Solitaire Stud Farm in the Cederberg breeds perfectly trained sporting horses – showjumping, polo and dressage champions every one. Nicky and her horse Chocolate Charlie were no exception. Until the terrible accident . . . Still struggling to come to terms with her loss, Nicky awaits her cousin, Colette, and her boarding school friends Charni and Ateeyah’s arrival at Solitaire. They will be putting in some final practice hours before the South A ...
Gabi kan haar diepste geheime in Donnabelle se rooibruin perde-ore fluister. Wanneer sy met Donnabelle praat, voel dit of haar ma nog hier op die plaas by haar is. Maar die jare toe haar ma en die sportperd internasionale ruiterkunskompetisies gewen het, is nou vergete. Donnabelle is twintig jaar oud en afgetree. Dit is waarom Gabi so graag haar twee vullens wil opspoor – om iets van haar ma op hulle stoetplaas lewend te hou. Die soektog lei haa ...
In their fourth adventure together William and Alex go to Baikonur in Kazakhstan, from where they are launched into space to investigate a mysterious problem with the International Space Station’s oxygen supply. Here they meet William’s old friend Boris, another dogtective, who reveals some interesting facts about William’s past, to Alex’s great delight. ...
Zahn se ouers is geskei toe sy en haar suster nog klein was, en haar pa het onlangs weer by hulle doen en late betrokke geraak. Hulle gaan vir die skoolvakansie kuier op ’n vakansieplaas in die Harkerville-woud, naby Plettenbergbaai, sodat hulle haar pa en sy nuwe vriendin, ’n juweliersware-ontwerper, beter kan leer ken. Die huis is spesiaal so gekies dat Zahn se perd, Brigadier, kon saamkom: Daar is stalle en ander perde en roetes vir uitritte ...
William and Alex are on their third mission together: they must investigate the poaching of rhinos on Aunt Ada’s farm in the Bushveld. Very topical plot, and full of humour, as readers have come to expect from this duo! ...
Alex’s mum wins a luxury cruise holiday and takes her son along. Willem plays stowaway in Alex’s backpack and later in a linen closet on board. When modern day pirates take the ship hostage William’s sleuth skills save the day. Alex and William work together to foil the pirates’ plans, which include locating and stealing a treasure on the tiny island of Trommelin. This is the second book in the series. The third, Dogtective William and t ...
Alex is twelve years old and an only child. He spends a lot of time with his dog, William, which the family got from the SPCA a few years ago. But only Alex knows William’s secret: he can talk! William reveals this to Alex in the car on their trip home from the SPCA. But Alex learns even more secrets about his dog in this book, the first of a series featuring Alex and William’s adventures all over the world. William, who is a dogtective ...
Nell woon op die plaas Solitaire in die Sederberg saam met haar hele uitgebreide familie van perdemense wat ’n topperdestoet bedryf. Sy het ’n paar maande vantevore ’n aaklige ongeluk met haar perd, Chocolate Charlie, gehad en die moes uitgesit word. Sy kan weens ’n harde val niks daarvan onthou nie, maar kry nagmerries en ervaar nou ’n vrees vir perde. Vir die Aprilskoolvakansie kom haar niggie Colette en twee vriendinne, Charni en Ateeya, plaa ...
Huberta the hippopotamus is one of the most famous animals in South African history. In November 1928 Huberta left her waterhole in the St. Lucia Estuary in Kwa-Zulu Natal province and set off on the 1600 km journey to the Eastern Cape, a journey which would take her three years. In that time Huberta became a minor celebrity and attracted crowds wherever she went. She was initially thought to be a male and was nicknamed Hubert by the press. She ...
