Yesterday into tomorrow - The exciting progress of South African literature for young readers

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An overview of the growth of South African children’s literature (in English) from apartheid days, into democracy in 1994, and the excitements and problems of the present and future situation. Specific titles are given as examples.

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Beake, Lesley – The Strollers – Maskew Miller Longman 1987 Beake, Lesley – Song of Be – Maskew Miller Longman 1991 Bosch, Andre Eva – Alive Again – Tafelberg 2014 Bransby, Lawrence – Homeward Bound – Tafelberg 1990 Bulbring, Edyth – Pops and the Nearly Dead – Penguin SA 2010 Case, Dianne – Love. David – illustrated by Mario Sickle – Maskew Miller Longman 1986 Daly, Niki – The Herd Boy – Jacana Media 2012 Gregorowski, Christopher – Fly, Eagle, Fly! – illustrated by Niki Daly – First published by Tafelberg 1982; republished with new illustrations in a larger format 2000 Hartmann, Wendy – Just Sisi and Sisi Goes to School – illustrated by Joan Rankin – Human & Rousseau 2010 and 2013 Heale, Jay – The devil of Bain’s Kloof – De Jager-HAUM 1987 Lehman, Barbara A. (Ed.) with Jay Heale, Anne Hill, Thomas van der Walt and Magdel Vorster – Creating Books for the Young in the New South Africa – McFarland & Company, Inc. 2014 Maartens, Maretha – Sidwell’s Seeds (first published in Afrikaans as ‘n Pakkie mieliepitte – Tafelberg 1985 Mennen, Ingrid – Ben and the Whales – Tafelberg 2012 Mennen, Ingrid & Niki Daly – Ashraf of Africa – illustrated by Nicolaas Maritz (David Philip 1990, now available from Songololo) Molusi, Omphile – Itsoseng – Junkets Moodie, Fiona – Noko and the Kool Kats – Human & Rousseau 2014 Naidoo, Beverley – Journey to Jo’burg – illustrated by Eric Velasquez – Longman UK 1985 Robson, Jenny – Praise Song – Tafelberg 2005 Schermbrucker, Reviva – Children of Southern Africa series (8 titles) – Duzi Publishers Slingsby, Peter – The Joining – Tafelberg 1996, republished by Baardskeerder 2009 Van Wyk, Chris (abridged) – Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – illustrated by Paddy Bouma – Macmillan Children’s Books 2009