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Reviews of Two Books that Take Us Back to the Wild

by Bontle on 01 Jul 2010   |   

Amazing Animals Super Safari by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

Amazing Animals Super Safari is a picture book that takes us deep into the African Serengeti. Along the way, children learn all about many of the animals of Africa. With bright illustrations that give each animal a personality of its own and quirky adventurers who steer the journey along, Super Safari is fun but not the most original story-book on the market.

Christian the Hugging Lion by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

Christian the Hugging Lion is the story of a lion cub sold to two young men, Ace and John, at Harrod’s and how the men decided to take Christian the lion back to Africa. This storybook is based on a true story that became a YouTube phenomenon, turned into a best-selling book and got the two men an interview with Oprah long after Christian had returned to his home.

What is truly moving about the story is that when the two men go to visit Christian, years later and against the advice of every animal professional and most of our common sense intuition, the lion remembers them. The embrace that the three share is a beautiful reminder of the enduring nature of true friendship.

Book details

• Amazing Animals: Super Safari by Tony Mitton, Ant Parker
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  EAN: 9780753462997
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• Christian the Hugging Lion by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell
  EAN: 9781847389152
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Recommended Toddler Books from Cape Town's Child this Month

by Nonikiwe - Editor on 06 May 2010   |   

Are you ready with your roars? Let’s say hello to the dinosaurs! Go wild with this baby T Rex and all his dinosaur friends. Young children will love to stroke their bumpy scales and join in calling out their noises: Swish! Kaaark! Roar! Bright and colourful, with tactile coral frosting on every page, this is sure to appeal to any young dinosaur fan.

Open up this amazing, intricate book and discover secrets and surprises as you peer behind the hidden flaps of the beautiful toadstool. Can you work out what all the creatures are busy getting ready for as they practise roly polies, cartwheels and hand stands, do big stretches and polish trophies? Join the busy ants, ladybirds, beetles and caterpillars for a very exciting day – ready, steady, go!

Daddy Bear and Baby Bear walk home through the forest. On the way, they see many wonderful things – the golden leaves falling from the trees, the big yellow sun going down and the beautiful stars twinkling overhead. When they get home, Daddy tucks his sleepy Baby Bear up in bed. This warm celebration of the relationship between parent and child is perfect for reading at bedtime.

Readers will need to be very brave to enter the strange world of these weird and wonderful trolls! With their googly eyes, warty skin, scratchy feet and matted hair, you won’t forget them once you meet them! With fun text, delightful illustrations, fantastic touch-and-feel elements on every page, and a spectacularly smelly ending, this is one adventure that will keep fearless readers coming back for more!

Open up the doors of this fantastic magnetic space station and explore the large magnetised play area, complete with intergalactic kitchen, workshop and space garden ready to be filled with all sorts of cosmic furniture, equipment and characters. Children will love pulling the magnets out of their handy rooftop storage space, reading the four books and bringing the stories to life – over and over again.

Book details

• Say Hello to the Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow, Tim Warnes
  EAN: 9780230707399
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• Busy Little Bugs: Pop-up Toadstool by Benji Davies
  EAN: 9780230709638
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• On Our Way Home by Sebastien Braun
  EAN: 9781906250584
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• Terrible Trolls by Delphine Durand
  EAN: 9780230528055
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• My Magnetic Space Station by Joy Gosney
  EAN: 9780230710764
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