Reading Guide: Thabo the Space Dude

Lori-Ann Preston is an award-winning children’s author who lives in East London. She won the Golden Baobab Prize in 2016 for her Early Chapter Book, The Ama-Zings! Her picture books, Mr Cocka-Rocka-Roo and Snails Have Feelings, Too! were short- and longlisted for the same prize, respectively. Lori-Ann holds a BEd Honours degree from the University of South Africa and spent 20 years as an educator. While teaching her class of Grade 2 students, Lori-Ann realised the need for more literature that children could relate to and in which they could see themselves. She set about writing the fun-filled, adventurous, coming-of-age series: Thabo, the Space Dude and the hilarious, 3-in-1 short story book: Trixie.