Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell tells the story of Saffyre Maddox, a young troubled girl with a haunted past who goes missing. A local man who seems strange to others because he doesn’t…
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We have loved reading the Ten Minutes to Bed series together with our children, and so we were happy to add the new Ten Minutes to Bed Little Dinosaur to our collection.…
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Local is lekker, especially when it comes to our local children’s books. Whether it’s a giraffe learning yoga, a gang of hadedas facing off against the guinea fowls, or a pink rhinoceros,…
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Being a mom to two littlies I have had many encounters with small children being overwhelmed by big feelings. Whether it was the wrong colour cup or sandwiches cut into squares instead…
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Budding eco-warriors will delight in learning more about plastic in the new Be Plastic Clever. The book is written by Amy and Ella Meek, two teenage activists who started the Kids Against…
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We started reading books together with our children when they were still small. Since then we have loved pouring over best-selling illustrator and children’s book author Lydia Monks’ colourful illustrations in the…
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The Unadoptables is a beautifully poignant tale that is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. It’s the story of five orphans, each abandoned at the Little Tulip Orphanage in Amsterdam in 1890.…
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My dad is what I would call a jack of many trades, but one of his passions is and always has been birds. I grew up with him pointing out the different…
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The Yellow Bird Sings is the heartbreaking but inspirational story of a mother and daughter forced into hiding because they are Jews. It’s 1941 in Poland and Róza’s husband has disappeared, her…
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There is an elite group of soldiers known as the Army Rangers. These soldiers are well trained and travel wherever they are needed to carry out top secret missions. One unit within…