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Tamaryn Watkins Reviews Thirty Second World

This entry was posted on 03 June 2013.

I absolutely adored it. I ploughed through it in one weekend. Emma van der Vliet has a very South African Olivia Goldsmith-ish way of writing, which I thought was simply superb. I didn’t actually realise that it was a South African novel (I didn’t read the back cover before I started) until I came across the word “kak”. Thereafter it was all references to Cape Town and the South African TV advertising industry, so it was undeniably local – but definitely of an international quality.

Just So Stories

This entry was posted on 14 May 2013.

How did the leopard get his spots? Why do cats act as though they own the place? What does a crocodile like best for lunch? Why are rhinos so cranky? What causes the ocean tides to rise and fall? Who wrote the alphabet?

Generations of children have grown up with the Just So Stories and have been captivated by Kipling’s wonderful insights into the world around us - all delivered in his mesmerising, read-aloud prose.

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