Written in rhyme by best-loved children’s
author Wendy Hartmann, This is the Chick
will educate, enchant and entertain. With magical illustrations from Joan
Rankin, the story flows from one page to the next and keeps the readers
wondering what will happen next.
This is a story of a tiny guinea fowl chick
that hatches early one morning and lets out a ‘cheep’. The other animals in the
bush take fright and chaos ensues. The international rights of this captivating
story where sold to Interlink Publishing Group in North America in 2017.
Hartmann has been writing for many years,
with more than 40 children’s books published. Her books have been selected for
honours lists and nominated for awards for writing and illustration. She lives
in Cape Town, is married and has two daughters. In her spare time, she paints
and has taken part in numerous exhibitions and has works in private collections
in South Africa as well as overseas.
Rankin has illustrated over 30 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.
This
is the Chick is published in paperback by the
African Literary Agency. ISBN 978-1-4314-2511-2 Recommended Retail Price R120.
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