Books published by publisher Penguin Random House South Africa

Children will enjoy hours of fun coloring in this selection of our most beautiful birds. There are more than 40 to color in — each bird accompanied by an interesting caption — to help budding artists and young naturalists learn something about each as they work through the book. In the middle of the book is a gallery of all the birds in full color, providing a clear guide as to which crayons or paints to use when coloring in the outlines on the other pages.

A refreshing new book on mushrooms and other fungi in South Africa, covering 200 species – more than any mushroom book in the region to date. Text covers each species’ distribution (both regionally and worldwide), description, typical habitat, edibility and toxicity. Magnificent photographs accompany each species, making this both a practical guide and a beautiful book. It will be welcomed by all mushroom enthusiasts, and by nature-lovers in general.Table of ContentsNOT YET AVAILABLE

In their newest adventure the Kidd family searches for lost treasure in the frosty Arctic When the biggest heist in history takes place in Moscow the Kidds rush in to save the day but instead theyre accused of being the thieves themselves Time is running out to find the stolen treasure and theyre this close to being thrown into a Russian prison for a crime they didnt commit Will the Kidd family find the golden goods in the middle of the frigid Arctic And even more important will they make it out of the icy wasteland alive

Themba and his brother and sister are excited that aunt Alice is coming to visit them in the village. When they arrive at the station to meet her, the children find Aunt Alice in a tree! She explains that she's hiding from a lion who wants to eat her. There's no sign of a lion but as the days pass and to the family’s great amusement, Aunt Alice remains convinced that there's a hungry lion lurking behind every bush, just waiting to pounce. Could Aunt Alice be right?

This is the true tale of Alice Kirk and Nicko, the baby vervet monkey that was found abandoned on her home farm in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa. Alice and her husband Jack shared their home with a menagerie of animals – both domestic and wild African! Alice agreed to raise Nicko and he remained there as her companion until he died of old age at 17. The story encompasses his interaction with the other animals of the household, as well as humans. It carries the reader through a range of adventures and emotions from the wonderfully whacky and hilarious to alarming and sometimes sad. Author Penny Haw is the granddaughter of Alice and throughout her childhood, Penny was entertained with the stories of Nicko’s escapades. She now retells these tales in the first person through Alice’s ‘voice’. Children (of all ages) will enjoy them, and the relationship between Nicko and Alice, and Nicko and other animal species, will fascinate all animal lovers.

Ten-year-old Themba dreams of joining his father and older brother in chasing the elephants away if they should come to eat their corn, as they did last year. Sadly, everyone tells him that he is too young and must stay at home to protect his mother, sister and grandfather while his father and brother are away. But danger lurks much closer to home! Readers will have to find out if Themba is brave enough for the challenge.

One of modern football’s most brilliant players—and one of its most iconic and mysterious figures—Zinedine Zidane’s football career is the stuff of legend. A World Cup-winner with France, he became the world's most expensive player in 2001 when he moved from Juventus to Real Madrid for £46million, where his exceptional talent earned him a reputation as one of the greatest players of all-time. His playing career concluded explosively when he retired after being sent off for head-butting Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final.But his football career was far from over. After a spell coaching in Spain, he was appointed manager of Real Madrid in 2015 and immediately demonstrated that his skill as a manager matched his talent on the pitch, leading the team to successive Champions League victories and establishing him as one of the new managerial greats.Rarely speaking to the press, Zidane is known as a man who "speaks only with the ball." In this definitive biography, Patrick Fort and Jean Philippe take us behind the scenes of his exceptional career, revealing the man behind the legend.

Youth Revolution is the inspirational story of how Kiara Nirghin, a sixteen-year-old high-school student from Johannesburg, overcame severe health obstacles to win the grand prize at the 2016 International Google Science Fair for her unique and innovative solution to worldwide drought. Having experienced bacterial meningitis, undiagnosed bilharzia and severe weight loss, Kiara was forced to postpone her school career for hospitalization, with a real chance of losing her hearing, her sight and the use of her limbs. Youth Revolution not only covers her journey from the hospital bed to the international stage as the winner of the science award, but also looks at issues surrounding stagnant youth innovation, while considering the dangers of lacking diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). The book includes contributions from prominent women in science and education, among them Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.