• When Animals Complain

    Age Range: 5 – 8 years

    It was a ‘no holds barred’ session at the enlightenment meeting as all the animals therein assembled aired their grievances against man and railed against his perceived ingratitude and numerous wrongs.

    “I clean all the mess that man makes and yet he looks down in me,” said the vulture. “Man copied our secrets to build submarines so they can travel under water,” the dolphin and other fishes added.

    These and many others were the complaints raised against Man.

    Funny and fascinating…guaranteed you will learn a lot about some unique abilities of animals.

     

  • The Frightened Thief (Junior African Writers Series Level 1)

    Level 1 is for readers who have been studying for three to four years. The content and language have been carefully controlled to increase fluency in reading.

    Amanor must find money to give to the school bullies. He is very frightened. What can he do to get it?

  • Taxi to Johannesburg (Junior African Writers Series Level 1)

    Level 1 is for readers who have been studying for three to four years. The content and language have been carefully controlled to increase fluency in reading.

    Tumi is going to Johannesburg by taxi. But the taxi breaks down and then it is stopped by a policeman. Will Tumi ever get to Johannesburg?

  • Learning ABC with Joshua (Little Sage Activity Book)

    Age Range: 3 – 6 years

    Little Sage Activity Books are designed to start children on the right path to a lifetime of reading, counting and writing.

    The books are designed to be engaging and to hold the short attention span characterised by children of this age group.

    Research has shown that children learn faster and well when they are enjoying themselves.

    We reward children with stickers not just for a completed right answer but for effort; this is to encourage teamwork and build confidence, necessary for the journey through life.

  • Chipo and the Bird on the Hill – A Tale of Ancient Zimbabwe

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years

    Two children, Chipo and Dambudzo set out in search of a big stone bird at Great Zimbabwe after Sekuru tells them the story of how this bird guided their ancestors to a hill. All the mysteries of the ancient ruins come alive as the children slip away from their duties to climb the hill in search of the bird. The story is set in the ‘Great Zimbabwe’ of 700 years ago. Great Zimbabwe was built by Shona-speaking people who lived there and was where the most powerful rulers of the south-eastern interior of Africa lived. It was an organised and prosperous state. The story and illustrations are the author’s impressions of how life in Great Zimbabwe might have been when it was full of huts, footpaths, cooking fires, people laughing and chatting and cock-crowing.
  • Twins Together

    Age Range: 2 – 5  years

    Four-year-old twins from a village in Ghana go about their daily lives – eating, playing, going to school, having fun with their family, etc.

    Twins Together

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  • My Orange Book

    Age Range: 2 – 5  years

    Celebrating the colour orange in Africa.

    I like orange. The comb is orange. The cap is orange…Bye-bye orange.”

    My Orange Book

    50.00
  • My Pink Book

    Age Range: 2 – 5  years

    Celebrating the colour pink in Africa.

    I like pink. The doll is pink. The cup is pink…Bye-bye pink.”

    My Pink Book

    36.00
  • David Copperfield (Bestselling Illustrated Classics)

    Growing Up!

    Young David Copperfield, orphaned as a child, abandoned by a vicious stepfather, must learn to make a life for himself. In Charles Dickens’ brilliant novel, we learn of David’s early harsh years. . . his adoption by his eccentric aunt. . . his betrayal by a childhood friend. . . the pressures of starting a career. . . immature, young love. . . and finally career success and personal happiness.

    Charles Dickens’ sensitive portrayal of David’s early years has made David Copperfield one of the world’s most beloved novels.

  • Ansu’s Village

    Age Range: 4 – 7 years

    Have you ever been to a village?

    If you have not, Ansu is here to tell you all about his village and the exciting people who live there. The people in his village are kind and they love visitors. It seems that all the villagers have their opposites. Where there’s ‘a big’ there’s ‘a small’. Where there’s ‘a weak’ there’s ‘a strong’.

    Together they are all happy and make Ansu feel at home.

  • Women Who Changed the World (Penguin Readers Level 4)

    Age Range: 12 – 17  years

    These are the stories of some of the women who changed our world. Read about the women who fought to be equal to men, and learn about the things that women have done in education, science, sport and politics.

    Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.

    Women Who Changed the World, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

  • Ladybird Tales: The Magic Porridge Pot (Hardcover)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of The Magic Porridge Pot is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+.

    Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Puss in Boots, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Big Pancake, Dick Whittington, The Princess and the Frog, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling and The Little Red Hen.

    Ladybird Tales are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best – full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

  • The Paper Chase (Junior African Writers Series Level 1)

    Level 1 is for readers who have been studying for three to four years. The content and language have been carefully controlled to increase fluency in reading.

    Jacob sells newspapers to make some extra money. But one Saturday everything goes wrong. He wakes up late, misses his bus and when he forgets to weigh down his newspapers with a stone, they blow everywhere. What is Jacob going to do?

  • Ladybird Tales: Pinocchio

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Pinocchio is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic story for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following the story of a little wooden puppet who wants to be a real little boy.

    Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Puss in Boots, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Big Pancake, Dick Whittington, The Princess and the Frog, The Princess and the Pea, Chicken Licken and The Little Red Hen.

    Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. The Ladybird Tales series is based on the original Ladybird re-tellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best ­- full of richness and detail.

     

  • The Smile Thief (Junior African Writers Series Level 2)

    Level 2 is suited to learners who have been studying English for 4-5 years. Short sentences and a large number of illustrations combine to make these books both enjoyable and easy to read, either individually or in class. Learners have a wide variety of stories to choose from.

    A wicked witch hates fun and laughter, so she steals the smiles from the village children. But her magic doesn’t work on one little girl, Soukey, who keeps on smiling and laughing. Can Soukey break the witch’s spell and help the other children smile again?

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