Best Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault: Best of stories and tales for children

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Expand That Little Brain!

Oct 1, 2022

Cloth books are making a comeback! Animals, whether wild or from the farm, are always a popular theme with babies. On each page is a pretty illustration of a South African animal with the animal’s name in Afrikaans and English for little ones to lear

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Holidays Are For Reading

Nov 13, 2020

Elephant Me is an empowering story of a little elephant called Num-Num, who discovers the importance of being himself and discovering his own special talent. This book is from the same team that created the international bestseller Giraffes Can’t Dan

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Read All About It!

May 26, 2020

There’s a new president in town! Lerato must take charge when President Bulloo and his entire cabinet fall ill. Of course, our Mizz President gets busy immediately cleaning roads and handing out books as she rises to the occasion. Mizz President by M

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Town & Country Notebook

Aug 10, 2022

1) What general term is used to describe a creature without a backbone? 2) Worcestershire Beacon is the highest point in which range of hills? 3) Who played the title role in Doctor Who when the television programme was revived in 2005? 4) Worsted fa

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READER Reviews

Jun 8, 2020

by Wilhelm Busch Pushkin Children’s, £6.99 Review by Marcus, age eight Max and Moritz is a classic German story, translated into English, about two young boys who played tricks on their neighbourhood. The story is like an interesting rhyming sto

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Grow With Books

Mar 25, 2022

Children struggle to grasp the concept of death, and parents find it really hard to explain too. This heartfelt story illustrates the effects of loss on a child and how she copes. Don’t hesitate to buy this lovely book, which offers comforting advice

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Activity Book Packed With Puzzles About African Animals

Feb 24, 2024

Mammal Safari Activity Author: Helene Booyens This lively activity book is jam-packed with puzzles, crosswords, quizzes, mazes and word games about African mammals, as well as interesting facts and did-you-knows. More than 70 species feature – from

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Holidays Are For Reading

Nov 19, 2021

Geronimo the baby penguin has dreamt about flying for his entire life, but everyone knows that penguins can’t fly…or so we thought. With the help of other penguins, Geronimo’s biggest wish may come true. David Walliams’ Geronimo teaches children that

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READER Reviews

Aug 4, 2020

by Enid Blyton (Hodder Children’s Books, £6.99) Review by Amber, age eleven Malory Towers is about life in a boarding school. Darrell Rivers is a courageous twelve-year-old girl who joins the school in the summer term of the first year and quickl

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Jenni Spangler: Bringing Bad Dreams To Life

Dec 2, 2021

‘When I was age ten or eleven, I adored spooky and mysterious books. I think if you read enough of something it seeps into your brain and becomes part of your own thought process. Maybe on a subconscious level I’m working out all my childhood fears a

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The Buzz On These Books!

Jul 16, 2021

From aardvark to zebra, this is one of the funniest alphabet books around! We love how many South African animals are included. Oi Aardvark is the latest in the hilarious series by the creators of Oi Frog, and it includes a special fold-out surprise.

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Animal Magic

Jun 15, 2023

With the summer heat closing in, keeping your pets comfortable can be a challenge. Luckily, Helen Tedds, animal welfare lecturer at Hartpury University, and Dani Richardson, veterinary nurse at Hartpury College, have come to the rescue! Popping pet t

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One Mega Mumma!

Mar 12, 2020

Waddling into the rehoming centre, poor Darla’s tum was almost dragging on the floor. It was October 2019, and the 1-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier was heavily pregnant. She was due any day, and we had no idea how many pups she might have. Her o

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Building A Fortean Library

Aug 13, 2020

We were mildly amused a month or two back to read that armed police had been called to deal with a savannah cat. (Attentive readers will have seen the account: FT395:9.) The savannah is an odd, but not that uncommon, hybrid of the African serval and

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READER Reviews

Dec 3, 2020

by Laura Dockrill and illustrated by Gwen Millward Piccadilly Press, £9.99 Review by Esmeralda, age eight This story is called Butterfly Brain. It is written in verse, and it is about a little boy called Asparagus – or Gus for short – who always

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Time To Wrap It!

Nov 29, 2023

This fantastic advent calendar features 24 stories in individual pockets. Too cute! Many of the mini 32-page books have a seasonal theme - what a great way to build the excitement. Mr. Men and Little Miss Advent Calendar, Jonathan Ball, R457, takealo

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READ & RELAX WITH THESE GREAT BOOKS

Sep 17, 2021

Wimpy has partnered with online bookstore Ethnikids to create a set of books called The African Folktale Collection, all written by local authors. On the back cover of each book is a piece of the South African flag – if you collect all six books, you

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Kids’ Delight

Dec 18, 2020

Kids absolutely love anything that’s rude and gross, so this book is bound to be a winner. From slippery snails to bushy beards, it’s full of the most revolting things to touch and feel. What does a giant’s foot feel like? How about a rotten egg, or

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Bookshelf

Mar 2, 2020

There are simply some books that you inadvertently read out loud to whoever is closest—cat or human. I found myself having a giant laugh and then being unable to resist sharing long passages of Carla Funk’s memoir. Though I worried that the religious

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Books

Dec 3, 2021

Australian author Tony Park weaves another thrilling tale set on local shores, this time basing the action in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve next to the Kruger Park. When young girls and a tourist disappear from the reserve and adjacent land, captain San

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Buy Bumble Books – Spread The Word

Mar 27, 2021

BUMBLE Books are keeping young minds on the road to success with six new titles. The award-winning children’s publisher will release six new titles to encourage literacy. To help promote them, they launched a Buy-One-Donate-One (Bodo) campaign. If yo