African Orchestra, The

“In the beginning, when all things began, these were the sounds which were music to man.

‘Cicadas, crickets, beetles and frogs Seedpods, cocoons, hollowed out logs

Crackling fires, the patter of rain Thundering hooves on the African plain

Birds in the air, in the trees – on the land Wind in the grass through the leaves – over sand.”

Wendy Hartmann has been writing for many years. She has had more than forty children’s books published. They range from concept and counting, beginner readers, high interest/low vocabulary readers to picture books.

Joan Rankin has illustrated over thirty books for children. She received the South African HAUM Daan Retief Prize for children’s book illustration in 1986 and the Katrine Harries Award for Children’s Book Illustration in 1991. Joan recently won the MER Prize for best illustrated children’s book for Just Sisi/Net Sisi written by Wendy Hartmann.

Paperback • 288 x 247mm • 32pp • Age Range: 5 - 7 Keywords: Children, South Africa Bic: BM, YBC, 1HFMS Bisac: JUV012030