? In Daar’s’n ou in my aarbei-smoothie steek ’n geheime bewonderaar boodskappe in Yolandé se tas weg. In My hart klop muffins laat die ou met die Franse naam Kat se hart jaag. Maar wat is Pierre se donker geheim?

A gorgeous story about friendship and working together from a star picture-book partnership, the bestselling Julia Donaldson and award-winning Catherine Rayner.

‘The Go-Away bird sat up in her nest,
With her fine grey wings and her fine grey crest.’

One by one, the other birds fly into her tree, wanting to talk or to play, but the Go-Away bird just shakes her head and sends them all away. But then the dangerous Get-You bird comes along, and she soon realizes that she might need some friends after all . . .

The Go-Away Bird combines brilliant rhyming verse from much-loved children’s author Julia Donaldson, creator of the bestselling picture books The Gruffalo and What the Ladybird Heard, with stunning illustrations from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Catherine Rayner. A charming story about the power of friendship from a thrilling creative partnership, this beautiful book is perfect for reading together.

Die Dreadnought is reg vir aksie, ouma Hester se harnaspakke is gelaai met plofbare verrassings en haar yskas kreun onder die smulgoed! Maar wat gaan sy in Kanada maak en nogals by PESBEHEER, PILLE & PREPARATE van alle plekke? Sal Mamma vir Tian en Lisa laat saamgaan? En wat vang die bose dokter Lewendkerwen alles in haar onderwaterse laboratorium aan? Gelukkig laat ouma Hester en Graatjie nie met hulle mors nie!

When Orla enrols on a prestigious drama course, she is thrown into the spotlight for the very first time. A heart-stopping romance from critically-acclaimed author of SING IF YOU CAN'T DANCE. Orla has always been the sidekick, never the hero . . . Until, that is, she secures a funded place at an elite drama course and puts her own dreams first for once in her life. Suddenly, Orla is centre-stage and loving it! But the drama crowd are experienced performers and their parents have shelled out a fortune for them to be on the course. Orla can't help but feel left out - she has to earn her pocket money and her responsibilities at home can't just be ignored. Then again, doesn't she deserve to want things for herself? Especially when beautiful and funny drama boy, Cass, starts flirting with her . . . With life-changing auditions around the corner Orla finds herself torn in two by an impossible choice. Should she protect her chosen family, or herself?

An outstanding, highly original and unputdownable read. Following on from I AM WOLF, this is a bold, thought-provoking adventure perfect for fans of MORTAL ENGINES and THE LAST WILD. Once, Brann belonged to Raven. She flew high above the world and she was fearless. But Raven was destroyed by Dragon. Brann’s home is gone and her crew is missing. Determined to find the truth, Brann heads north. But what she and her friends learn will change everything. What happened to Raven’s crew? And what is the secret Brann is hiding?

Laura kan weer nie aan die slaap raak nie. Sy kyk by die venster uit en sien 'n sterretjie reg voor haar huis op die sypaadjie val. Laura gaan haal die sterretjie en vat dit na haar kamer toe. Maar die volgende oggend is die sterretjie skoonveld ... Hoe Laura haar wedervaringe met die sterretjie ervaar en hoe jy dikwels van dinge waavoor jy lief is, moet afskeid neem, word met deernis en begrip in hierdie verhaal van Laura en haar ster vertel.

In this sequel to Mango Delight, Mango's adventures and misadventures continue as she prepares to make her off-Broadway debut. It s summer break, and Mango is happy to split her time between watching her baby brother Jasper, hanging with her friend Izzy, and binging movies late into the night. Then she runs into her drama teacher Bob, who has some news Yo, Romeo! is headed to the stage in New York City, and he wants Mango to reprise her lead! With her parents blessing (and a few rules) Mango is off to Brooklyn to live with her Aunt Zendaya. It s the opportunity of a lifetime, and knowing Mango, the drama is sure to follow!

Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari!

All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series, Murder on the Safari Star, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated throughout by Elisa Paganelli.

Harrison Beck and his Uncle Nat are on the journey of a lifetime aboard the Safari Star – a luxurious steam train that will take them from Pretoria to the stunning Victoria Falls. Close encounters with the amazing animals and landscape of Southern Africa are adventure enough, but things get mysterious when a passenger is found dead inside a locked compartment. Is it just a terrible accident or is something more suspicious afoot? It’s up to train detective Hal and his new friend Winston to find out.

Met hierdie heruitgawe van die Pippie Langkous-omnibus vier Pippie haar 75ste bestaansjaar. Lesers sal hulle opnuut verlustig aan Pippie se manewales in hierdie nuwe uitgawe, waarin die 1975-vertaling deur Nerina Ferreira in hedendaagse Afrikaans deur bekroonde skrywer, Jaco Jacobs, hersien is. Die spesiale versameling sluit drie klassieke Pippie-titels in: Pippie Langkous, Pippie Langkous gaan aan boord en Pippie Langkous in die Suidsee.

Paisley 1876. 12-year-old Jim has escaped from the Poor House and now he must save his little brother from the same fate. His only hope lies in a mysterious family heirloom - a Paisley patterned shawl that has five guineas sewn into its hem - the price of a new life for Jim's family. Now he must find the shawl and steal it back from the big house where the girl with the red hair lives... Two different worlds collide in this gripping Victorian mystery as Jim and Jessie unravel the past and its pattern of secrets...

Gretha maak ’n groot fout wanneer sy haar stiefsussie se sprokiesboek uit wraak vernietig. Want nou bevind sy en haar beste vriend, Hannes, hulle in die koninkryk van Fantastorië, waar ongekende gevare wag. Saam met die iesegrimmige kabouter Kabous moet hulle die sprokieswêreld deursoek vir vyf unieke legkaartstukke, sodat die Towerspieël hulle dalk sal toelaat om terug te keer huis toe . . . 'n Kies-jou-eie-avontuur-storie propvol avontuur en naelbyt-aksie!

Vera die Veearts - Vera is 'n veearts. Daar is baie diere om te help! Tophond - Daar is baie diere in die park. Maar wie sal die tophond wees? Daar is verskillende kleurkodes wat die leesvlak en moeilikheidsgraad van die teks aandui. Al die leesboekies in hierdie reeks is met kleurkodes gemerk volgens die aanvaarde standaard.

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.

Tjoppie is ’n nuuskierige klein hondjie. Vandag is daar 'n aaklige gogga wat vir Tjoppie pla en steek. Dit jeuk oral! Gelukkig ontmoet hy ook vir Tonkie die spinnekop wat hom kan help. Tjoppie se prettige, kleurvolle avonture is perfek vir storietyd saam met peuters en kleuters. 

Kwaaikofski is ’n privaatspeurder. Hy het nou eenmaal ’n talent daarvoor. Gee hom ’n glas melk, Carpenters kougom en sy spesiale kep en hy is gereed vir enigiets! Hierdie omnibus bevat drie van Speurder Kwaaikofski se gewildste avonture vir beginnerlesers. Hierdie keer krap ’n ander speurder krap in sy slaai, hy moet uitvind wie Olga se luukse motor beskadig het en hy beland boonop in die kollig op die verhoog . . .

Ons het gewens en gewens vir iemand net soos jy. ’n Spesiale iemand wat by ons kan kom bly.

Hierdie prenteboek vertel op ’n deernisvolle en prettige manier die storie van verskillende gesinne wat kinders aanneem. Dit is die perfekte wegspringplek vir ouers wat met kinders oor aanneming wil gesels, en dit help kinders om te verstaan dat elke gesin spesiaal is – al lyk ons nie noodwendig dieselfde nie. Die outeur se tantieme op die verkope van die boek word aan Engo geskenk. Engo is ’n niewinsgewende en nieregeringsorganisasie wat ondersteuning bied aan individue en gesinne en betrokke is by die fasilitering van aannemings en ondersteuning bied aan aanneem-gesinne.

Die boek is ook beskikbaar in Engels.

Necessary for all of humankind, Under the Broken Sky is a breathtaking work of literature.--Booklist, starred review A beautifully told middle-grade novel-in-verse about a Japanese orphan's experience in occupied rural Manchuria during World War II. Twelve-year-old Natsu and her family live a quiet farm life in Manchuria, near the border of the Soviet Union. But the life they've known begins to unravel when her father is recruited to the Japanese army, and Natsu and her little sister, Cricket, are left orphaned and destitute. In a desperate move to keep her sister alive, Natsu sells Cricket to a Russian family following the 1945 Soviet occupation. The journey to redemption for Natsu's broken family is rife with struggles, but Natsu is tenacious and will stop at nothing to get her little sister back. Literary and historically insightful, this is one of the great untold stories of WWII. Much like the Newbery Honor book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Mariko Nagai's Under the Broken Sky is powerful, poignant, and ultimately hopeful. Christy Ottaviano Books