Books with author Jane Rosenthal

A young boy named Ocean is swept away then guided by the wind, to different places around a painted illustrated world. He dreams in paint to paint his dreams. Where he meets and makes some new friends. An ordinary day to begin an extraordinary journey, towards the greatest and most exciting adventure of all. The journey into a painted dream. Little did little Ocean know, he himself would be in collaboration with other kids to realize, share and grow their own dreams, dreaming wanderlust, relationships and ice-cream. Every girl has a dream for themselves. Then at the beach with a group of boys building a colossal sandcastle. A dream isn't a dream without you in it. There is nowhere we cannot go to adventures in dreams

In the 1940s, Dora Tamana ran a day-care centre for children in a shack in Cape Town. She had no money for pencils and paper, but by writing words in the sand with a stick, she taught the children to read and write. This was only a small part of Dora's work. To improve the living conditions of her people, she organised demonstrations, planned campaigns against racism and distributed political newspapers. She was also a leading member of the SACP, ANC and a founder member of the Federation of South African Women. Dora was banned and jailed for her political work, but her beliefs have taken hold in South Africa's new democracy. Dora Tamana died in 1983. They Fought for Freedom tells the life stories of southern African leaders who struggled for freedom and justice. In spite of the important roles they played in the history of southern Africa, most of these leaders have been largely ignored by the history books. The series tells their stories in an entertaining manner, in clear language and aims to restore them to their rightful place in history.

Tom and Joe learned that there is much more than mud that flows down the muddy river, under bridges and boats through to the ocean, lots of different animals live and move on and in the river. As well they had made some new monkey friends who had some fun on the muddy river too. Tom and Joe are like any other monkey, they are curious, enthusiastic, sometimes shy, they like cake, and some times pie, some monkeys can play the Ukulele all are smart, some monkeys are smart enough not to fall from trees, some like to swing from trees and sing all day untill night, sweet dreams. Tom is happy to have known Grandma's friend Joe and thanks his lucky stars to have kept his tail in one piece. After ten days of river riding Tom and Joe did smell like wild funky muddy river monkeys.

Joe and Tom learned that there is much more than mud that flows down the muddy river, under bridges and boats through to the ocean, lots of different animals live and move on and in the river. As well they had made some new monkey friends who had some fun on the muddy river too. Tom is happy to have known Grandma's friend Joe and thanks his lucky stars to have kept his tail in one piece.