Children’s Books

Matt and Mia Collection: Antoinette Bradley Brown

Matt and Mia Collection: Antoinette Bradley Brown

Written by on December 27, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

The collection of Matt and Mia stories is a great series for young children who are learning to read. Books are meant for 5-7 year old age who are learning to read. The collection is Matt and Mia meet a bullyMatt and Mia build a bridge Matt and Mia rescue Tom Cat Matt and Mia […]

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Diary wimpy kid- Big Shot Jeff Kinney

Diary wimpy kid- Big Shot Jeff Kinney

Written by on December 20, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

My son has the entire collection of diary of wimpy kid. so I am sure he contributed to being one of the 250 million who bought this book. Rarely do this generation read books but this book they love as the words are big and there are lots of pictures. Middle schoolers especially love this […]

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Helpful Hannah Hippo – Dino J Martins

Helpful Hannah Hippo – Dino J Martins

Written by on December 20, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

When you touch the cover, it feels like you are touching a hippo. This book is for older children maybe gr 2 level after they have learnt to read simple books. As a bird enthusiast it was nice to see how the birds were illustrated in the book. Hannah the hippo and her friend Ollie […]

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I see a Buffalo – Elaine Macdonald

I see a Buffalo – Elaine Macdonald

Written by on December 15, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Another great proudly South African story. Sometimes many do not accept us judging us by our sizes, colour off our skin and that can drive us to loneliness. Here Buffalo was not accepted by others because he was too big and in way started feeling clumsy and did not truly see his self worth. When […]

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Taking selfies with a sheep: Jaco Jacobs

Taking selfies with a sheep: Jaco Jacobs

Written by on November 26, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Luke Smith went for grandmother Alice on holiday because he got into trouble. He takes a road trip with his grandmother in her rickety landrover to the Karoo was obsessed with taking windmills. Anyone driving can relate how boring it is to drive through this terrain and without a decent music playlist you can go […]

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Pumpkin finds her kindness : Bianca Flanders

Pumpkin finds her kindness : Bianca Flanders

Written by on October 27, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

This was my favourite book of 2021. I loved it. It had such a beautiful lesson on how to deal with people with kindness even if you don’t like them or find something irritating about them. It gives you a great perspective on how change your mindset especially when you are so angry or frustrated […]

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Max Einstein Save the future: James Patterson

Max Einstein Save the future: James Patterson

Written by on October 26, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Max Einstein saves the future by James patterson review by my son. The characters of the story areMax EinsteinDr zimmBenLeo The plotMax Einstein and her friends are trying to solve world hunger while facing multiple problems. Such as the new Corp hunter who is trying to make Max work for them and betrayal. Max is […]

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Magriet : Melanie Tait

Magriet : Melanie Tait

Written by on October 26, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

My children are struggling with afrikaans. Although they are grown kids and in teens, I thought the best way for them to be introduced into Afrikaans is to get children’s stories in Afrikaans. Magriet was so much fun for them to read. Although they are a bit old for this genre of books it was […]

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Solomon the Lion – Kristina Jones

Solomon the Lion – Kristina Jones

Written by on September 30, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Shame poor Solomon was suffering from insomnia. He is not your normal looking lion, he has very funky colourful pattern looking mane. So that makes you wonder about Solomon sleep issues. He tried all these different ways of falling asleep but sleep was evading him. He tried to sleep the way birds, hippos, zebras slept. […]

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The Flexatarian Foodie – Jax Moorcroft

The Flexatarian Foodie – Jax Moorcroft

Written by on September 26, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

The book is for those who what to be more conscious and mindful of what they eating. In the introduction of the book she lays out the problems we are facing in the world. What is nice she gives us a suggested solution on how she feels we can make the world better. She explains […]

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