Elephant’s Big Secret and 19 Other Fantastic Fables

Name: Elephant’s Big Secret and 19 Other Fantastic Fables - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9781776350803
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Wendy Maartens, Shayna Olivier

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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 the Author

Wendy Maartens

Wendy Maartens woon tans in Melkbosstrand. Wendy se passie is om kinders te help om hulself, hul leefwêreld en mekaar oor kultuurgrense heen beter te verstaan deur die stories van hul komvandaan. Haar volksverhale, legendes en ware stories tot heldeverhale, dierestories en spookstories trap diep spore in die literêre storielandskap van bewaring, Sy bemagtig kinders om die uitdagings van elke dag d.m.v. stories die hoof te bied. Ander titels van Wendy wat onlangs verskyn het: Jeremia en die Amandelboom, Ek lees self reeks, My hart is oppi plaas!, Donkie se lang pad dorp toe en vele meer.

Shayna Olivier

Shayna Olivier is a whimsical fine artist with a passion for nature and animals. Working in mostly watercolours and pencil, she creates super whimsical and dreamlike artworks mostly surrounding the subject of nature. She spent her childhood living in the small fishermen’s village of Herolds Bay where her imagination and love for nature developed. After years of struggle and countless rejections she silently built up her own art business named Shayna Paints. Today she creates paintings for people from all over the world and all walks of life. Shayna resides in Helderberg with her fiancé and little boy.