Region: South Africa

Materials from South Africa

Nabulela: A South African Folk Tale

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

When the village girls cruelly trick the daughter of their king, he will forgive them only if they kill Nabulela, a treacherous white-skinned monster.

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This for That

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

Rabbit tricks the other animals of the African plain into giving her food and other treats.

Other Descriptors: Africa, Botswana, Folklore, Mozambique, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Zimbabwe » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Mary Malloy and the Baby Who Wouldn’t Sleep

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

The sly seductive moon makes off with a crying baby but is eventually outwitted by the clever Mr. Fez.

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Waiting For The Rain (Laurel Leaf Books)

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

Tengo is the 10-year-old son of workers on Oom Koos’s large farm in the Transvaal. He longs to go to school like his friend Frikkie, who visits his uncle’s farm on holidays. But Tengo’s family is too poor to pay for the education that comes free to whites. He finally gets his wish at age [...]

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Stones for My Father

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

The Boer War was disastrous for the British: 22,000 of them died. Close to 7,000 Boers died. Nobody knows how many Africans lost their lives, but the number is estimated to be around 20,000. This tragic, and little remembered, chapter in history is the backdrop for Trilby Kent’s powerful novel.Corlie Roux’s father has always told [...]

Other Descriptors: Africa, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

This Thing Called the Future

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

Khosi lives with her beloved grandmother Gogo, her little sister Zi, and her weekend mother in a matchbox house on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. In that shantytown, it seems like somebody is dying all the time. Billboards everywhere warn of the disease of the day. Her Gogo goes to a traditional healer when [...]

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A Song for Jamela

By Book Importer | Published: September 29, 2010

The summer holidays are here and Jamela is bored as a girl can be! All she can think about is the Afro-Idols TV final, so when she lands a job at Divine Braids hair salon, she can’t believe her eyes when Afro-Idols celebrity Miss Bambi Chaka Chaka arrives at the salon to be coiffed. But [...]

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Goal!

By Book Importer | Published: July 7, 2010

A lyrical, strikingly illustrated story celebrates the unifying power of soccer. In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball. They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions! But when a crew of bullies tries to steal their ball, will [...]

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Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, offers a glimpse into the mind of a great leader, admired across the globe for his dedication to the struggles against apartheid in South Africa. Now the youngest readers can discover the remarkable story of Mandela’s long walk from ordinary village boy, to his dynamic leadership of the [...]

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Bettina Valentino and the Picasso Club

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

A controversial new teacher at Bayside Preparatory School introduces the exciting world of art to aspiring artist Bettina Valentino and her fifth-grade classmates, encouraging them to see everyday life in a different way.

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