The children who play in the street laugh at the odd-job man Joseph for picking up string and other junk, until he shows them that magic can be found in even the simplest of things.
Related: Africa, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, South Africa
- ISBN: 9780525450924
- Author: Hartmann, Wendy
- Illustrator: Daly, Niki
- Published: 1993
- Themes: perceptions
- Descriptors: Africa, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, South Africa
- No. of pages: 32