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Alex’s grandpa has grey hair and false teeth and he loves watching travel shows on television. But then he suddenly develops an interest in ... BRAIIINNNSSS! Grandpa is turning into a zombie and if Alex wants to rescue him before the Zombie Squad shows up, he’ll need to come up with a plan (and heaps of broccoli). Their travels to find a cure takes them across Africa – from Zambia to Egypt – and along the way they meet a range of interesting and wonderful characters. Top selling children’s books author Jacobs uses his characteristic combination of humour and the compassionate portrayal of relationships between family and friends to create yet another bestseller in the making.
*Nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal* *Spectator Best Books of the Year selection* Two unlikely heroes inspire a whole town by fighting to save a tree Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, you do something that changes your life forever. Like climbing a tree with a girl you don't know. Marnus is tired of feeling invisible, living in the shadow of his two brothers. His older brother is good at breaking swimming records and girls’ hearts. His younger brother is already a crafty entrepreneur who has tricked him into doing the dishes all summer. But when a girl called Leila turns up on their doorstep one morning with a petition, it’s the start of an unexpected adventure. And finally, Marnus gets the chance to be noticed...
Sometimes the end is just the beginning of a new adventure. Martin’s life changes the day his dad is killed in a car accident. No one talks about it. His mum refuses to leave the house. His sister is only interested in her boyfriend. And Martin? He spends his afternoons alone with the family chickens – that’s why they call him ‘Clucky’ – and at night, he solves difficult maths problems in his head to help him fall asleep. But one day Martin meets a boy called Vusi, who dreams of making a zombie movie. The two are plunged head first into a wild adventure, pulling everyone they know along with them. Shortlisted for the Found in Translation award, it has also since been made into a popular film in Afrikaans.
Blonde hare ... Helderblou oë ...’n Skitterwit glimlag ... Natasja is perfek. Dit besef Jak die oomblik toe sy by die klas se deur instap. Maar hy is net ’n doodgewone ou. Hoe kan hy die mooiste meisie in die skool se aandag trek? Julia, sy beste vriendin, het ’n plan ... Agterin die KABV-goedgekeurde skooluitgawe van hierdie gewilde boek verskyn opsommings, opwindende, uitdagende pre- en postlees-aktiwiteite en volledig uitgewerkte vrae en antwoorde wat aan die KABV-riglyne voldoen.
Vyf Zackie-avonture in een fantastiese omnibus! Granaatstraat is ’n straat nes enige ander straat. Wel, nie heeltemal nie. Dis immers die straat waarin Zackie Mostert woon. En waar Zackie is, is daar altyd volop pret, avontuur en kattekwaad! Kinders is versot op Zackie se skreeusnaakse avonture! Of hy nou kulkunsies doen, spoke jag, probeer om ’n superheld te word of ’n plan moet maak om uit die skoolkonsert te kom – waar Zackie is, is daar altyd hope pret en kattekwaad. Sedert die verskyning van die eerste Zackie-boek in 2010 het dié gewilde karaktertjie en sy maats hope pret en humor na die Afrikaanse kinderboekwêreld gebring, en duisende aanhangers gekry. Word deel van die opwin...
Marnus is moeg daarvoor om in sy twee broers se skadu te leef. Maar toe ’n meisie genaamd Leila hom een oggend vra om ’n petisie teken, is dit die begin van ’n onverwagse avontuur. Marnus beland saam met Leila bo in ’n boom in ’n desperate poging om te keer dat dit afgekap word. En uiteindelik kry Marnus ’n kans om raakgesien te word...
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Op ’n dag kry Nathan ’n geheimsinnige boks voor hul woonstel se deur. En binne-in is ’n hamster. Hy is oulik en wollerig en sy naam is Skwiek. En hy is nie sommer ’n gewone hamster nie ... hy kan mense hipnotiseer! Maar dan vind Nathan uit Skwiek is op ’n geheime sending ... en ’n gevaarlike skurk is warm op hul spoor!
Blonde hair… Clear blue eyes… A perfect white smile… Natasja is perfect. Jak realises this the moment that she walks in the class. But Jak is only a normal guy. How can he get the most beautiful girl in the school’s attention? Julia, his best friend, has a plan…
Toe Jana haar oë oopmaak, weet sy sommer ... vandag gaan ’n BLOU MAANDAG wees! Dit lyk asof ’n tornado haar hare getref het. Die hamster het haar huiswerk opgeëet. Daar is aspersies in haar kosblik. En dit is háár skuld dat die hele skool glo haar beste vriendin se kop is vol grillerige goggas! Boonop is vanaand die groot talentaand waarna Jana al weke lank uitsien. Sê nou dinge loop skeef op die verhoog? Hoe erg kan een Maandag wees?