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by Amanda on May 24th, 2012
Please join Random House Struik and The Book Lounge for the launch of Alex Latimer’s new children’s book, Penguin’s Hidden Talent. The launch will take place on Saturday, 2 June at 3:00 PM.
See you there!
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Penguin would love to take part in the Big Annual Talent Show. But he just can’t seem to find his special talent. He tries magic tricks and juggling household appliances – even burping the alphabet…But nothing seems quite right. Can his friends help him discover what he’s really good at?
This is an even-funnier follow-up to the brilliant Boy Who Cried Ninja. Alex Latimer has created another beautiful, atmospheric world that you long to visit and return to.
About the author
Alex Latimer is an author and illustrator living in Cape Town, which is why he regularly has to shoo baboons out of his lounge. Penguin’s Hidden Talent is his second book for children.
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by Amanda on Jun 6th, 2011
The Book Lounge and Random House Struik are pleased to invite you to the launch of The Boy Who Cried Ninja by Alex Latimer. Latimer will read from the book, after which the audience will be soothed by the lullabies of Simon Tamblyn, formerly of The Sleepers.
About the book
A hilarious, surreal debut picture book about the importance – and the pitfalls – of telling the truth.
Once there was a boy named Tim whom no one believed, even when he was telling the truth. No one believed that it was a ninja who snaffled the last slice of cake; or that a giant squid ate his homework; or that it really was a time-travelling monkey who was throwing pencils at Grampa. How can Tim get his parents to believe him – when the truth is too incredible to be true?
About the author
Alex Latimer is an author and illustrator living in Cape Town, which is why he regularly has to shoo baboons out of his lounge. The Boy Who Cried Ninja is his first book for children.
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by Amanda on Oct 27th, 2010
Factopedia is a book of lists about South Africa and the world. It is crammed with fascinating facts about the universe; the earth; plants; animals; the body and health; food and drink; politics; law and order; business and wealth; technology and the internet; literature; arts and culture;entertainment; and sport. Factopedia will tell you all about the highest, the lowest, the oldest, the largest, the richest, the longest, the brightest, the first, the hardest, the most frequent, the highest-scoring, the best-selling and the most expensive of just about everything under the sun.
Find out about the new dwarf planets; the world’s newest – and oldest – countries; the biggest-grossing South African and international films; the richest people in South Africa and the world; the highest prices paid for South African art; and much, much more.
Factopedia answers all those niggling questions, such as:
- Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
- What is the most poisonous snake in South Africa?
- What is the happiest country in the world?
- What is the best-selling book ever?
- Who has scored the most goals in a FIFA World Cup?
About the Author
Helen Lewis has published several books under her previous name, Helen Boardman: The Book of Useless Information, A Matter of Facts and South Africa’s Top Ten Book. In 1999 she co-wrote The South African Fact File for MWEB’s Learning Channel on the internet. Her first children’s book, Fact Finder ( Feiteboek in Afrikaans), is a curriculum-based reference book for Grades 4-6. Helen was the producer of the morning show on Radio Good Hope with Allan Barnard for two and a half years. She is married to a high-school teacher and has six children.
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by Amanda on Aug 13th, 2010
Desmond Tutu mag dalk nie meer soveel in die kollig wees na sy aftrede nie maar Suid-Afrikaners gaan hom moontlik binnekort in ‘n nuwe rol op televisie sien. Tutu is die aanbieder van ‘n plaaslik vervaardige program The South African Story. Aanvanklik is die dokumentêre reeks vir die oorseese mark bedoel maar, die program van tien episodes gaan dalk deur of die SAUK of e.tv uitgesaai word.
’n Plaaslik vervaardigde dokumentêre reeks met emeritus-aartsbiskop Desmond Tutu as die aanbieder gaan dalk binnekort ook in Suid-Afrika vertoon word. Die reeks, The South African Story – With Archbishop Desmond Tutu, bestaan uit tien episodes en was oorspronklik beplan vir die internasionale mark.Volgens Roger Friedman van Oryx Media Productions het hulle die reeks weens produksieredes eers klaargekry toe die Wêreldbeker-sokkertoernooi begin het, maar dit is reeds in vyf lande in Asië vertoon. Dit word tans oorsee bemark deur twee groot verspreidingsmaatskappye, en Oryx hoop dat dit uiteindelik in minstens 50 streke vertoon sal word.
‘n Voorskou van die program:
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by Amanda on Jun 24th, 2010
Jeremy Mansfield, well known for his vocal acrobatics on Highveld 94.7 is the voice behind Lifer, a Chatter telephone, in the newly released Toy Story 3.
Radio personality Jeremy Mansfield announced on his show on 94.7 Highveld that he is set to voice a character in Toy Story 3.
“It’s official and has just been finalised. This is really exciting news! I am a big fan of Disney. Pixar and this is indeed an honour,” said a thrilled Mansfield this morning.
Mansfield’s voice will be used for the character of Lifer, a Chatter telephone who has spent his life in the toy box at a children’s nursery school.
Fifteen years have passed since the release of the original animated film that showed what toys get up to when their owners aren’t looking and what animation fantasias can be conjured up by computers.
It’s been more than a decade since Toy Story 2, which was initially intended for video release only and ultimately was a bigger hit than the first film.
It looks as if Toy Story 3 will be worth the wait – experts believe it could be the biggest hit of 2010.
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by Amanda on Feb 22nd, 2008
A new children’s book from Struik Publishers.
Dudu, a young boy, is playing under a tree in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro when he meets Mlozi the animal wizard, who magically transports him to the plains of East Africa.
Through Mlozi’s wizardry he is able to speak to the wild animals he meets, after which he embarks on a series of wonderful adventures with them. At the end, he wakes up under the same tree where he met Mlozi and wonders whether it was all a dream.
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by Nicole on Jun 5th, 2007
Anybody with the name Neil Armstrong is bound to be on a mission to defy gravity! But the Neil Armstrong in this case is not the one who uttered the immortal words, “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, when he stepped on to the surface of the moon in 1969.
Instead, he’s the main character in Zebra’s new book for children in Afrikaans, Neil Armstrong Smit en die Coriolis-Krag. Young Neil is plagued by problems of a far more serious nature than whether the space module will get back to Earth or not.His father’s always away on work, so he’s obliged to live with his eccentric grandfather instead.
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