Category Archives: Children’s books

1,2,3,here we go

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Reviva

Following the red threads squiggling all across the map, digging up dirt, unearthing snips of succulents, ostrich shell beads on a string. What does this mean? It means that we are on our way again on a two and a … Continue reading →

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A wedding without a groom?

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Reviva

Impossible!

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Who’s a scaredy-cat?

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Reviva

  I need to remind myself every day to BE BOLD. From: ‘Am I a lion that eats people?’  2004 ELRU publication about HIV/Aids photographs by Enver Essop with painted elements by Reviva Schermbrucker

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Giving children what they say they want

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Reviva

In a debate where children, publishers, librarians and writers sat in a circle to discuss what it is we should be writing/publishing for children, I found myself the lone voice against writers taking too much note about what children had … Continue reading →

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Where one finds inspiration

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Reviva

In the compost heap of the imagination, a novel is slowly emerging…

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Mavis Mogotsi

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Reviva

In a week where there was one big death, there was another that did not get a trillionth of the attention but was big for us. Mavis Mogotsi, grandmother to Charlie Tankie Mogotsi  and mother to Christine Mogotsi, was a … Continue reading →

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Grand Announcement

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Reviva

The six books in the CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN AFRICA series are to be published by Shuter and Shooter early in 2014. They are: Myrtle and Daneco, their life in Kassiesbaai, South Africa Thobeka and Samukelo, their life in Yeoville, South … Continue reading →

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Launch of ‘Martinique is Unique’

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Reviva

Saturday the 9th November and a special day for a bunch of really special people: The Cape Town chapter of the Little People’s Association came to my house where we launched a new book in the Highlighters series published by … Continue reading →

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Here she is!

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Reviva

After 4 years in the stitching, the monkey-bride is ready to make her appearance. It’s not only her dress that required sewing but her entire wedding party from guests of zebras, wild dogs, giraffe and children to the actual venue … Continue reading →

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What a privilege

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Reviva

I spent last week working in Langa (in the informal settlement and New Flats areas) alongside an amazing group of  7 ladies, Family Community Motivators whose brief it is is to visit homes in the area and play with young … Continue reading →

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