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Elephant's Big Secret and 19 Other Fantastic Fables

ISBN 
9781776350803
Format 
Epub
Recommended Price 
R162.00
Published 
October 2021
About the book: 
This cheerful collection contains 20 fantastic animal fables, each of which in a unique way includes valuable wisdom for children and how values can be applied in everyday life.
 
Donkey’s Long Walk to Town conveys the message that one can never satisfy everyone. Bat, Bramble and Seagull Have a Meeting contributes to the idea that one should not only focus on what you lack, you should appreciate what you have. In Gnat Takes On Lion the wisdom is shared that no one is so invincible that you can never be defeated.
 
Beetle Puts Eagle in His Place gives the courage that even if you are small there is always a way to stand up to a bully.
 
These are just a few examples from this collection full of gifted, shy, cheerful, scared, angry and brave animals. What does Mrs Crab want to brag about? What is Elephant’s big secret? Did Hare outsmart the bullies? Don’t wait any longer to find out!
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About the Author

Wendy lives and works in lovely Kleinmond. Her passion is to help children to better understand their own world and each other across cultural boundaries through the stories of their ancestors. Wendy is the only children’s book author in South Africa who has produced 12 anthologies of high quality under this banner in the last 16 years. Her canonization of folktales, legends and true stories to hero stories, animal stories and ghost stories treads deeply into the literary storyscape of conservation as children are empowered to face the challenges of every day through stories.

Recent publications by Wendy include:

  • Sylvester - Ramkat van die Groot-Karoo en nog 21 lekkerlees legendes, ware verhale & staaltjies
  • Halala Job Maseko!
  • Storiekaros
  • Vaandeldraers
  • Torchbearers
  • Donkie se lang pad dorp toe
  • Elephant’s big secret
  • Rooimiere-in-die-broek idiom-inkleurboek
  • My hart is oppi plaas! idioom-inkleurboek
  • Jeremia en die Amandelboom
  • Engele om ons

 

 

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