Once upon a time there was a girl who loved asking questions. Why? Where? When? How? What? Who? When everyone grew sick and tired of all her questions, the girl decided to search for the answers to all her questions elsewhere – in books! And before long she started telling her own stories …

An empowering story about the power of books and stories.

Also available in Setswana and Afrikaans.

This lively rhyming story with irresistible illustrations and phonic repetition is a delight to share with very young children. It can also be enjoyed by children who are starting to read for themselves. Simple rhyming text helps to develop early language and reading skills, and there are notes for parents about phonics and reading aloud together.

This is the astonishing true story of Zeraffa, a giraffe who was sent as a gift from Egypt to France in 1827. A young boy takes care of Zeraffa on her epic journey to Paris, where she is the first giraffe ever seen. Everyone falls in love with the beautiful giraffe. An amazing story by an award-winning author and an internationally acclaimed artist.

Packed full of facts this wonderfully illustrated book measures and compares everything from animals, space and dinosaurs to machines, sports and people, and will captivate children - and parents too! Did you know that a blue whale weighs about as much as 20 T-Rex dinosaurs? Or that a guinea pig is 70% water? This exciting picture book is full of these and many more fascinating fact nuggets. Turn the pages and compare the fastest machines, the tallest buildings, the biggest animals, the world's highest fliers and much, much more. You can trace the journey lines to discover which animal travels furthest, read the clues to match the fossil print to the dinosaur, or count up the construction workers to see how many humans it takes to measure the height of a mighty tunnelling machine. Using striking visual comparisons, quiz questions and bite-sized facts, this book, aimed at children aged 5 and older, builds maths skills and helps readers develop their understanding of the world around them. Children will be amazed at what they discover in My First Book of Comparisons and will have plenty of unforgettable facts to dazzle their friends and family with. For readers who can't get enough and older readers aged 8 and up, why not try The Book of Comparisons for even more mind-melting facts and incredible illustrations to pour over.

Willem die Wreedaard is geweldig wreed. Hy ontvoer briljante uitvinders en dwing hulle om masjiene te bou waarmee hy sy duiwelswerk kan doen. Maar daar kom ’n dag waarop hy besef dat hy so wreed is dat niemand van hom hou nie. Sal Willem ’n nuwe blaadjie kan omslaan?

’n Snaakse storie vir wreedaarde en weldoeners van alle ouderdomme!

Young children will love being part of the hustle and bustle in What Can You Hear?: In the City - a fantastic new sound book series by Priddy Books. From a ringing bicycle bell and an emergency siren, to bouncing toys, and more, there are 10 busy city sounds to discover in this unique board book. Children will love pressing the diamond-shaped buttons and listening to the sounds as they spot lots of fun things in the scenes. Children can visit the shopping centre, play at the park, see the construction site, and discover many other places as they explore the city. **Warning: This product contains a button/coin battery which is hazardous if ingested**

This is one of a series of stories featuring Poppy and Sam, their dog Rusty, Curly the pig and Woolly the sheep, as they go about their lives on Apple Tree Farm.

Color Me: Animals is a part of a coloring activity range from Priddy Books. Children can add color to different pictures of animals simply by wetting a paintbrush and painting over the pages, no paints needed! The pages are even reusable-once painted, the color magically disappears so kids can complete the pictures again and again. With sturdy board pages and a paintbrush included in a blister pack, it is the perfect book to take on vacation or a road trip. Also in this series: Color Me: Dinosaurs, Color Me: Farm, Color Me: Trucks.

In hierdie unieke boek bring die baasverteller Henri van Daele 'n besondere versameling sprokies bymekaar. Die sprokies kom uit die verskillende lande waaruit die ses koninginne van Belgie afkomstig was of is. Sowel bekende as minder bekende verhale en legendes word hier oorvertel. Henri van Daele het dit geskryf vir prinses Elisabeth van Belgie wat in 2001 gebore is. Maar dit is ook vir alle kinders wat daarvan hou om na sprokies te luister of om dit self te lees. Met ’n voorwoord deur Haar Koninklike Hoogheid Prinses Mathilde van Belgie. Agterin die boek is daar afbeeldings van die ses Belgiese koninginne sedert 1832.

Look again and again and again at the gorgeous illustrations in this picture book. If you look closely, you will see that a little blue car, a fakir on a magic carpet and a yellow balloon are traveling with you all the way! Join us on a journey across the world! 32 beautifully illustrated pages without text that will captivate the imaginations of young and old.

A jigsaw book edition of the bestselling Oi Frog!. Jam-packed with the silliest of animals, this rhyming story will have the youngest of readers in fits of laughter.What do frogs sit on? Sofas? No! They sit on logs, of course.Simple, sturdy jigsaw pieces show the right, rhyming answer, while underneath the puzzle, on the right hand page, is a funny wrong answer. Kids will love piecing it together and saying the rhymes aloud. Based on the bestselling picture book Oi Frog!, this jigsaw book will delight and inspire children - and adults - for hours.

Dit is aand in Wemelstad. Mense en diere slaap rustig – oftewel, sommige. Ander is in die laat ure eers oppad erens heen en hulle beleef opwindende dinge soos ’n Boekwurmaand in die biblioteek, ’n partytjie in die park of aanskou selfs hoe die polisie ’n dief vastrek.

Op baie maniere is Kerneels net soos ander katte. Hy hou daarvan om in die son te le en slaap. Hy hou daarvan om die rusbank met sy skerp kloue te krap (hoewel hy dit nie mag doen nie) en hy hou daarvan as Martjie hom agter sy oor krap. Kerneels spin, strek homself uit en lek sy pels net soos ander katte. Maar daar is iets van Kerneels wat anders is. Kerneels die geel kat is ’n lieflike storie oor anders wees. Kerneels word deur die ander katte geterg en hy wens hy was soos hulle. Uiteindelik leer Kerneels om homself te aanvaar presies soos wat hy is.

Kammaland is ’n pragtige kinderboek met stories en pragtige illustrasies vir kinders uit die verhaleskat van Helena J.F. Lochne. Dit is lekkerleesstories vir voorlees en selflees deur kinders in Graad 3 en hoer. Hierdie verhale kom oorspronklik uit ’n reeks van ses bundels, onder andere Diereland, Storieland, Kleuterland en Avontuurland. Protea gaan dit weer publiseer in ’n nuwer, moderne baadjie om hierdie wonderlike stories aan ’n nuwe generasie bekend te stel.

In hierdie slim boekie oor die dromende sjimpansee Willie, gee Anthony Browne 'n speelse knik in die rigting van skilders soos Henri Rousseau en Salvador Dali, wie se kunswerke 'n mens dikwels eerder aan drome as aan die werklikheid herinner. Willie hou daarvan om te droom. Hy droom dat hy 'n filmster is; 'n skilder, 'n balletdanser ... Hy droom van vreeslike monsters en superhelde … Willie se droomland is ’n galery van wonderlike en magiese prente. Maak die boek oop en kyk self!