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evidence
Title Evidence
Author Sello Motete
Language English and Setswana (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-1-86840-475-9

After Tiego is attacked outside his shop, he lies unconscious in hospital. The detectives investigating the case despair because they have no evidence. But Tiego manages to help them.


first-prize
Title First Prize
Author Shelly Seid
Language English
Level

ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3

ISBN 978-1-86840-293-9

Bongi was very excited when she won R50 000. Everyone wanted money from her. Very soon, she had no money left, but she was still happy.


going-home
Title Going Home with Chickens
Author Pauline Stanford
Language English (original language), isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-0-86980-849-8

Thobela, a migrant worker, sets off on a long bus journey home with a surprise for his family, but he is not the only one who is planning a surprise.


fed-up
Title I am fed up
Author Seth Mudzanani
Language English and Tshivenda (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN
978-1-86840-479-7

Pastor Gwambe has huge problems. Then he decides on a final solution. However, things do not go according to plan.


ohazurika
Title I love Ohazurike
Author Vonani Bila
Language English and Xitsonga (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN
978-1-86840-477-3 

Khensani is in love with a foreigner called Ohazurike. The local men do not like foreigners. They are rude to the lovers when they get a taxi to Elim. In the end Ohazurike has a surprise for them.


mahadev
Title Madevhe is coming
Author Silas Sitholimela
Language English, Tshivenda (original language) and Sepedi
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN

978-1-86840-478-0

Gondonabada was crippled, but he enjoyed visiting his aunt at Managa and playing on the mountain near the village with the herd boys. The mischievous boys did not tell him about Madevhe, the dangerous baboon who lived near by!


mahlase
Title Mahlase’s feast
Author Cedric Xulu
Language English, isiZulu (original language) and Sepedi
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN

978-1-86840-487-2

Mahlase went to town to look for a job to get money to support his family. He had so many problems. He finally went to a Wimpy thinking it was a party in someone’s house. 


mandla


Title Mandla and the Bull
Author Wendy Annecke
Language English (original language) and Afrikaans
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN  978-0-86980-836-8

Saturday starts off happily for Mandla. He and his friends have a good time at MaShezi’s. But he has a bit too much to drink, and so he is not as careful as he should be when he meets a bull on the way home.


mosima-makes
Title Mosima makes a plan
Author Monica Rakoma
Language English and Sepedi (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN  978-1-86840-482-7

Mosima is a married woman. She is beautiful and admired by most men. When her husband finds a job in Gauteng, things start to go wrong.


my-red-cow
 Title My Red Cow
Author Victus Kunene
Language English 
Level ABET Level 1 /Grade 1-3
ISBN 978-1-86840-292-2

Bonga loved his beautiful red cow. He was very angry when it was stolen but he found a solution to his problem.


the-jackpot
Title The jackpot!
Author Edwin Komana
Language English and Sepedi (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-1-86840-481-0

Malose and Mosima are very poor. They are very excited when they win the jackpot. Unfortunately something terrible happens and their dream vanishes.


new-baby
Title The new baby
Author Helen Brain
Language English (original language) and Sepedi
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
ISBN 978-1-86840-294-6
A priest and his wife are ashamed when their daughter tells them she is going to have a baby. When the baby comes, everything changes.

nkosi-family
Title The Nkosi Family
Author Elda Lyster
Language English (original language), isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans and Sepedi
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
 ISBN 978-0-86980-853-5

The seven members of the Nkosi family have their own likes and dislikes, hopes and dreams, just like everybody else. Let them all, from Gogo Nkosi to two year old Philile, share their feelings with you.


sea-is-alive
Title The sea is alive!
Author Batseba Poo
Language English and Setswana (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
ISBN 978-1-86840-480-3

Tladi dreams of going to the seaside. Eventually he and his friend Pule go to Durban. Tladi knows how to swim but he is not prepared for the waves! 


the-trick
Title The Trick
Author Wendy Annecke
Language English
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
ISBN 978-0-86980-837-5

MaMkhize has no money to pay the rent or buy food. Her husband spends all the money on drinking at the shebeen. She asks the sangoma for help. Together they plan a clever trick to stop her husband's drinking.


where-does-the-money-go
Title Where does the money go?
Author Moses Thwala
Language English and SiSwati (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-1-86840-486-5

Maseko’s salary was stolen from him on his way home from work. Maseko’s wife decided to walk back from work with her husband on pay day to see if he was telling the truth.


who-shall-i-marry
Title Who shall I marry?
Author Sello Motete
Language English, Sepedi and Setswana (original language)
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
ISBN 978-1-86840-476-6

Mmatli is confused. He cannot choose between two girls. When he goes to his father for help, the family secrets come pouring out. 


why-dogs-chase-goats
Title Why dogs chase goats
Author Mba Manqele & Wendy Annecke
Language English
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1-3
ISBN 978-0-86980-848-1

A dog, a goat, a sheep and a taxi driver go on an interesting journey. The goat tricks the dog, the dog chases the goat and the sheep is still standing in the road.


woza-friday
Title Woza Friday
Author Wendy Annecke
Language English
Level ABET Level 1/Grade 1- 3
ISBN 978-0-86980-838-2

Read about how someone feels on a Monday morning and how he feels on a Friday morning, and at the same time you will learn the names for different parts of the body.  


cover-lucky-man
Title A Lucky Man
Author Julie McFarlane
Language English
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
ISBN 978-1-86840-679-1

Robert was a lucky man.  His wife, Camilla, cared for him.  His son did well at school. He was lucky with the lotto too.  He nearly always got three correct numbers.

Then his friend, Anthony, persuaded him to try his luck at the casino for the first time.  Robert started going to the casino every week.  One day there was no more money for the casino and no money left to buy his son a birthday present.

Was Robert still a lucky man?


 
 cover-locked-up Title Locked up
Author Rosamund Standford
Language English
ABET Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5 
ISBN 978-1-86840-680-7

Tseko is in prison for murdering his wife.  He was found guilty of locking her in the house, setting fire to it and burning her to death.

After five years in prison, his sister-in-law, Mandisa, comes to see him.  He is very surprised to see her because she hates him for murdering her sister.  Mandisa has new information about the night of the fire.

Then his brother is poisoned and Tseko knows for sure who the murderer is, but he has to decide whether to give away his wife's secret.


 cover-man-of-house Title Man of the house
Author Ruth Pressler
Language English
ABET Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5 
ISBN 978-1-86840-677-7

The Sithole family moved from the Transkei to Soshanguve when Thando's father got a job at a big factory.  For a while, things were better for the family. 

Then his father died and his mother got sick.  Thando's mother made him promise that he would look after his eight year old brother, Siswe, and his four year old sister, Neo and make sure that they all stayed together.

Thando hoped to go to university one day, but he had to stop going to school to try to get money to put food on the table.  Still the children often went hungry.  Thando could not ask for help because of the promise he made to his mother.  Then Siswe's teacher, Mrs Gumede, decided to investigate.


 cover-promise Title The Promise
Author Glenda Salmon
Language English
ABET Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5 
ISBN 978-1-86840-678-4

Zinzi promises her mother that she will never leave her, not like her father, brothers and sisters did.  When she gets a job as an assistant in Themba's corner store, her mother reminds her that her first job is to look after her.

Zinzi and Themba fall in love, but she does not tell her mother.  She does not tell Themba about her promise to her mother either.

One day Themba tells her he is going out and when he gets back he will have a big surprise for her.  She is very excited because she has a secret wish!

Then she gets a phone call that changes everything. 


what-if-its-me
Title What if it's me?  Help with AIDS
Author Wendy Annecke and Nozizwe Madlala
Language English and isiZulu
Level ABET Level 2/Grade 4-5
ISBN 978-1-874897-76-7
Jack and his wife Lindi find out that they are HIV positive. They and their friends in the church group learn about AIDS: how to cope with it and how to prevent it.

against-the-wind


Title Against the wind: five South Africans follow their dreams
Author Lesley Lewis
Language English 
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN 978-1-874897-60-6

Against the wind tells the stories of five remarkable South Africans: Simon Mkhize who, year after year, ran the Comrades Marathon unofficially, ignoring its racial bans; Magema M. Fuze, who was the first black South African to publish a book in Zulu; Sibusisiwe Violet Makhanya, who was the first black woman to become a qualified social worker; K.E. Masinga, who became the first black radio announcer and Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize, who was one of the first people to champion women’s rights in South Africa, as well as being one of the first black women in Natal to have her own business.


beer-songs
Title Beer, Songs and Quarrels
Author Sibongile Sithole
Language English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN 978-0-86980-793-4

Sharing curry recipes in Glebelands before forced removals; hiding in terror from the white valiant car; giving birth to her daughter and being discharged from the hospital on the same day - without a cent in her pocket; her husband’s drinking, girlfriends and violent ways; a very strange funeral and folk tales told to her by her mother ... Sibongile Sithole remembers “how things used to be” and tells true stories about her life as a mother, friend, wife and daughter.


no-space-to-plant
Title No space to plant
Author Thandekile Memela, Gretta Ndukwane, Deliwe Phakathi & Thoko Qwabe
Language English
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN  978-1-874897-58-3

Four women from Canaan tell their life stories: moving from one place to another, marrying, having children and struggling to find a home where there is space to plant.


surviving-rape
Title Surviving rape
Author Sonya Keyser and Brett Purdon
Language English and isiZulu
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN

978-1-86840-171-0

What do you do if you have been raped? What happens at the police station, at the District Surgeon and at the court? This book gives practical advice about rape and provides a list of organisations that offer help to survivors of rape. 


diary-of-thami
Title The diary of Thami the truck driver
Author Wendy Annecke
Language English
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN 978-1-874897-75-0

Thami, a long-distance truck driver, writes a daily diary about his travels. Through his diary we learn about the history and geography of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.


the-tree-man
Title The Tree Man:  Robert Mazibuko's story
Author edited by Joanne Bloch
Language English and isiZulu
Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN 978-1-86840-173-4

Robert Mazibuko, the "Tree Man", died in July 1994 at the age of 90. He spent his life teaching people how to make the soil rich and how to plant vegetables and trees. As he said, "Without the soil, there is nothing." This is his story and advice in his own words.


 ma_lulu Title MaLulu's Place
Author Busi Chaane
Language English
Level ABET Level 4/Grade 8-9
ISBN 978-1-86840-653-1

Jabu is desperate to get a job with the Scorpions.  While he is waiting to hear about his application, MaLulu asks him for help.  Her son and her nephew have been kidnapped so Jabu and his friends jump into action!


cover-shooooes-english
Title "Shoooooes" The story of Leonard Gregory
Author Peter Rule
Language English (original language), Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans
ABET Level ABET Level 3/Grade 6-7
ISBN 978-1-86840-672-2

Leonard Gregory was a professional soccer player. Many goals started at his feet. He played in the central mid-field and "pulled the strings" in matches. The crowd would roar "Shoooooes!" when Leonard gathered the ball and headed for the goal posts.

Then one day everything changed. Leonard had a terrible accident and lost the use of his legs. This story is about Leonard's faith and how he coped with his new way of life and showed that people with disabilities can participate in and contribute to their communities.

 

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