Dudu, a lively 15-year-old, lives with her mom in Alexandra township. “I’m not pale enough to be white, and not brown enough to be black. Call me difficult, everyone else does,” says Dudu. She and her best friend S’bu share an interest in astronomy, standing together against the teasing of their classmates. She persuades S’bu to help her search for her father, who disappeared back to Europe before she was born. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting in Alex. Foreignersare being targeted, and Dudu’s heritage makes her one of the scapegoats. Violence erupts. As Dudu, her mother and S’bu are forced to stand up for their beliefs, they realise the importance of the ties that bind them all.

Kabelo Mabalane, South Africa's number one self-proclaimed 'pantsula for life' shares his journey and insights, from being a multi-platinum-selling musician, through the highs and lows of drug addiction, to finding hope and life again through running (eight Comrades marathons and counting) and his faith. In I Ran for My Life, this ten-time SAMA award-winner, TV presenter, athlete and entrepreneur talks about growing between Soweto and the suburbs, the back story behind his phenomenal music career, and how getting into running literally saved his life. Along with his lessons for life, Kabelo shares his thoughts and advice on staying in shape, being prepared for anything, and how to build a spirit of endurance in everything you do.

Decoding B1. The skills are divided into fiveprincipal areas: Word-Attack Skills, Group Reading, IndividualReading Checkouts, Workbook Exercises, and Mastery Tests. Decoding B1. The skills are divided into fiveprincipal areas: Word-Attack Skills, Group Reading, IndividualReading Checkouts, Workbook Exercises, and Mastery Tests.

Help students gain the knowledge and skills needed for exam success with a fun, easy-to-work-through Revision Guide and CD-Rom, written and developed by local specialists for the Eastern Caribbean end-of-primary examinations in English. - Ensure knowledge with crucial content presented in a student-friendly way, and manageable portion, in-text questions and activities, hints and tips. - Familiarise students with the exam format, and minimise stress on the day, with practice papers. - Offer support to parents, teachers and students with essential and accessible revision material and inject fun into the revision process. - Enhance learning through interactive activities and additional practice opportunities on the CD-Rom.

This graded reader is the second book in the eighth level. It enriches reading, develops an interest in books and reading and helps learners to develop their vocabulary and reading in Grade R. This reading series is graded from easy-to-read language (Level 1-4) to more difficult reading (Level 5-8). The series comprises forty readers - one reader per teaching week - in which learners are introduced to phonics, initial sounds and sight words. This reader is used for Shared Reading. This reading series is used with the New All-In-One Grade R Home Language Learner’s Book, Workbook, Phonics Book and Teacher’s Guide for optimal learning. It can also be used with another teaching programme.

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. Find out about sea-fishing and look at how fish, lobsters and crabs are caught. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Yellow - all levels Phonics phase: 4

The authors of the successful New All-in-One series for Grades R to 3 present the Best Books Graded Reading Series. The reading series is written by experts in the field of elementary teaching and reading. All the writers already have a number of graded readers, which are used in many classrooms. The series was developed under the guidance of Mart Meij, who has enjoyed great success with her readers used in schools. Overview of the reading series: The Best Books Graded Reading Series for Home Language was developed for Foundation Phase learners to encourage young reader's language level; vocabulary to expand; learning words; improve reading speed. This reading series is growing in excitement and make students eager to read! These readers have interesting and fun themes and important initial knowledge that follows the requirements of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement. The books are graded according to level language - easy to difficult to more difficult. Make the Best Books Graded Reading Series part of your classroom!

Provide comprehensive activities to accompany every Reader with full-colour, write-in Workbooks. - Encourage independent study with self-assessment and reading record pages. - Provide awareness of how the Workbook and Reader are integrated with a full matching grid. - Give clarity to parents and teachers with information about developing reading skills, as well as additional activity resources. - Practice skills learned with a balanced range of activities incorporating the four main areas of language comprehension: literal, inferential, deductive and evaluative as well as opportunities for creative writing and visual literacy development. -Ensure affective use of the series with free teacher's notes available at www.hoddereducation.co.uk/NewCaribbeanJuniorReaderTeachers

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. The Alphablocks go to the moon. They are stuck until they make a boot, which tips the moon and helps them drift safely back down to Earth. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 3-5 Book band: Red B Phonics phase: 3

Age: 5-6 (Year 1/P2) Level: Key Stage 1 Subject: reading, phonics In this non-fiction phonics book, find out what happens to Rufus the rabbit when he is left at an animal shelter. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children aged 5-6 (Year 1/P2) Phonics phase: 5 This book aligns with Letters and Sounds (2007) Phase 5. This title is part of Pearson's Bug Club, a reading programme used in over 3500 schools. Bug Club books are designed to help children enjoy learning to read. For more Bug Club books and learn at home resources, search for Bug Club.

Get your learners reading! Spot On readers contain delightful South African stories, a variety of interesting characters and beautiful illustrations to get learners excited about reading. Spot On readers are developed by a team of language specialists and teachers. The readers use sight words, phonics and high frequency words to ensure that learners quickly and easily gain the reading skills required in Grade 1.

All eight titles are available as Big Books for shared reading as well as small books for independent reading. Spot On readers are the latest addition to Heinemann's best-selling Spot On series, which is approved by the Department of Education. Spot On readers are available from Grades 1-3 in Afrikaans, English, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Sepedi and Setswana.

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. It's bath time, and Sid and Duck make a mess! Sid tries to blame the Duck, but Nan doesn't believe what really happened. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink B Phonics phase: 2

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club Phonics programme matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals and ensures children read from books with the sounds they know as they are learning to read. Ideal for home learning. The animals are causing chaos on the farm - especially Pup, who makes a special kind of mess. He and the other animals clear it up in the end. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 4-5 (Reception) Book band: Pink B Phonics phase: 2

Tom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story. See how the English language evolved in this extraordinary exploration of the origins of everyday words. Full of funny stories and fascinating facts, Tom Read Wilson knows even the most ordinary-sounding word can have the most surprising story behind it! Did you know, for instance, that: The word 'bloomers' comes from Amelia Bloomer, who was a women's rights activist and owner and editor of the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women, who wanted to move more freely in her knickers? Or that the word 'daisy' comes from the Old English daeges eage, meaning 'day's eye', because the petals of a daisy open at dawn and close at dusk? The word 'easel' comes from the Dutch word 'ezel', meaning donkey, because both are depenable and suitable for carrying a load? Or that English nicknames for police officers, 'bobbies' and 'peelers', both come from the names of Sir Robert Peel, British prime minister in the 1800s and creator of the first modern police force? Each fascinating word is explored through a quirky, amusing story alongside the etymology, word origin and definition. Paired with beautiful, characterful illustrations by Ian Morris, Every Word Tells a Story is a perfect book for young wordsmiths, encouraging kids and adults alike to have fun whilst learning about language.

This title is part of Phonics Bug - the first synthetic phonics programme to bring together research-based teaching methods with 100% decodable books, CBeebies video, and an online reading world to give today's children a firm, fun foundation in Phonics. In this Phase 3 (Set 7) Phonics Bug Alphablocks fiction book: Can the Alphablocks help Z get to bed? This title features the popular CBeebies Alphablocks characters.

Based on the CBBC TV series, Alphablocks is great for encouraging early readers. This pack contains 4 fiction books - 'Up in a Tree', 'I Will Amaze You!', 'Easy-Peasy!' and 'I Spy'. Suitable for children age 4-6. Bug Club Phonics is a Department for Education-approved phonics teaching programme that gives children a strong foundation in phonics. It uses research-based teaching methods, proven to work. All books are 100% decodable to help today's little readers get started on their journey to reading success. Bug Club Phonics books are ideal for use at home and are a great way to help your child take their first steps towards 'cracking the code' which will enable them to learn to read and spell. Helpful notes on the inside front cover of each book highlight tricky words and give you ideas for before and during reading, and the inside back covers include ideas for delving deeper after reading to check understanding. The packs are matched to the phonics phases children are taught in school by term, from nursery to Year 1: Reception, term 1: phase 2 Reception, term 2: phase 3 Reception, term 3: phase 4 Year 1, term 1: Phase 5 Year 1, term 2: Phase 5/6 Year 1, term 3: Phase 6

Die driejarige seuntjie van Elias en Barta van Rooyen raak spoorloos weg in die Knysna-bos. In die Lange Kloof, anderkant die berg, ontferm Fiela Komoetie haar oor ‘n “weggooilam” wat een nag voor haar deur kom huil. Die een kind is Lukas, die ander Benjamin. Is dit dieselfde kind? Dié raaisel word nege jaar later oopgekrap deur twee sensusmanne wat die wit kind met die blou oë by ‘n bruin gesin in die Lange Kloof kry.