It’s school holidays and Zolani is bored. Next door he sees his neighbour, Fulani, has a cute new puppy. When he overhears Fulani arranging an illegal dogfight in an abandoned warehouse, he decides to try and stop him. But he can’t do it alone. He plucks up courage to ask his bossy classmate, Tashnay, who always has an answer for everything. Will their bravery and team work be enough to stop the gang and rescue the dogs from a cruel fate?

With 20,000 headwords this popular dictionary has been a favourite with schools for many years. It gives simple definitions and has a clear typeface and is concise. It has an easy-to-read typeface. It is ideal for use in the school, home or office as a handy reference book. There is a 'commonly mispelt words' section in the back.

Die Meerkat-reeks klaslesers volg 'n fonetiese benadering stap vir stap en stel die voorgeskrewe klanke en latere spelkonvensies bekend. Die vordering van fonetiese vaardighede sal duidelik gesien word. Leesopdragte wat leesbegrip aanmoedig, vergesel elke leesles.

The progression of phonetic skills will be clearly seen. Reading assignments encouraging reading comprehension accompany each reading lesson. The exciting and contemporary reading lessons include stories, fables, jokes, factual text, advertisements and examples of digital communication and much more.

Die veertienjarige Ethan droom daarvan om eendag ʼn rugbyster te word. Hy is baie geheg aan Leo, 'n Jack Russell-hondjie wat hy by die DBV aangeneem het. Op ʼn dag kondig Ethan se pa aan dat hulle gesin Nieu-Seeland toe emigreer en dat hulle nie kan bekostig om Leo saam te neem nie. Ethan begin dadelik planne beraam om geld in te samel, want ʼn lewe sonder sy beste vriend is ondenkbaar. R40 000 is baie geld, en drie maande is baie min tyd . . .