Tag: Illustrators - South Africa

Africa South of the Sahara

Ghana
Cover for Grandma's List featuring an illustration of a young girl in a patterned dress runnng through a colorful market with people looking at her with curiosity and a piece of paper in her hand. The ground is a dusty orange and the buildings in the background are pink and yellow.

Grandma's List

Portia Dery

Toby Newsome (Illustrator)

Grandma’s List. Portia Dery. Illustrated by Toby Newsome. Windmill Books, 2021. Originally published by African Bureau Stories,Ghana, 2017. ISBN 9781499486322. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

South Africa
Cover for I am You: A Book about Ubuntu featuring an illustration of four kids who are all of different ethnicities on a tandem bicycle that seats three with a dog in the front basket and the last kid in the back basket. They're riding through a colorful natural landscape of rolling hills where each hill is a different color and orange flowers are in the foreground. The ground is orange and the sky is light pink with blue birds in it. The title is displayed in orange and pink.

I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu

Refiloe Moahloli

Zinelda McDonald (Illustrator)

I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu. Refiloe Moahloli. Illustrated by Zinelda McDonald. Amazon Crossing Kids, 2022. Originally published as We Are One by Pan Macmillan, in South Africa, in 2020. ISBN 9781542035668. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

Cover for Paris Cat featuring an illustration of a cat in a cabaret-like red patterned outfit with a feathered headpiece on and a baton in hand who is dancing with the Eiffel tower and a crescent moon in the background.

Paris Cat

Dianne Hofmeyr

Piet Grobler (Illustrator)

Paris Cat. Dianne Hofmeyr. Illustrated by Piet Grobler. Tiny Owl Publishing, 2020. First published in London, 2020. ISBN 9781910328620. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

Cover for Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa featuring an illustration of a girl carrying a bowl with a melon, a chicken, a bottle, and some straws in it on her head walking away from two colorful buildings while a dog in a tattered outfit looks at her while hiding behind a thin palm tree in the background. The cover's background is white and the title is orange while the subtitle is black.

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa

Niki Daly

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa. Niki Daly. Clarion Books, 2007. Originally published as Pretty Salma by Frances Lincoln, in London, in 2006. ISBN 9780618723454. 32 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

Cover for Here Comes Lolo featuring an illustration of a young girl in jeans, blue sneakers, and a pink floral t-shirt with white flowers on it with a car, house and clouds in the background. The cover's background is orange and the word "Lolo" in the title is displayed in large letters with each letter featuring a different colorful pattern. There is a border of yellow graphic flourishes along the top and bottom of the cover.

Here Comes Lolo

Niki Daly

Here Comes Lolo. Niki Daly. Catalyst Press, 2020. Originally published by Otter-Barry Books, in Great Britain, in 2019. ISBN 9781946395337. 78 p. (Ages 4-9). Fiction.

Cover for Small Mercies featuring an illustration from a bird's eye view of a girl in a blue dress and pants laying in a field of green grass with hands behind her head with a chicken beside her. Red, purple, and yellow flowers are above her as well as two yellow birds with black heads and a red bird with a black head. The book's title is displayed in a pinkish red.

Small Mercies

Bridget Krone

Karen Vermeulen (Illustrator)

Small Mercies. Bridget Krone. Illustrated by Karen Vermeulen. Catalyst Press, 2020. Subsequently published by Walker Books, London, in 2020. ISBN: 9781946395160. 162 p. (Ages 8-12). Fiction.

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