Children’s Books

Pangolin plays a prank – Avril Van de Merwe

Pangolin plays a prank – Avril Van de Merwe

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

Pangolin was so polite. Accidentally she bumps into a lion who wants to eat her but she worries about his feelings not to offend him as he was not smelling to lekker. Pangolin plays a trick on lion as she doesn’t want to use her scales for her self defense. She then tries to distract […]

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How many ways can you say goodbye? Refiloe Moahloli

How many ways can you say goodbye? Refiloe Moahloli

Written by on May 27, 2021 in Children's Books

A beautifully proudly South African book. Interactive. You can scan the QR code Refiloe reads the story as you listen. This is a great addition to the book as it helps you pronounce all the different language goodbyes properly. 11 friends on a journey in a hot air ballon and as they leave them we […]

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The soul hunters – Chris Bradford

The soul hunters – Chris Bradford

Written by on March 2, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Review by my sonA book about a girl named Genna who was attacked in park but an American boy named Phoenix saved her She thought the boy saving her was just a coincidence but a week later she realises that something is up when she was kidnapped by the same people in the park and […]

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Don’t be shy Bushbaby – Avril van de Merwe

Don’t be shy Bushbaby – Avril van de Merwe

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

Beautifully illustrated by Heidi Kate Greeff. The dedication in the start of the book is cute. Book’s dedication ” to the little ones, the quiet ones, the watchful and the hidden ones. I see you. “ Many of the animals from the jungle were trying to get bushbaby out of his hole, interrupting poor owl’s […]

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The Amazing Lockdown Adventure: Benjamin Hewitt and Paddy Muldoon

The Amazing Lockdown Adventure: Benjamin Hewitt and Paddy Muldoon

Written by on November 27, 2020 in Book Club, Children's Books

We have all experienced hard lockdown during 2020 especially when Covid struck. Looks like someone really looking for a way to entertain their kids during lockdown and wrote a story. . A book about the power of imagination to escape the most brain numbing time. Jack and Lily are stuck in lockdown and they find […]

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I see a lion – Elaine Macdonald

I see a lion – Elaine Macdonald

Written by on November 27, 2020 in Book Club, Children's Books

I was trying to figure out who Elaine Macdonald reminded me of. Then it clicked, kideo. She was Molly Metronome in Kideo. I knew her from somewhere but just could not place her. Elaine has a talent for children story telling. I see LION is a cute story. As you read you can feel most […]

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Treasure Hunters by James Patterson

Treasure Hunters by James Patterson

Written by on November 26, 2020 in Book Club, Children's Books

Review from my son Treasure hunters by James pattersonThe characters of the story: Beck, Bick, Dad, Mom, Storm, Tommy, Uncle richie, Terry and thabita, Charlotte badgerThe setting is Australia’s outbackThe plot of the storyThe kidds are on mission to find lacters gold in Australia. On the the way there they meet a pirate who sets […]

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Roald dahl Collection

Roald dahl Collection

Written by on September 27, 2020 in Book Club, Children's Books

These books from the collection below seem to be published in 2020. Roald Dahl passed away in 1990. I am not sure if they take form his old works and illustrate it now. Who is the author really? Reminds me on Enid Blyton stories. She has passed on but we still seem to get new […]

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Sasol My First book Series

Sasol My First book Series

Written by on June 26, 2016 in Book Club, Children's Books, Nature

My kids love nature. We are almost yearly at Kruger National Park and this series of Birds and mammals especially is a tag along with us on our holiday. Gives them great insight on mammals. I love that this book was translated in Afrikaans,Zulu and Xhosa. My first book of Southern African Birds– a very […]

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Landy and friends

Landy and friends

Written by on January 20, 2016 in Book Club, Children's Books

This series of books was so much fun. My son really enjoyed this book. He remembers how someone dropped chips on Landy. For a child who loves cars, this was a great book to go on different adventures with Landy. As he loves nature it really encourages him to want to do more for making […]

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