south africa

Introduces readers to the landscape, architecture, culture, artists, people and animals of South Africa.

Discusses the holidays and festivals that people in South Africa celebrate each year.

"Lolo's back for a whole new set of adventures in You're a Star, Lolo, the third book in Niki Daly's Lolo series for beginning readers. Whether it's turning her garden into a snail farm when snails eat up her precious tomato plant, or using her hair ribbons to save the day when a friend's car breaks down--there's a unique solution to every problem, and Lolo is going to find it! These stories invite young readers into the life and adventures of fun-loving, clever, and curious Lolo, a young girl living in South Africa. Along with her mother and grandmother Gogo, she can always find a way to make the best out of any situation--even when things don't go as planned. In You're a Star, Lolo, join Lolo as she makes her mom an extra-special soup, goes on vacation with her Gogo, and even tracks down the scary Ghorra-Ghorra-Hoooaaah-Bwoooooo-Monster sound she keeps hearing at night!"--Provided by the publisher.

"A biracial girl living in post-apartheid South Africa is determined to unveil the mystery of her white mother's hidden past"--Provided by the publisher.

Jason Carter, the grandson of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, provides an account of his experiences in post-apartheid South Africa where he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in the small rural village of Lochiel.

David, a young boy from South Africa, shows readers around his beloved country, showcasing its cities, animals, and the diversity of its cultures.

"Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death... Until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin's parents are left dead and Beauty's daughter goes missing. After Robin is sent to live with her loving but irresponsible aunt, Beauty is hired to care for Robin while continuing the search for her daughter..."--Provided by publisher.

Ang's friend is accused of murder and the poor is being infected by a mysterious and fatal illness and it is up to Ang to protect her family and solve a murder before it is too late.

Corlie Roux's lives with her family on a farm in the harsh climate of South Africa, but after her father dies, Corlie is left with her mother, who is as cruel to her as she is kind to Corlie's brothers, and the British have begun their invasion to remove families like hers from the Transvaal and Corlie will come to rely on inner strength and an unexpected alliance with a Canadian soldier while she is stuck in an internment camp.