Mr Humperdinck’s Wonderful Whatsit
ISBN: 9780-7981-4452-1
Written by Wynand Louw and Illustrated by
What would you do if a load of rubbish suddenly started talking to you? Or if you realised one day that your pet mouse was smarter than the headmaster of your school?
Winner of the M.E.R. Prize for Children's Literature 2005 -
Judges' comments: "Although not often enough, every now and then a fantasy novel appears in South Africa that makes one sigh with relief. Louw's Mr. Humperdinck's Wonderful Whatsit is such a novel. The story teems with dwarves, fairies and gargoyles, apart from talking bricks, flying smooth talking garbage heaps, man eating giant rats as well as young (and older) heroes and villains. The author effortlessly succeeds in suspending the reader's disbelief in these characters and their adventures."
Format (soft cover): 213mm x 137mm; 300 pages Readership: Age:10-13
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Professor Fossilus en die Dinosourusse (Afr)
ISBN: 9780-7981-4307-3
Written by Louise Smit and Illustrated by
Professor Fossilus het sy eie dinosourusmuseum in Salamander, ’n klein dorpie in die Karoo. Omdat sy versameling dinosourusfossiele een van die mees volledige in die wêreld is, gaan ’n professor van Amerika en sy studente hom besoek. Maar professor Fossilus het ’n groot probleem. Sy Trikeratopsfossiel kort nog sy derde horing, en hoe hard hy ook al op Salamanderkop grawe, kry hy nie die derde horing nie. Al uitweg is om maar in tyd terug te reis en ’n derde horing te gaan haal. So bou sy vriend by NASA vir hom ’n tydmasjien en kan hy en die tweeling, Toutie en Ton (dis vakansie) miljoene jare terug tot in die tyd van die dinosourusse gaan. Natuurlik het hierdie tydmasjien ook ’n frekwensie ingebou wat aangeskakel kan word sodat professor Fossilus en die tweeling met die dinosourusse kan praat. Hulle beleef ’n onvergeetlike avontuur en natuurlik kry die professor sy derde horing. ’n Lekker-lees humoristiese storie vol wonderlike feite, inligting en avontuur.
Louise Smit lives in Pringlebaai. She became well known for her very successful TV productions such as Wielie Walie, Haas Das se Nuuskas, Pumpkin Patch, Kideo, Mina Moo and many more. She is also the author of Die Bybel vir kleuters/The Bible For Children and Professor Fossilus en die dinosourusse. Louise received national and international acclaim for her work and was awarded three Artes Awards, the Star Tonight Award, Prix Jeunesse and The Tokyo Prize. - Human & Rousseau Publishers
