Lana’s long way home (Out of print) Rewritten and illustrated in 2007 and published by Giraffe Books, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Publishers (SA) [Jun 2007]
Written and illustrated by Marjorie van Heerden

Lana se ompad huistoe (Afrikaans translation)
Ulana uxakwe kukugoduka (Xhosa translation)
Ulana uhlangana nobunzima eya ekhaya (Zulu translation)
Garamond Publishers (South Africa) [1993]

ISBN 0 947 449 86 8

 A fish eagle with very poor eyesight swooped down and scooped Lana out of the water. When he realises it is not a fish he scooped out of the water he drop Lana far away from her home. Lana has get away from dangerous animals and find her way home. A story full of humour.

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