This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. The sandcastle competition is a story about three teams of children involved in a competition to build the best sandcastle, and is constructed mainly around the concepts of shape and colour. Mathematical concepts: identifying, describing and copying patterns; two dimensional shapes and three dimensional objects.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. The Move tells the story of a family's move from their old house to their new one. The Mathematics themes in this story include calendar time, distance, sorting, measuring and position.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. A journey is about the Makhanya family going on a journey by taxi, the interesting things they see and the weird and wonderful people they meet along the way. There are many Mathematical focuses in this story, including numbers, money problems, duration, measures, capacity and size.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. A good plan tells the story of a group of friends who come up with a plan. Each friend has a job to do but the result is not what they hoped for. They then come up with a new, more carefully thought through plan. The Mathematics theme in this story is measurement.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. In Keep the change, Ryan has a lucky day when a one hundred Rand note falls into his hands. This sets off a chain of events where his friends and family buy gifts for themselves and also for their loved ones. Mathematical themes include money, totals, buying and working out change.

In this story a boy called Simon sees a push scooter in a shop window. Many of his friends already have scooters like this. His friends decide to make a scooter for him out of wood, with a little help from someone's dad.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. The Move tells the story of a family's move from their old house to their new one. The Mathematics themes in this story include calendar time, distance, sorting, measuring and position.

The Little Library Life Skills Kit (along with the Literacy and Numeracy Kits) was initially developed to respond to a need for high quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. After ten years successful use in schools, the kits have now been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and the new education policies. The Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, as stated in the National Curriculum Statement. What if? is a non-fiction book about water. The book provides learners with an opportunity to examine non-fiction information and the layout of a non-fiction book, including contents and index pages, captions, labels and headings of various levels. The illustrations are a mixture of photographs and drawings.

This story is an action song, which focuses on moving different parts of the body.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. The sandcastle competition is a story about three teams of children involved in a competition to build the best sandcastle, and is constructed mainly around the concepts of shape and colour. Mathematical concepts: identifying, describing and copying patterns; two dimensional shapes and three dimensional objects.

Andy is a young boy who collects things as he goes about his day. One day he finds a small seed that he had forgotten about in his pocket. He plants the seed in a pot. As he waits for it to grow, he wonders and imagines what it might be. He imagines a sausage tree, a sugar bush and a bread tree. These are all real trees found in South Africa, but he imagines them covered in sausages, sugar and different types of bread. In the end, a large sunflower grows from the seed and makes many more seeds.

The Little Library Life Skills Kit (along with the Literacy and Numeracy Kits) was initially developed to respond to a need for high quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. After ten years successful use in schools, the kits have now been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and the new education policies. The Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, as stated in the National Curriculum Statement. Drip, trickle, roar is a non-fiction book about water. The book provides learners with an opportunity to examine non-fiction information and the layout of a non-fiction book, including contents and index pages, captions, labels and headings of various levels. The illustrations are a mixture of photographs and drawings.

This is a story about a group of children who find an old mattress. They carry the mattress to an empty spot near their homes and they jump on and over the mattress. They become increasingly daring and start to jump higher and higher. In the end they are all exhausted and happy.

Some boys are playing with a ball when a dog comes along and steals the ball from them. They don't have another ball to play with. Then they come up with the idea of making their own balls with plastic bags. They get bags from their home and from the local spaza shop. They make several balls, so when the dog comes along again and tries to steal their ball, they are not worried because they have other balls to play with.

The Little Library Life Skills Kit (along with the Literacy and Numeracy Kits) was initially developed to respond to a need for high quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. After ten years successful use in schools, the kits have now been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and the new education policies. The Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, as stated in the National Curriculum Statement. Drip, trickle, roar is a non-fiction book about water. The book provides learners with an opportunity to examine non-fiction information and the layout of a non-fiction book, including contents and index pages, captions, labels and headings of various levels. The illustrations are a mixture of photographs and drawings.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. The kits have been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and new education policies. Many of the well-loved stories, posters and activities have been kept and exciting new stories have been added. The posters, activities and the Teacher's Guide have all been revised to provide fresh, new ideas to try out in the classroom. Two best friends is a title in the Little Library Literacy Kit. Summary: Two friends live next door to each other. One day they decide to make a secret place, so they dig a hole that is big enough for them to squeeze into. Concepts: friendship, sequencing, position, characters, and making a difference.

The Little Library Life Skills Kit (along with the Literacy and Numeracy Kits) was initially developed to respond to a need for high quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. After ten years successful use in schools, the kits have now been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and the new education policies. The Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, as stated in the National Curriculum Statement. I'm a lot like you deals mainly with the issues around HIV and touches on AIDS too. The focus is on a young child who is living with HIV. We see how similar her life is to that of her friends.

This factual book introduces learners to the different types of clothes that people wear.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. The kits have been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and new education policies. Many of the well-loved stories, posters and activities have been kept and exciting new stories have been added. The posters, activities and the Teacher's Guide have all been revised to provide fresh, new ideas to try out in the classroom. Two best friends is a title in the Little Library Literacy Kit. Summary: Two friends live next door to each other. One day they decide to make a secret place, so they dig a hole that is big enough for them to squeeze into. Concepts: friendship, sequencing, position, characters, and making a difference.

This is a story about a flood. A family watches as it rains and rains and water levels around them begin to rise. After some time, the river becomes too full and the land floods. The family have to leave their home and go to a temporary shelter. When the water goes back down, they are able to go home. They have lost their home and crops, but they are happy to be safe.

'Looking pretty' is about a little girl who cuts her mother's hair while she is sleeping. Her mother is furious, as she has to interview someone important, but that person loves her hair and has her hair cut in the same style. 'Going wild' is about a vet's son who lets some animals out their cages by mistake and they all escape into the forest. Luckily, he finds out from his father that they were due to be released the next day. 'Dear Diary' is a series of diary entries that follows a girl's life as she plans to have her ears pierced, has them pierced, and then recovers from the event.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. The kits have been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and new education policies. Many of the well-loved stories, posters and activities have been kept and exciting new stories have been added. The posters, activities and the Teacher's Guide have all been revised to provide fresh, new ideas to try out in the classroom. Soccer is a title in the Little Library Literacy Kit. Summary: This non-fiction book introduces us to two schoolboys who enjoy playing soccer as well as two famous soccer players. Main concepts covered are soccer vocabulary, positive role models, things people enjoy.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities, and have been successfully used in schools for the last ten years. This title is found in the updated, OBE version of the Little Library Maths Kit, now called the Little Library Numeracy Kit. The Numeracy Kit keeps seven of the best stories, and introduces five new ones - all of them trialled in classrooms around the country. A journey is about the Makhanya family going on a journey by taxi, the interesting things they see and the weird and wonderful people they meet along the way. There are many Mathematical focuses in this story, including numbers, money problems, duration, measures, capacity and size.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. The kits have been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and new education policies. Many of the well-loved stories, posters and activities have been kept and exciting new stories have been added. The posters, activities and the Teacher's Guide have all been revised to provide fresh, new ideas to try out in the classroom. Two best friends is a title in the Little Library Literacy Kit. Summary: Two friends live next door to each other. One day they decide to make a secret place, so they dig a hole that is big enough for them to squeeze into. Concepts: friendship, sequencing, position, characters, and making a difference.

In this story a young spider tries unsuccessfully to spin a web. He asks some other animals to help him. They give him the things that they use to make their own houses and the spider spins these into a web. The result is not what he expects! Finally some older spiders give the young spider instructions about how to build a proper web and the young spider is successful.