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Hardback. Condición: New. Introducing Bait, the little toad with a big personality. Bait the toad loves the camera, and the camera certainly loves him! From his river-bed roots to TikTok stardom, Bait has never found a pose he couldn't slay, or a hat he couldn't style.In this side-splitting photo book, Bait is ready to prove that there's more to amphibians than meets the eye. Whether it's striking confident poses in the garden, sporting sassy homemade hats, or hanging out with his furry friends, this tiny toad has a lot to teach us all about being comfortable in our own skin.Brighten up your day or make a loved one laugh with Bait and his pals, the perfect gift for any age.

Paperback. Condición: New. Vermeulen, Karen Ilustrador. A Skipping Stones Winner, 2024Hi!! I'm Epi Dermis, but my friends just call me Skin!Raise your hands if you sweat, tan, itch, have hair, or have freckles!  I've been feeling pretty sensitive lately because everybody has something to say about me. But people don't always tell the truth.My color doesn't make me fast, strong, smart, or scary. I just want to shout, "It's just skin, silly!" "[A]n irresistibly brilliant, pitch-perfect page-turner that should be a must-read in every Pre-K and Elementary School in our country." - Henry Louis Gates JrAn illustrated children's book on the evolution of skin color, based on a collective 40+ years of peer-reviewed research from expert anthropologist Dr. Nina Jablonski and historian Dr. Holly Y. McGee, with a special foreword from celebrated literary critic and historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Meet Epi Dermis, your kid's quirky, clever guide to the origin of skin color! Using simple science and interactive activities, Epi takes readers on an adventure through human history to find out why skin is the hardest working organ in the body business. Whether it's how migration and climate changed our skin's need for melanin, to why sweat is your body's secret superpower, Epi's got all the facts-and uses them to challenge false narratives about race and give kids the information they need to do the same.

Paperback. Condición: New. Selected as a 2019 Outstanding International Book by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)Ntshingila's lyrically wrought North American debut is a slim yet satisfying novel sure to trigger a wide range of emotions."Kirkus, starred review"It is a story about joy and hope and courage, and what it means to lift up others and be lifted oneself, and how one young girl found her voice in a world seemingly determined to take it away."Shelf Awareness, starred reviewThe terrible thing that steals 14-year-old Mvelo's song leads to startling revelations and unexpected opportunities.Life wasn't always this hard for 14-year-old Mvelo. There were good times living with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. Now her mother is dying of AIDS and what happened to Mvelo is the elephant in the room, despite its growing presence in their small shack. In this Shakespeare-style comedy, the things that seem to be are only a façade and the things that are revealed hand Mvelo a golden opportunity to change her fate. We Kiss Them With Rain explores both humor and tragedy in this modern-day fairy tale set in a squatter camp outside of Durban, South Africa.

Paperback. Condición: New. Religious and ethnic conflict may be the Horn of Africa's most enduring recent legacy. But beneath its recent history of war and displacement lies human stories-families, clans, lovers, neighbors, and friends, all bound together through common cultural, religious, and historical ties.The Lion's Binding Oath, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf's collection of short stories, introduces readers to the people of Somalia and their struggles: their humanity, faith, identity, friendship, and family bonds, as whispers of war grow louder around them. Through stories that span the years before and during Somali's civil war, Yusuf weaves together Somalia's political, social, and religious conflicts with portrayals of the country's love of poetry, music, and soccer.Yusuf's collection is a powerful examination of love and resilience in a country torn apart by war, and written with deep compassion for the lives of its characters.Ahmed Ismail Yusuf has lived in Minneapolis since fleeing Somalia in the late 80s. He did not speak English when he arrived, he was a high-school dropout, and he was not sure what his actual age was. Today he has two college degrees and is the author of Somalis in Minnesota, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. In 2017, The History Theatre of St. Paul, Minnesota produced his short play, "A Crack in the Sky," a memoir about how Yusuf found inspiration in Maya Angelou and Muhammad Ali during his early days as an immigrant to the U.S.

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Paperback. Condición: New. Eight Hours. Minute by Minute.Somewhere in South Africa, a farm comes under heavy attack. No shooters in sight. Only one thing is certain: The attackers are savagely resolute. A diverse group of people barricade themselves inside the farmhouse: black and white; women, men, and children; bosses and workers; a police officer; random visitors. Who is the target of the attack? What has motivated it? Politics? Revenge? Greed? Drugs? Weapons? But do the people outside know more than those indoors? The snipers who are trying to operate in the dark of night? Who will die, who will survive? Who is pulling the strings? Who will be the winners, who will be the losers? And how long can eight hours actually be?Eight hours, minute by minute. Constant changes in perspective, piercing precision. An explosive mixture of psychological thriller and Neo-western with a political subtext.

Paperback. Condición: New. A trans pastor's fascination with the Scripture inherited from his closeted, fundamentalist father.When his dad died, Malcolm Himschoot inherited his father's Bibles. He chose to re-read them, examining his dad's notes in the margins, teasing out the details of his upbringing and gender identity amid the structures and forms of biblical narratives. For Malcolm, coming out meant exile and verbal excommunication; he embodied all his gay father tried to hide. In Reading Secrets, he travels alongside the ghost of his father, exploring their inherited homophobia and the American culture that shaped their triumphs and tragedies. With these poetic and evocative meditations, Malcolm transforms the Scripture he inherited, and finds a place in it for himself.

Paperback. Condición: New. An aspiring teen journalist (whose curiosity is outshone only by her bravery and dedication) and an adventurer with one last wish on his bucket list team up to uncover the mystery behind "The Boy in the Shadows"- a long-forgotten prodigy of the successful authors Mr. and Mrs. Paradise. The unusual pair becomes an even stranger triad when the teen's explorer uncle joins the quest, hoping to bring wisdom and experience into the wild exuberance of youthful adventure.Mr. and Mrs. Paradise grew up in hard knock lives, each wounded by their past while also overcoming the odds to mold themselves into successful authors, lauded in the literary world and toasted by the elite. Finding enduring love in each other, the couple built a life around their child. "A genius" in the vein of their own lauded success, they proclaimed, shielding the boy from a childhood of pain and struggle, providing him every advantage they themselves had lacked. Years later, what had become of this child, the offspring of giants in their field, given every opportunity for success?Young and Hungry is a modern parable of the triumphs and follies of parenthood, the motivations of becoming and being, and the wisdom of living a full spectrum life, each character an archetype found among our own peers and within ourselves.

Hardback. Condición: New. Join Chip the dog and Chatti the cat on their first adventure in the countryside - which soon becomes a race against the clock to help new friends in need!A Children's Book Council Librarian Favorite Winner - 2026Since their family left them in this strange new home, Chip the dog and Chatti the cat have been feeling stuck. So when they meet Twinkle, a sly little mouse who grants wishes, they know just what to ask for: a way out into the countryside! Soon their wish is granted, and this funny trio-joined by a traveling man named Bingo who can speak their language-is off to the great unknown.With the help of friendly forest creatures-from deer and rabbits to woodchucks and badgers-they arrive at a farm owned by Farmer Nils. But this farm is not what it seems. Farmer Nils is missing, and the grumpy man who took his place is not looking after the farm animals. And when Chatti is taken, Chip, Twinkle and Bingo must team up with their new pals to save her and get the farm back in working order.Chip and Chatti Save the Farm is a heartwarming story of unlikely friends, big adventures, and finding the courage to do what's right.

Paperback. Condición: New. An aspiring teen journalist (whose curiosity is outshone only by her bravery and dedication) and an adventurer with one last wish on his bucket list team up to uncover the mystery behind "The Boy in the Shadows"- a long-forgotten prodigy of the successful authors Mr. and Mrs. Paradise. The unusual pair becomes an even stranger triad when the teen's explorer uncle joins the quest, hoping to bring wisdom and experience into the wild exuberance of youthful adventure.Mr. and Mrs. Paradise grew up in hard knock lives, each wounded by their past while also overcoming the odds to mold themselves into successful authors, lauded in the literary world and toasted by the elite. Finding enduring love in each other, the couple built a life around their child. "A genius" in the vein of their own lauded success, they proclaimed, shielding the boy from a childhood of pain and struggle, providing him every advantage they themselves had lacked. Years later, what had become of this child, the offspring of giants in their field, given every opportunity for success?Young and Hungry is a modern parable of the triumphs and follies of parenthood, the motivations of becoming and being, and the wisdom of living a full spectrum life, each character an archetype found among our own peers and within ourselves.

Paperback. Condición: New. A trans pastor's fascination with the Scripture inherited from his closeted, fundamentalist father.When his dad died, Malcolm Himschoot inherited his father's Bibles. He chose to re-read them, examining his dad's notes in the margins, teasing out the details of his upbringing and gender identity amid the structures and forms of biblical narratives. For Malcolm, coming out meant exile and verbal excommunication; he embodied all his gay father tried to hide. In Reading Secrets, he travels alongside the ghost of his father, exploring their inherited homophobia and the American culture that shaped their triumphs and tragedies. With these poetic and evocative meditations, Malcolm transforms the Scripture he inherited, and finds a place in it for himself.

Hardback. Condición: New. Join Chip the dog and Chatti the cat on their first adventure in the countryside - which soon becomes a race against the clock to help new friends in need!A Children's Book Council Librarian Favorite Winner - 2026Since their family left them in this strange new home, Chip the dog and Chatti the cat have been feeling stuck. So when they meet Twinkle, a sly little mouse who grants wishes, they know just what to ask for: a way out into the countryside! Soon their wish is granted, and this funny trio-joined by a traveling man named Bingo who can speak their language-is off to the great unknown.With the help of friendly forest creatures-from deer and rabbits to woodchucks and badgers-they arrive at a farm owned by Farmer Nils. But this farm is not what it seems. Farmer Nils is missing, and the grumpy man who took his place is not looking after the farm animals. And when Chatti is taken, Chip, Twinkle and Bingo must team up with their new pals to save her and get the farm back in working order.Chip and Chatti Save the Farm is a heartwarming story of unlikely friends, big adventures, and finding the courage to do what's right.

Paperback. Condición: New. Vermeulen, Karen Ilustrador. A Skipping Stones Winner, 2024Hi!! I'm Epi Dermis, but my friends just call me Skin!Raise your hands if you sweat, tan, itch, have hair, or have freckles!  I've been feeling pretty sensitive lately because everybody has something to say about me. But people don't always tell the truth.My color doesn't make me fast, strong, smart, or scary. I just want to shout, "It's just skin, silly!" "[A]n irresistibly brilliant, pitch-perfect page-turner that should be a must-read in every Pre-K and Elementary School in our country." - Henry Louis Gates JrAn illustrated children's book on the evolution of skin color, based on a collective 40+ years of peer-reviewed research from expert anthropologist Dr. Nina Jablonski and historian Dr. Holly Y. McGee, with a special foreword from celebrated literary critic and historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Meet Epi Dermis, your kid's quirky, clever guide to the origin of skin color! Using simple science and interactive activities, Epi takes readers on an adventure through human history to find out why skin is the hardest working organ in the body business. Whether it's how migration and climate changed our skin's need for melanin, to why sweat is your body's secret superpower, Epi's got all the facts-and uses them to challenge false narratives about race and give kids the information they need to do the same.

Paperback. Condición: New. Family secrets run deep for Grace, a young girl growing up in Cape Town during the 1980s. Her family secrets spill over into adulthood, and threaten to ruin the respectable life she has built for herself.When an old childhood friend emerges after disappearing a decade earlier during a clash with apartheid riot police in the Cape Flats, where South Africa's coloured community makes its home, Grace's memories of her childhood come rushing back, and she is confronted, once again, with the loss that has shaped her. She has to face up to the truth or continue to live a lie-but the choice is not straightforward. Unmaking Grace is an intimate portrayal of violence, both personal and political, and its legacy on one person's life. It meditates on the long shadow cast by personal trauma, showing the inter-generational imprint of violence and loss on people's lives.

Paperback. Condición: New. Ruthless underworld criminal Rocco Robano's group of right wing fanatics, inspired by crazed evangelist Heinz Dieter, are responsible for mayhem and murder in the city of Cape Town. As they prepare to leave for their new home, Aurora, a protected community where the White Brothers, the Core, will live out their days in solidarity, they run amok in the city already cursed by xenophobia.Employed to find a set of missing uncut diamonds, ex-addict Rae Valentine, a feisty, sexy, intrepid, newly-minted Private Investigator, falls prey to the gang of men intent to use her and destroy her for sport. Rae can't outrun the storm of righteous fury as the vicious gang escalate their violence. As a victim of a kidnapping, she does what she can to protect herself from these depraved and barbarous men, and to save her PI partner, Vincent Saldana, from certain death.From Cape Town to the banks of the Orange River in Namibia, the tension rises as Rae fights for her life and discovers that the missing diamonds are linked to the illicit dealings of the brutal gang without conscience.

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Paperback. Condición: New. Ruthless underworld criminal Rocco Robano's group of right wing fanatics, inspired by crazed evangelist Heinz Dieter, are responsible for mayhem and murder in the city of Cape Town. As they prepare to leave for their new home, Aurora, a protected community where the White Brothers, the Core, will live out their days in solidarity, they run amok in the city already cursed by xenophobia.Employed to find a set of missing uncut diamonds, ex-addict Rae Valentine, a feisty, sexy, intrepid, newly-minted Private Investigator, falls prey to the gang of men intent to use her and destroy her for sport. Rae can't outrun the storm of righteous fury as the vicious gang escalate their violence. As a victim of a kidnapping, she does what she can to protect herself from these depraved and barbarous men, and to save her PI partner, Vincent Saldana, from certain death.From Cape Town to the banks of the Orange River in Namibia, the tension rises as Rae fights for her life and discovers that the missing diamonds are linked to the illicit dealings of the brutal gang without conscience.

Paperback. Condición: New. Religious and ethnic conflict may be the Horn of Africa's most enduring recent legacy. But beneath its recent history of war and displacement lies human stories-families, clans, lovers, neighbors, and friends, all bound together through common cultural, religious, and historical ties.The Lion's Binding Oath, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf's collection of short stories, introduces readers to the people of Somalia and their struggles: their humanity, faith, identity, friendship, and family bonds, as whispers of war grow louder around them. Through stories that span the years before and during Somali's civil war, Yusuf weaves together Somalia's political, social, and religious conflicts with portrayals of the country's love of poetry, music, and soccer.Yusuf's collection is a powerful examination of love and resilience in a country torn apart by war, and written with deep compassion for the lives of its characters.Ahmed Ismail Yusuf has lived in Minneapolis since fleeing Somalia in the late 80s. He did not speak English when he arrived, he was a high-school dropout, and he was not sure what his actual age was. Today he has two college degrees and is the author of Somalis in Minnesota, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. In 2017, The History Theatre of St. Paul, Minnesota produced his short play, "A Crack in the Sky," a memoir about how Yusuf found inspiration in Maya Angelou and Muhammad Ali during his early days as an immigrant to the U.S.

Paperback. Condición: New. Hannah always finds a way to get what she wants.Daughter to Chloe Cartwright, an eccentric prize-winning writer more interested in politics than parenthood, and sister to a rugby-star brother, Hannah has never excelled at much besides shoplifting. Discovering a talent for petty crime, she steals what she needs to fit in with her wealthier school friends, while at home, her mother's sporadic paychecks often mean an empty fridge.As an adult, Hannah falls, almost by chance, into a successful career as partner to one of South Africa's leading chefs. But the universe has a dark sense of humor. When her mother's increasingly erratic behavior forces Hannah home again, she finds herself in a bizarre role reversal, caring for the mother who never had time to care for her. As she searches for ways- both conventional and radical- to ease Chloe's suffering, past and present blur.

Hardback. Condición: New. Vermeulen, Karen Ilustrador. A 2022 Skipping Stones Honor AwardeeNamed a Best Middle-Grade Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews2021 Outstanding International Books List, United States Board on Books for Young PeopleMercy lives in modern-day Pietermaritzburg, South Africa with her eccentric foster aunts-two elderly sisters so poor, they can only afford one lightbulb. A nasty housing developer is eying their house. And that same house suddenly starts falling apart-just as Aunt Flora starts falling apart. She's forgetting words, names, and even how to behave in public. Mercy tries to keep her head down at school so nobody notices her. But when a classmate frames her for stealing the school's raffle money, Mercy's teachers decide to take a closer look at her home life.Along comes Mr. Singh, who rents the back cottage of the house on Hodson Road. When he takes Mercy to visit a statue in the middle of the city, she learns that the shy, nervous "Mohandas" he tells stories about is actually Gandhi, who spent a cold and lonely night in the waiting room of the Pietermaritzburg train station over a hundred years ago. It marked the beginning of his life's quest for truth.and the visit to his statue marks Mercy's realization that she needs-just like Gandhi-to stand up for herself.Mercy needs a miracle. But to summon that miracle, she has to find her voice and tell the truth-and that truth is neither pure nor simple.

Paperback. Condición: New. De Villiers, Patricia Ilustrador. Cat Among the Pigeons is for anyone who has a cheeky sense of humor, especially those who want to know more about the animals of Africa. This book is important because it humanizes animals we think we know about and introduces us to new animals that make up the disappearing ecosystem of Africa. Instead of preaching at us, David Muirhead helps us fall in love with the wonder and humor of these strange animals while giving us plenty of fodder for party conversations.

Paperback. Condición: New. "This transcendent and powerful testament to the indomitable human spirit is not to be missed." -Publishers Weekly, starred reviewFrom 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria NdlovuBook 1 in the City of Kings trilogyAs Imogen Zula Nyoni, aka Genie, lies in a coma at Mater Dei Hospital after having suffered through a long illness, her family and friends struggle to come to terms with her impending death. This is the story of Genie, who has gifts that transcend time and space. It is also the story of her forebears - Baines Tikiti, who, because of his wanderlust, changed his name and ended up walking into the Indian Ocean; his son, Livingstone Stanley Tikiti, who, during the war, took as his nom de guerre Golide Gumede and who became obsessed with flight; and Golide's wife, Elizabeth Nyoni, a country-and-western singer self-styled after Dolly Parton, blonde wig and all. With the lightest of touches, and with an overlay of magical-realist beauty, this novel sketches, through the lives of a few families and the fate of a single patch of ground, decades of national history (a country in Southern Africa that is never named) - from colonial occupation through the freedom struggle, to the devastation wrought by the sojas, the HIV virus, and The Man Himself. At turns mysterious and magical, but always honest, The Theory of Flight explores the many ways we lose those we love before they die.

Paperback. Condición: New. The final installment in Peter Church's Dark Web Trilogy"A fast-paced and gripping thriller-expect several twists along the way." -CosmopolitanAmid rumors of bartenders paid to spike drinks and then deliver drugged college women to paying, eager patrons, University of Cape Town (UCT) authorities move quickly to limit the damage-but the police don't want to believe there is a problem. A world away in Seattle, Carlos De Palma, the shadowy operator behind Dark Video, is plotting his survival strategy in the ever-changing Internet landscape. With his wealthy clientele clamoring for heightened thrills, Carlos begins tapping into a new service that blurs the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds. Meanwhile, UCT student Robbie is sent into a sinister underground world where no price is too high to pay to deliver every fantasy-no matter how twisted.Bitter Pill, part of Church's dark web trilogy, is a gripping thriller that sweeps through the intoxicating haunts of Cape Town's nightlife to explode in an adrenaline-laced sprint through the violent landscape of stalking, sexual deviation, and murder.

Hardback. Condición: New. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionA 2024 Skipping Stones Honor Award winner Winner of The Next Generation Indie Book Award A Nile Book Award nominee for the White Nile Book AwardFrom the award-winning author of Small Mercies, named a Best Middle-Grade Book of 2020 by Kirkus ReviewsWhen Boipelo Seku learns about a man who traded his way from a paperclip to a house, he starts a trade of his own in his small village of Cedarville, South Africa, accidentally setting in motion a string of good deeds that will change his community forever."I've decided that some people put out fires and leave the world cold and hopeless and others nurse the kindling, blow like mad and fan the flames with whatever they have at hand - so that everyone feels its warmth."A lot of things can feel just out of reach in 12-year-old Boipelo Seku's small, impoverished village of Cedarville, South Africa. The idea of one day living in a house that's big enough for his family is just a faraway dream. But when Boi stumbles on a story about a Canadian man who traded his way from a paperclip to a house, Boi hatches his own trading plan starting with a tiny clay cow he molded from river mud. Trade by trade, Boi and his best friend Potso discover that even though Cedarville lacks so many of the things that made the paperclip trade possible, it is fuller than either of them ever imagined.In a chain of events that turns Boi's tiny spark into a warming fire, Boi learns the power of friendship and community, and finds that something's value isn't in what you can trade for it, but in the good it brings to the people you love.With a motley crew of characters, wholehearted humor, and a whole lot of hope, The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap is a joyful read for lovers of The Penderwicks or classics like The Moffats.

Paperback. Condición: New. Dr. Rory Greene is in a tight spot, namely a lab refrigerator, hiding for her life. Who just stormed the primate facility with a gun, leaving Andy the lab tech shot through the neck, dead in a pool of his own blood?Her quiet life in Columbus, Indiana is upended as scientist Rory Greene finds herself playing the part of sleuth, searching for one of her company's kidnapped primates as the authorities' disinterest and dragging feet make life unbearable. Absent colleagues and antagonistic bosses aren't helping either.Rory's research involves animal/human communication. The work is now in the hands of a small group of scientists dedicated to the behavior and techniques of interspecies understanding.This core of scientists at one time included her late father and one of his associates, Dr. Maggie Porter, a professor at Butler University and Rory's "adopted" intellectual mother. As she struggles to find clues, Rory recruits old and new friends to help, and in the process digs up shocking secrets that threaten to blow up more in her life than her scientific endeavors, endangering those around her-both human and primate.