Faizel is back with a new adventure! A Gold Star for Faizel sees Faizel taking a big step and going to school for the first time. Does Faizel enjoy his first day at school and very importantly, will he be able to share his love of nature and the wonder of the stars with his classmates?A gentle story about a Muslim boy who speaks Afrikaaps. Joan Rankin’s whimsical illustrations portray a boy for whom kindness, understanding and forgiveness is what matters most. Unforgettable!

UFaizel ubuyile kwaye ujongene namahlandinyuka amatsha!Incwadi ethi Inkwenkwezi eGolide kaFaizel isibonisa uFaizel esiya eskolweni okokuqala. Ingaba uFaizel uyalonwabela usuku lwakhe lokuqala esikolweni kwaye ingaba uziva ekhululekile ukuba phaya?Khona uyakwazi ukwabelana ngothando lwakhe lwendalo neenkwenkwezi nabanye abafundi?

Eli libali elingenkwenkwana ethetha ulwimi i-Afrikaans, elinemizobo ehlekisayo ezotywe nguJoan Rankin. Abantwana bazakukwazi ukunxulumanisa amava abo neziganeko ezehla uFaizel, inkwenkwana esifundisa ngobubele, ukuqonda nokuxolela.

Faizel is back with a new adventure! A Gold Star for Faizel sees Faizel taking a big step and going to school for the first time. Does Faizel enjoy his first day at school and very importantly, will he be able to share his love of nature and the wonder of the stars with his classmates?A gentle story about a Muslim boy who speaks Afrikaaps. Joan Rankin’s whimsical illustrations portray a boy for whom kindness, understanding and forgiveness is what matters most. Unforgettable!

Faizel is back with a new adventure! A Gold Star for Faizel sees Faizel taking a big step and going to school for the first time. Does Faizel enjoy his first day at school and very importantly, will he be able to share his love of nature and the wonder of the stars with his classmates? A gentle story about a Muslim boy who speaks Afrikaaps. Joan Rankin's whimsical illustrations portray a boy for whom kindness, understanding and forgiveness is what matters most. Unforgettable!

All Faizel ever wanted was to “shine” like the stars he so dearly adores.

The day before his fifth birthday is an ordinary day: he and his sister play with her dolls and he helps his mother with the laundry. But his dad always has something to say about Faizel being “like that”. What exactly does his dad mean when he uses the words, “like that”?

What is in the wrapped gift that they surprise him with on the morning of his birthday, and what lies ahead for Faizel’s future? Will he get to live his dream and shine like a star?

A gentle story about a little AfriKaaps boy who is different that teaches children about acceptance and tolerance, and to be loving.