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‘Call Me Ms Sugar’
I am a great believer in the power of humour.
The ability to find the funny side of even quite serious situations, is often what allows us humans to find resilience.
Laughter is so good for us and my hope is that this book can generate a quiet chuckle or maybe even a loud burst.
It’s the perfect light read for anyone needing a break from the seriousness of Life!
You want a book to tickle your literary taste buds, right?
Look, for me, Mersha, (Ms Sugar) tickling taste buds is what I’m all about.
Ok, maybe not all.
This book is, of course, about me, Mersha and the ballagan (chaos) that is my Life with a capital L.
But it’s also about:
* Irwin, my husband, ‘the lump in the bed’;
* Mother-in-law, Bertha (‘Yah! Life’s no picnic’);
* Selwyn, my brother, who according to Norma the first ex, should avoid going too close to the abattoir;
* Aunt Tilly, (‘Di Shaineh’) of whom we no longer speak.
* And all the others whose stories you must promise not to repeat.
You need a laugh? Who doesn’t!
Read.
You might enjoy.
For Children
Taka Wants to Fly
Ma and Pa Ostrich have a clutch of eggs that are almost ready to hatch. But while Ma Ostrich is out for her morning stroll, another egg rolls in front of her so she kindly takes it home to be with her own.
Soon her own chicks hatch, as does the stranger chick, who they call Taka. He is welcomed into the family and treated exactly as one of their own. But no matter how much he tries to do the same things as his playmates, he struggles to do what they do and looks odd too.
What’s more, he has a constant longing to stretch his wings and fly up into the sky. But the ostrich family fear that he will come to terrible harm and stop him from flying. After all, ostriches simply don’t fly.
It isn’t long before a terrible drought begins and the ostrich family are desperate for water. Taka wants to help and says if they’ll allow him, he could fly until he can find a place where there is water. And sure enough, that is what Taka does. It’s then that the ostriches realise that Taka isn’t really an ostrich at all but a magnificent eagle.
The rhyming verse is accompanied by charming and often humourous illustration, that are bound to capture the imagination of young readers.
Flap! Rattle! Stomp!
A collection of 3 stories.
A Guinea fowl (‘Flap’), A Porcupine (‘Rattle’) and a Buffalo (‘Stomp’) each face a unique challenge.
Pelli Can
Pelli, Melly, Ziggi and Trish are 4 pelicans who catch fish for Finn’s Frozen Fish Factory.
Their boss is mean and demanding Mr Finn who insists they work harder and harder.
One awful day, their overloaded beaks split and all 4 pelicans are FIRED!
What will they do? How will they catch fish? How will they survive?
Pelli comes up with an excellent plan!’
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For Adults
A Road Called Adoption!
EILEEN JORDAAN served for many years as manager and IRENE BERMAN as the senior social worker at the Adoption Centre in Cape Town. Their combined experience in social work has prompted them to write this book – based on case histories – in an attempt to answer some of the many questions arising out of the adoption dilemma.
If faced with an unplanned pregnancy could you give up the child for adoption?
If you were adopted would you want to meet the woman who gave birth to you?
If you could not have your own child would you adopt one?
Meet…
Angela — dependable, loyal and devoted, she lives with husband Nick, children Charmaine and Warren — And a secret that must never be revealed.
Gary — a young man who drifts from his family and a strict religious upbringing and goes in search of himself.
Charlotte — a wife, mother and grandmother, content — until a child’s innocent probing sets her off on a reluctant journey into her past.
Frances and Nigel — are they parents or just custodians of the children they call their own?
… These are all people from vastly different backgrounds and cultures, and their lives, like those of countless others, have been deeply affected by adoption.
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