Books with author Niki Daly

These new board book sets are written and illustrated by Niki Daly and Jude Daly, both of whom are locally and internationally successful. The concepts are simple and accessible to all toddlers, as anything new they discover in a book needs to be interpreted in their own way. We imagine that the audience may need a gentle and quite overt nudge into the world of images and words and include humour, whimsy and reader participation so that adults also interact with the children and the books.

"Salma, pretty Salma, please go to market for your old granny who loves you so." This up-to-the-minute "Red Riding Hood" story is set in a South African township with market traders, a crazy-eyed rooster, Anansi the storyteller and a no-good, slick, sly stranger calling himself Mr Dog. The comedy, thrills and shivers of the familiar story lead to a reassuring ending, and Niki Daly's tongue-in-cheek storytelling and hilarious pictures are flavoured with melon, ice-cream and fun.

The summer holidays are here and Jamela is bored as a girl can be! All she can think about is the Afro-Idols TV final, so when she lands a job at Divine Braids hair salon, she can't believe her eyes when Afro-Idols celebrity Miss Bambi Chaka Chaka arrives at the salon to be coiffed. But while Jamela's idol dozes and Aunt Beauty designs her starry hairdo, a buzzy fly appears on the scene and threatens to ruin everything . . . Can creative Jamela save the day?