Wanda

Wanda PDF Author: Sihle Nontshokweni
Publisher: Crocodile Books
ISBN: 9781623718879
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
An empowering picture book from South Africa about a young girl who overcomes endless teasing. Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner 2021 Meet Wanda, with her beautiful head full of hair. She is brave and strong, but she's unhappy because of the endless teasing by the boys at school for her "thorn bush" and "thunderstorm cloud." Through Grandma Makhulu's hair secrets and stories she finds the courage to face her fears and learn to appreciate that her hair is a crown‚ "not a burden‚" and it is something to be proud of. This book is about identity and beauty, celebrating how cultural pride is learned and passed on over generations.

Wanda

Wanda PDF Author: Sihle Nontshokweni
Publisher: Crocodile Books
ISBN: 9781623718879
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
An empowering picture book from South Africa about a young girl who overcomes endless teasing. Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner 2021 Meet Wanda, with her beautiful head full of hair. She is brave and strong, but she's unhappy because of the endless teasing by the boys at school for her "thorn bush" and "thunderstorm cloud." Through Grandma Makhulu's hair secrets and stories she finds the courage to face her fears and learn to appreciate that her hair is a crown‚ "not a burden‚" and it is something to be proud of. This book is about identity and beauty, celebrating how cultural pride is learned and passed on over generations.

Nyama and the Eland

Nyama and the Eland PDF Author: Dorothy Kowen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781770095731
Category : San (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
This is the coming-of-age story of Nyama, a young San girl. As she listens to her grandmother's traditional stories. She takes part in a traditional ceremony that leads her on her own journey to finding out more about herself and her people.

The Missing Ball

The Missing Ball PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781770097049
Category : Children's stories, South African (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Gaps and his cousin Sugarbean want to play a game of soccer before sundown - but their ball is missing and hidden somewhere in a wonderful African setting. The 4th story in the Cool Nguni series helps build children's reading skills, while absorbing them in the lives of the imaginative characters"--Publisher's website.

Refilwe

Refilwe PDF Author: Zukiswa Wanner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781431409273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
A take on the traditional German tale "Rapunzel" in a Southern African setting Zukiswa Wanner brings young readers a retelling of the classic fairy tale, "Rapunzel," with a uniquely South African twist. "Refilwe" is the story of the dreadlocked beauty who is stuck in a cave on top of a mountain awaiting her prince, Tumi. This take on the classic tale will have the children chanting, "Refilwe, Refilwe let down your locks . . . So I can climb the scraggy rocks " Based on the original version but reimagined for African children, the tale is enriched with magical illustrations by Tamsin Hinrichsen that will keep all children entranced and foster in them a love of reading.

The Wild Fluffalump

The Wild Fluffalump PDF Author: Mwenye Hadithi
Publisher: Troika
ISBN: 9781909991736
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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One morning, at the foot of a tree on the African plain, a strange creature is found. It's fluffy and puffy. What can it be? The meerkats declare that it is a wild Fluffalump. Eagle says there is no such thing, Buffalo thinks it must be a bird, Hyena says it squeaked and wriggled when he gave it a poke, and Giraffe finds it has toes. By now the Fluffalump is hungry and thirsty and when it is nipped on the bottom by Crocodile it trumpets loudly. And across the plain comes Elephant who dumps it in the lake for a wash and Fluffalump is revealed to be . . . ?

I Have Brown Skin and Curly Hair

I Have Brown Skin and Curly Hair PDF Author: Karen Theunissen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781431428465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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The Cool Nguni

The Cool Nguni PDF Author:
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 9781770092648
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
A Nguni calf wishes he were cooler, like Longhorn cattle who ride in rodeos, shaggy Highland cattle, or sacred Brahman cattle, until his mother shows him how the individual patterns of Nguni cattle make them "designer."

A Mighty Elephant in the Land of Kachoo

A Mighty Elephant in the Land of Kachoo PDF Author: Tina Scotford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781431407590
Category : Children's stories, African (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
A series of wildly comical stories set in the fictional land of Kachoo.

Bram Fischer

Bram Fischer PDF Author: Stephen Clingman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781431407521
Category : Apartheid
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
A passionate study of an Afrikaner dissident who was one of the founding fathers of the liberation struggle in South Africa and whose power to provoke an intense response is as apparent today as in the past.

The Leatherback Turtle

The Leatherback Turtle PDF Author: James R. Spotila
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142141709X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Book Description
The most comprehensive book ever written on leatherback sea turtles. Weighing as much as 2,000 pounds and reaching lengths of over seven feet, leatherback turtles are the world’s largest reptile. These unusual sea turtles have a thick, pliable shell that helps them to withstand great depths—they can swim more than one thousand meters below the surface in search of food. And what food source sustains these goliaths? Their diet consists almost exclusively of jellyfish, a meal they crisscross the oceans to find. Leatherbacks have been declining in recent decades, and some predict they will be gone by the end of this century. Why? Because of two primary factors: human redevelopment of nesting beaches and commercial fishing. There are only twenty-nine index beaches in the world where these turtles nest, and there is immense pressure to develop most of them into homes or resorts. At the same time, longline and gill net fisheries continue to overwhelm waters frequented by leatherbacks. In The Leatherback Turtle, James R. Spotila and Pilar Santidrián Tomillo bring together the world’s leading experts to produce a volume that reveals the biology of the leatherback while putting a spotlight on the conservation problems and solutions related to the species. The book leaves us with options: embark on the conservation strategy laid out within its pages and save one of nature’s most splendid creations, or watch yet another magnificent species disappear.