"Every child should own a hundred books by the age of five"

The final six of the eleven books produced at the recent

Book Dash event in Johannesburg are now live on the website, free for all to read, download, translate, adapt and re-share.

Simply visit https://bookdash.org/books/ to enjoy them or follow the links below. We wish you all happy reading!

Tata comes home

Dali can’t wait for Tata to come home for the weekend. What will they do when he arrives?

Created by Sewela Langeni (Writer), Tammy Adendorff (Designer),      Heleen Steyn van der Merwe (Illustrator) and Nabeela Kalla (Editor).

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AAAAAHHH!!!! Mmawe!

Tshedza is a little boy with a big imagination. Sometimes Tshedza gets scared, but maybe the world is not as scary as it seems?

Created by Batsirai Freddy (Designer), Sarah McGregor (Writer), Dumisani Jere (Illustrator) and Kelly Norwood-Young (Editor).

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Grumpy Cloud

One day, Fafa woke up with Grumpy Cloud. Mama and Fafa tried to make Grumpy Cloud go away.

Created by Neil Badenhorst (Illustrator), Mbali Magubane (Designer), Oarabetse Ditlhareng (Writer) and Tiffany MacSherry (Editor).

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It’s MY book!

Susu LOVES reading. She is so excited to have her own book! But EVERYONE wants to read it … even a dragon!

Created by Anya Klopper (Illustrator), Alison Ziki (Editor),                      Corinne Rosmarin (Writer) and Nontuthuko Mabiletsa (Designer) 

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Julia Loves Books

There are so many books in the world! Julia loves to read them all. But one very special book is missing. What will Julia do?

Created by Thokozani Mkhize (Designer),                                         Diane Awerbuck (Writer/Editor) and Jess Jardim-Wedepohl (Illustrator)

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Why the owl never sleeps

Mr Owl is ashamed to come out during the day. Why does Mr Owl only show his face at night when all the other animals are sleeping?

Created by Luke Mateman (Designer), Gerald Bedeker (Illustrator), Wandile Mathe (Writer) and Nabeela Kalla (Editor).

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