Struik Children imprint: 19 books

Bible Stories for Children includes a selection of short stories from the Old and New Testaments, retold in a simple and fresh style that will be enjoyed by young children. These adaptations of well-loved Bible stories are suitable for parents or carers to read to children, or for young readers to...

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. Alice and her husband Jack shared their home with a menagerie of animals – both domestic and wild! Alice agreed to raise Nicko and he remained there as her...

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 her in a tree. She explains that a lion wants to eat her. There is no sign of a lion but as the days pass, and to the family’s great...

We all know what enquiring minds young children have – particularly about the world around them, and the constant questions that follow. I Wonder Who? answers some of the questions they’re likely to ask about the creatures they’re likely to see in the garden, park or veld. It’s designed to...

One morning our favourite owl woke up to discover that the lovely leaves oStnorieheniisllustrraseiees dewur Keerreyn Pconhtear nging colour. He realised that it meant the onset of autumn and he felt sad. But gradually he noticed the fun other birds were having with the crunchy leaves. And so it happened...

This charming rhyming picture book tells the tale of Andre, a timid young aardvark who decides to extend himself by going on an adventure. He ventures into the night but is frightened by all the night noises and scurries back to his burrow. He then realises he needn't be afraid of the dark.

Written with sensitivity and imagination, Hurry up Lebo is a wonderful, morally enriching story that takes the reader on a journey of discovery through the eyes of a twelve-year-old township boy. Lebo doesn’t go to school because he looks after his elderly, blind grandfather while his mother works....

Angry Owl is cross about the weather. As he sits shivering in the rain on the branch of a tree, he watches as a huge storms brews, bringing with it wind, thunder, snow, hail and even a tornado. But before long, Angry Owl realises that he needn’t be unhappy because something special happens. Find out what it is …

Ricky is woken up one night by Cheetah, Zebra and Elephant, who need his help to rescue a lion cub that has fallen into the river. Encouraged by the animals, Ricky overcomes his fear, jumps into the water and brings the cub safely to the river bank. When the cub’s parents realise that Ricky put...

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...

As it’s such a hot day, Angry Owl has decided to go for a swim, but in his usual way (as we already saw in Angry Owl), he’s determined that it should be the greatest swimming day ever. However, things don’t always go according to plan and, with some humorous situations along the way, he has...

Nandi Sings is the story of a very little girl who doesn’t speak much at first, and instead makes up her own songs without words but with many sounds. And because the adults and siblings in her household all tell her to keep quiet, she sings while feeding the chickens and drawing in the sand. It’s...

His name is Sbonelo, but everyone calls him Snoop. That’s short for detective, in case you hadn’t heard. Ten-year-old Sbonelo hangs up his sign in the village market every Saturday, where – at R5 a time – he investigates all sorts of mysteries for his eager clients. Find out how he solves...

I See an Elephant tells the tale of a gentle elephant who wishes he was bird. He starts to build a nest, but when the birds laugh at his attempts and try to chase him away, Elephant takes a stand, declaring that he should be able to live as he chooses. Realising that he is right, the birds accept him as one of them, and help him transform into an ‘ele-bird’.