Time to Go
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4314-2991-2 (ISBN)
Time to Go is a story about endings and loss, yet it affirms the joys and adventures of life. To the end, the child is gently encouraged to accept the change and to embrace hope. This book quietly acknowledges the experience of displaced families and communities.
Maryanne and Shayle Bester are sisters who grew up on a Free State farm, where their father farmed cattle and sheep. They both graduated from the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, Shayle majoring in Fine Arts and Maryanne in Dramatic Arts. Together they run a company as decorative painters and illustrators, specialising in children’s art. Their previous works include The Cool Nguni, Why Dog is Afraid of Storms, I Know That!, Three Friends and a Taxi, The Long Trousers, The Missing Ball and Mealies and Beans. Three Friends and a Taxi was a winner of the 2004 Sappi Isiqalo Book Competition, which encourages South African authors and illustrators to develop material with a local idiom to promote reading, writing and access to books for all. In 2007 The Cool Nguni by Maryanne and Shayle Bester was one of the winners of the Exclusive Books IBBY SA Awards for children’s book writers and illustrators. IBBY Award certificate to Xolisa Guzula for Iinkonde eMnyango her isXhosa translation of The Elders at the Door by the Bester Sisters..
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.09.2020 |
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Verlagsort | Johannesburg |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 240 x 275 mm |
Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Bilderbücher |
ISBN-10 | 1-4314-2991-0 / 1431429910 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4314-2991-2 / 9781431429912 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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