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IBBY SA Honour List Books 2012

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 03 Nov 2011   |   

The following announcement was made on Wednesday 26 October 2011
at a function held at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town:

These titles were nominated as IBBY SA’s Honour List Books 2011

1 Afrikaans author: Linda Rode for In die Nimmer-Immer-Bos.

2 English author: S.A. Partridge for Fuse.

3 Translator: André P. Brink for the Afrikaans translation of Die avonture van Alice
in Wonderland.

4 Illustrator: Joan Rankin for the illustrations of Just Sisi.

IBBY South Africa is one of 74 international sections of the International Board on Books for Young People.

IBBY SA serves as an umbrella body to bring together everyone involved with books and young people: readers, writers, illustrators, translators, editors, librarians, publishers.

The Honour List books will be presented at the IBBY World Congress in London 23–25 August 2012 as having made a special contribution to the recent literature for children and young people in South Africa.

For more information, contact
IBBY SA Chairperson
Robin Malan
at robinmal@iafrica.com
or on 076 169 2789

In die Nimmer-Immer-Bos
Tafelberg
ISBN:9780624047674

Fuse
Human & Rousseau
ISBN:9780798150873

Die avonture van Alice in Wonderland
Human & Rousseau
ISBN:9780798151511

Just Sisi
Human & Rousseau
ISBN:9780798152204

Book details

• In die Nimmer-Immer Bos by Linda Rode, illustrated by Fiona Moodie
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  EAN: 9780624047674
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• Fuse by SA Partridge
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  EAN: 9780798150873
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• Just Sisi by Wendy Hartmann, illustrated by Joan Rankin
  EAN: 9780798152204
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South African Author Talks to Mothers About Postnatal Distress

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 24 Oct 2011   |   

Written with profound empathy by a psychologist who not only specialises in PND but has herself suffered from it, this book tells it like it is. Postnatal distress is becoming more prevalent and it is estimated that one in three women may suffer from it. It knows no boundaries and affects women of all ages, religions, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.

But although devastating and debilitating, PND can be overcome. Empowering her readers with pertinent information and wise counsel drawn from her own extensive research as well as the case files of the many women she has counselled, Linda Lewis takes them through the terrifying journey that was hers, and leaves them with a powerful message: you will recover. Learn how to

– Bring back the joy and happiness you thought you have lost forever
– Recognise symptoms and gain an understanding of what is happening to you
– Beat the shame and misunderstanding
– Avoid long-term difficulties
– Explain your feelings to your loved ones so that they can give you the support you need to overcome this devastating condition.

Filled with positive suggestions based on personal experience, this book is an indispensable tool for recovery.

• Read complete article at Kidzworld

Book details

• When Your Blessings Don\’t Count: A guide to recognising and overcoming postnatal distress by Linda Lewis
  EAN: 9781920479046
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William Gumede Spreads the Word Among the Illiterate

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 26 Sep 2011   |   

The worst thing about growing up a bookworm in a South African squatter camp wasn’t the dearth of books.

Reading was “un-African,” William Gumede remembers. It wasn’t manly, like sports or kite-flying. So if you did get your hands on a book, you’d better have a good place to hide it, or you’d get a beating and see your book ripped up.

The day he heard that a mobile library was coming to a nearby township in Eastern Cape province, he and a friend walked miles to see it, and the library card he was given changed his life.

“It opened another world for me, a world running parallel to my own world,” says Gumede, 41. “I read about boys my age doing all kinds of things in other parts of the world. It broadened my horizons.”

But every time he went to the library, his book carefully hidden in a plastic shopping bag, he had to brave the gangs of boys he’d meet along the way.

“To be seen with a book was to be seen as sissy, so I had many fights. I remember very clearly, one of the books got torn. It was one of the boys three years older than me. He said: ‘Why have you got a book? What’s wrong with you?’ Five or six others tried to grab the book, and in the struggle a page was torn out.”

Today, Gumede is a prominent political biographer who recently began writing children’s books. He is part of a chorus of writers and educators who are wondering how South Africa can attain its dream of a successful multiracial democracy if great swaths of the population don’t read books.

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• A Kite’s Flight by William Gumede, illustrated by Maya Sereda
  EAN: 9781770098046
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Happy Roald Dahl Day!

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 13 Sep 2011   |   

Have a peachy Roald Dahl Day in 2011!
Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on 13 September, on the birthday of the World’s No. 1 Storyteller. And 2011 will be no different! There are events happening all over the world.
This year we are celebrating the very special 50th anniversary of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH so why not join the fun and organise your own Peach-themed event at school or at home? Just don’t forget to invite loads of friends!

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  • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
    EAN: 9780142410363
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• Jock Gets Ready for the Red Carpet

  by Nonikiwe - Editor on 12 Jul 2011   |   

  

  Adapted from the classic South African novel, Jock of the Bushveld tells the epic, true-life story of a man and his faithful dog, Jock.

  The world premiere of the film at Johannesburg’s Montecasino will be in keeping with the spirit of conservation – with all proceeds going to an anti-poaching campaign, the Rhino Action Group Effort (Rage).

  Andy Rice, the head of marketing for the film, said VIP guests would include Canadian rock star Bryan Adams, who provided the voice for the hero and also wrote some music for the film.

  Others include musician Johnny Clegg – whose hit Spirit of the Great Heart featured in a previous Jock film – Craig Hinds of rock group Watershed and songbird Nianell.

  Other voices in the movie include those of multiple award-winner Donald Sutherland, Oscar winner Helen Hunt and TV and film star Ted Danson.

  Rice said the R500 tickets for the event would ensure guests received “the full Hollywood experience”.

  • Read complete article at Timeslive

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  • Jock of the Bushveld by Penguin Books
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    EAN: 9780143527589
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• African 2011 Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards Winner

  by Nonikiwe - Editor on 22 Jun 2011   |   

  

  Congratulations to Maja Sereda and William Gumede. Maja Sereda has won the 2011 Crystal Kite Member Choice Award, Africa region for her illustrations of A Kite’s Flight.

  The SCBWI is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural 2011 Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards.

  The Crystal Kite Awards are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators to recognize great books from the 70 SCBWI regions around the world. Along with the SCBWI Golden Kite Awards, the Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children’s book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-given awards in publishing for young readers.

  This richly illustrated book tells the story of how Andile and his father make a kite. While flying the kite, its string breaks releasing the kite on an epic journey across Africa. From the thundering Victoria Falls and the snow tops of Kilimanjaro, to the Sahara Desert and ancient Egyptian Pyramids, follow the kite’s flight over some of the great landmarks of Africa!

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  • A Kite’s Flight by William Gumede, illustrated by Maya Sereda
    EAN: 9781770098046
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• Four Books for Toddlers Recommended by Cape Town's Child

  by Nonikiwe - Editor on 06 Jun 2011   |   

  
  

  Kipper has touched a chord with children and parents alike and in this edition kipper gets tired of his old and worn basket and sets off to find another place to sleep. Needless to say, he eventually returns to his old basket, where his pet rat and favourite bone await him. It is the best basket in the whole wide world. Inkpen’s illustrations are as enduring as always and children as young as two will enjoy the story and the drawings. This edition of the book comes with a speacial 10-episode DVD where your child can watch kipper on his trail of adventures.
  

  
  

  Freddie is delighted when he meets a fairy who offers to grant him his every wish. But fairy Bessie-Belle can’t hear very well, and Freddie’s wishes keep coming out wrong. Wishing for a pet gets him a net, and a dog turns into a frog. Then Freddie tries for a cat, only to be surprised by a bat. Freddie really gets annoyed when, instread of a parrot, he gets a carrot! Luckily the Fairy Queen Appears to set things right. This lovely, simple story has a great lesson a the end.

  
  

  There are hugs for wrigglers, and hugs for gigglers; hugs that are tickly and hugs that are prickly. The little Panda in this story is out to find the perfect hug – with hilarious consequences. But will he find it? This book shows there is a perfect hug right under your nose. A feel-good picture book, this is simply bursting with the cuddliest, snuggliest, most pertect hugs and is an adorable follow-up to The Biggest Kiss. You’ll have a special mommy or daddy moment every time you read this story to your child, as it’s sure to lead to a long hug of it’s own.

  
  

  Zoe loves her doll, but so does her dog. And it’s become a but of a problem. It all began when Beans lost his favourite toy, Binky Boo. Will Zoe and beans ever find him? Let’s hope so, because Molly is getting very stinky! Join the lovable, lively Zoe and her devoted dog Beans on their very first adventure. Zoe and Beans: Where is Binky Boo? is the beginning of a new series featuring two adorable characters children are sure to love. Children aged three plus will enjoy the heart-warming comic storytelling combined with vibrant characterised illustrations.

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  • Kipper by Mick Inkpen
    EAN: 9781444902730
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  • Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Karen George
    EAN: 9780330511186
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  • The Perfect Hug by Joanne Walsh
    EAN: 9781847385925
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  • Zoe and Beans: Where is Binky Boo? by Mick Inkpen, Chloe Inkpen
    EAN: 9780230748453
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• Technology in the South African Classroom

  by Nonikiwe - Editor on 06 Jun 2011   |   

  Teachers in a South African primary school are using Microsoft’s interactive hands-free gaming systems, Xbox Kinect, to improve English literacy among learners. Microsoft says both learners and teachers have embraced the new technology in the classroom. Victor Ngobeni, Manager of Microsoft’s Africa School Technology Innovation Centre, will present a workshop about the study, which is a world first, at the upcoming African Education Week in Johannesburg from 6-8 July.

  Games used in all three learning areas
  The study is taking place at the Lakeside Primary School in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and six Xbox Kinect units were installed in the school’s Grade 1, 2 and 3 classrooms in March. Says Victor Ngobeni: “Teachers integrate it into formal lessons for 2 to 3 hours three times a week. The other time spent playing is purely for enjoyment. Although the games are used in all three learning areas, it appears that numeracy (maths) is being integrated more often than the other two as all the games have scores and these are being used in lessons on counting, number concept, basic operations and data collecting. Games like Kinect Sport, Kinectimals and Joyride have also been used in lessons on road safety, transport, wild animals, pets, diminutives and good sportsmanship.”

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• European Comic With an African Flair

  by Nonikiwe - Editor on 25 May 2011   |   

  
  

  A young woman navigates shallow men, self-destructive friends and the newly erected class ladder in the prosperous city of Abidjan.The West African nation of the Ivory Coast won its independence from France in 1960, and thanks to agricultural development, it enjoyed a flourishing economy until the early ’80s. This graphic novel by Abouet, an Ivory Coast native, and French artist Oubrerie, is set in 1978, as Aya, the 19-year-old heroine, becomes increasingly aware of how money is reshaping her family and friendships. Her father, a manager for a local beer company, takes pride in his car, TV set and other trappings of a steady paycheck; her friends Bintou and Adjoua are obsessed with landing a wealthy husband, and they have enough free time to pursue suitors at the disco; Aya, for her part, aspires to attend college and become a scientist. This is mainly a breezy, colorful snapshot of middle-class Ivory Coast life at the height of the country’s boom years, in a tone that’s underscored by Oubrerie’s simple, loose and playful lines. And Abouet has imagined an appealing array of characters notable for their foibles, especially the imposing Mister Sissoko, the head of the beer company. (The TV show Dallas is visitors’ first reference point when entering his palatial estate, speaking of how closely the country took its cultural cues from the U.S.) A serious story is embedded in all this, though: Bintou and Adjoua both battle for the attentions of Sissoko’s son, Moussa, and when Adjoua becomes pregnant, the ensuing pages spark some interesting observations about the country’s class distinctions and the urge to save face. Given the intelligence that Abouet brings to the story, it’s unfortunate that Aya ends so abruptly, but it’s not a fatal flaw. The appendix, with a glossary, recipes and notes on native clothing, is a nice touch.A smart and sweetly comic glimpse of a time and place in Africa that get little attention in the West.

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  The comics audience familiar with Drawn & Quarterly might consider them an alternative or small arts publisher, but regardless of size, this publisher’s catalog reflects the kind of broad sensibilities we’d expect of large book publishers. Alternative comics, indie, art, etc. can be used to describe D&Q, but this is publisher of both fiction and non-fiction. Comics just happen to be the medium in which the company works.

  Their recent English-language version of the graphic novel Aya by Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie is an example of D&Q’s diverse line of adult-oriented comics fiction. The winner of the 2006 award for “Best First Album” at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Aya is a comedy – at once social, romantic, and domestic – built around the straight-laced Aya, a 19-year old African woman, with her mind focused on homework and a future professional career. The story is set in the Ivory Coast in the year 1978, a kind of economic golden age for the West African country.

  Aya wants to be a doctor, much to the chagrin of her working class father, Ignace, though she gets encouragement from her mother, Fanta. Aya’s ambitions set her apart from everyone around her, especially her two close friends, Adjoua and Bintou. The only ambitions these young women have concern going out to party and have a good time with young men. Eventually, this duo finds itself at odds over Moussa, the only son of a prominent and wealthy family.

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  • Aya by Marguerit Abouet
    EAN: 9780224081849
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• Dream Big with Themba This Saturday at the Book Lounge

  by Nonikiwe - Editor on 16 May 2011   |   

  
  

  Temba is a boy who has many dreams. Owning a bicycle, and living in a safe neighborhood are two of his dreams. Temba’s favourite dream is to visit the ocean. He longs to hear the sound of the crashing waves and to taste the salty water. One day he enters a competition. The prize is a trip to the seaside by train! Temba believes in the Dream Giver; but as with any dream, he learns that obstacles may arise that threaten to steal a dream away.
  Temba and the Dream Giver is a children’s book that is geared toward teaching kids to never give up on their dreams and to not lose heart when obstacles arise. Pam is enthusiastic to teach children to continue dreaming and believing in possibilities.

  Unless otherwise stated, please RSVP to booklounge@gmail.com, or phone 021 462 2425.

  If you wish to reserve these (or any other) books, please do let us know. We are happy to deliver in the City Bowl.

  Enjoy!

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  • Temba and the Dream Giver by Pam Van der Merwe
    EAN: 9781935265511
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