We have another war novel by Irma Joubert, classic children’s books, Romanzas written to ask difficult questions and a non-fiction book about mental problems.

Mentje, kind van Pas-Opkamp
Irma Joubert
ISBN: 978 0 7993 8593 9
R280,00

Mentje is lonely since her father disappeared. She finds shelter in a camp full of Jewish hideaways, and soon realises that she is the odd one out. “I’m just here,” muses Mentje. “Just another mouth that needs feeding, another body that needs washing, another breath in the hut. Another child.”

The Second World War, with all its barbarity, breaks out when Mentje de Vries, a Dutch war orphan, is ten years old. She has to flee from the secret camp in the forests of the Netherlands to family in Arnhem. Shortly after the Battle of Arnhem explodes, Mentje saves the life of a South African soldier, but how would she be able to survive?

While the soldier, Tinus van Jaarsveld, gets liberated and sent back to his homeland, Mentje is stuck in the infamous Dutch famine, known as the Hunger Winter of 1944.

Irma Joubert is a much-loved name in historical fiction. All her previous novels were top sellers, and with Mentje, kind van Pas-Opkamp she continues this tradition. Descriptions of the lay-out and buildings of the Pas-Op camp, and other important places, are historically correct.

Babalela

Die Babalela-storieboek
Martie Preller
Illustreerders: Andries & Erica Maritz
Volkleur, Hardeband, 210 mm x 297 mm
Ouderdom: 3+
ISBN: 9780799384239
R200,00

This set of an iconic children’s books has now been published as a single collection. The individual books have already sold more than 85 000 copies.

Die Betty Misheiker-reeks

Hierdie reeks bestaan uit drie oulike prenteboeke gebaseer op die lirieke van Misheiker se immergroen kinderliedjies “Die lappop”, “Die eensame krokodil” en “Die dapper muis”. Geslagte Afrikaanse kinders het grootgeword met Betty Misheiker se prettige liedjies. Nou word hulle in hierdie pragtige, volkleurformaat uitgegee.

Die dapper muis
Betty Misheiker
Illustreerder: Chris Venter
ISBN: 9780799383775
R80,00

The brave mouse boasts that he’s afraid of nothing! But what about an owl … and a cat … and a mousetrap? This delightful picture book is based on one of the best-known and most-loved Afrikaans children’s songs “Die dapper muis”.

Die eensame krokodil
Betty Misheiker
Illustreerder: Johann Strauss
ISBN: 9780799383782
R80,00

Poor Crocodile is feeling lonely! But are you brave enough to join him in the water? This delightful picture book is based on one of the best-known and most-loved Afrikaans children’s songs “Die eensame krokodil”.

Die lappop
Betty Misheiker
Illustreerder: Karen Ahlschläger
ISBN: 9780799383799
R80,00

Poor ragdoll! She ends up on a rubbish heap with a rotten pumpkin and an old shoe – but then she is crowned as Queen of the Rubbish Heap! This delightful picture book is based on one of the best-known Afrikaans children’s songs “Die lappop”.

My eerste 100 woorde
Dawn Sirett
Illustreerder: Charlotte Milner
Ouderdom: 0+
ISBN: 9780799383898
R140,00

This sturdy board book covers all the familiar things little ones are interested in, from my body and my food, to animals, things that move, and bedtime. Photos show the wonder of the real world, while engaging illustrations tell simple stories that foster learning; from penguins playing in the snow and ice, to a mouse climbing a ladder to reach the height of a very tall giraffe!

My ensiklopedie van baie belangrike dinge
Dorling Kindersley
Vertaler: Mia Oosthuizen
ISBN: 9780799383911
R300,00

This is a charming first encyclopaedia, bursting with facts, perfect for little learners who want to know everything. Children can learn about deserts, our continents, how to say “hello” and “goodbye” in different languages, and so much more. They can meet vegetarian dinosaurs, fluffy pets, and big blue whales; explore the past with cavemen, Vikings, and Pharaohs; follow the life of a plant, from seed to flower; and discover what makes a cloud.

Sielsiek: Die psiges van SA se koelbloedigste kriminele
Carla van der Spuy en Dr Henk Swanepoel.
ISBN: 9780799382914
R230,00

Why do people “lose their minds”? Chris Mahlangu, who murdered Eugene Terre’Blanche, did not just bludgeon him to death, he literally hacked him to pieces with a steel pipe. One young man clubbed a nurse to death and her boyfriend into the ICU with a piece of wood. Another bashed both his adoptive parents unconscious with a cricket bat, before stabbing each more than 20 times in the torso and then slitting his father’s throat. A male prostitute struck his friend so many times with a knobkierie after his “indecent suggestions” that he died of a skull fracture. Why would a heterosexual man who often sleeps with prostitutes pick up a boy at a shopping centre and molest him? Disturbed (ISBN: 9780799382945) will be on the shelves within weeks.