{"id":200699,"date":"2017-10-12T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/whats-new-at-lapa-in-october\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:53:09","slug":"whats-new-at-lapa-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/whats-new-at-lapa-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s new at LAPA in October?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have another war novel by Irma Joubert, classic children&#8217;s books, Romanzas written to ask difficult questions and a non-fiction book about mental problems.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31974\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-59-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mentje, kind van Pas-Opkamp<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Irma Joubert<br \/>\nISBN: 978 0 7993 8593 9<br \/>\nR280,00<\/p>\n<p>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. \u201cI\u2019m just here,\u201d muses Mentje. \u201cJust another mouth that needs feeding, another body that needs washing, another breath in the hut. Another child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Irma Joubert is a much-loved name in historical fiction. All her previous novels were top sellers, and with <em>Mentje, kind van Pas-Opkamp<\/em> she continues this tradition. Descriptions of the lay-out and buildings of the Pas-Op camp, and other important places, are historically correct.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Babalela<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31975\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-64-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Die Babalela-storieboek<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Martie Preller<br \/>\nIllustreerders: Andries &amp; Erica Maritz<br \/>\nVolkleur, Hardeband, 210 mm x 297 mm<br \/>\nOuderdom: 3+<br \/>\nISBN: 9780799384239<br \/>\nR200,00<\/p>\n<p>This set of an iconic children\u2019s books has now been published as a single collection. The individual books have already sold more than 85\u00a0000 copies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Die Betty Misheiker-reeks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hierdie reeks bestaan uit drie oulike prenteboeke gebaseer op die lirieke van Misheiker se immergroen kinderliedjies \u201cDie lappop\u201d, \u201cDie eensame krokodil\u201d en \u201cDie dapper muis\u201d. Geslagte Afrikaanse kinders het grootgeword met Betty Misheiker se prettige liedjies. Nou word hulle in hierdie pragtige, volkleurformaat uitgegee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31976\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-57-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Die dapper muis<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Betty Misheiker<br \/>\nIllustreerder: Chris Venter<br \/>\nISBN: 9780799383775<br \/>\nR80,00<\/p>\n<p>The brave mouse boasts that he\u2019s afraid of nothing! But what about an owl &#8230; and a cat &#8230; and a mousetrap? This delightful picture book is based on one of the best-known and most-loved Afrikaans children\u2019s songs \u201cDie dapper muis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31998\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4-56-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Die eensame krokodil<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Betty Misheiker<br \/>\nIllustreerder: Johann Strauss<br \/>\nISBN: 9780799383782<br \/>\nR80,00<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s songs \u201cDie eensame krokodil\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31978\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5-59-229x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Die lappop<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Betty Misheiker<br \/>\nIllustreerder: Karen Ahlschl\u00e4ger<br \/>\nISBN: 9780799383799<br \/>\nR80,00<\/p>\n<p>Poor ragdoll! She ends up on a rubbish heap with a rotten pumpkin and an old shoe \u2013 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\u2019s songs \u201cDie lappop\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31980\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/6-57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My eerste 100 woorde<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Dawn Sirett<br \/>\nIllustreerder: Charlotte Milner<br \/>\nOuderdom: 0+<br \/>\nISBN: 9780799383898<br \/>\nR140,00<\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31981\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/7-53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My ensiklopedie van baie belangrike dinge<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Dorling Kindersley<br \/>\nVertaler: Mia Oosthuizen<br \/>\nISBN: 9780799383911<br \/>\nR300,00<\/p>\n<p>This is a charming first encyclopaedia, bursting with facts, perfect for little learners who want to know everything<em>. <\/em>Children can learn about deserts, our continents, how to say \u201chello\u201d and \u201cgoodbye\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31982\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/8-55-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sielsiek: Die psiges van SA se koelbloedigste kriminele<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Carla van der Spuy en Dr Henk Swanepoel.<br \/>\nISBN: 9780799382914<br \/>\nR230,00<\/p>\n<p>Why do people \u201close their minds\u201d? Chris Mahlangu, who murdered Eugene Terre\u2019Blanche, 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\u2019s throat. A male prostitute struck his friend so many times with a knobkierie after his \u201cindecent suggestions\u201d 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? <em>Disturbed<\/em> (ISBN: 9780799382945) will be on the shelves within weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have another war novel by Irma Joubert, classic children&#8217;s books, Romanzas written to ask difficult questions and a non-fiction&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":188732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[804,963],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-what-to-read"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":804,"label":"Entertainment"},{"value":963,"label":"What to read"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ben-white-167553-1-1024x684.jpg",1024,684,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"AfriForum W\u00eareldwyd","author_link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/author\/sue-ann\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":804,"name":"Entertainment","slug":"entertainment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":804,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":149,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":804,"category_count":149,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Entertainment","category_nicename":"entertainment","category_parent":0},{"term_id":963,"name":"What to read","slug":"what-to-read","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":963,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":804,"count":56,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":963,"category_count":56,"category_description":"","cat_name":"What to read","category_nicename":"what-to-read","category_parent":804}],"tag_info":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ben-white-167553-1-scaled.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ben-white-167553-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200702,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200699\/revisions\/200702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}