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Review
‘The fact that Lochner’s stories, including old women with magical powers or personified animal characters or objects among others, are still popular years later, may be due to the notion of oral retellings and the fact that it is more about events and archetypal characters than
specific context, as with the stories of Grimm, Andersen and Perrault.’
− Rapport newspaper
Feature
Described as ‘South Africa’s own Hans Christian Andersen’, Helena Lochner (1982 – 1951) was a beloved author who wrote more than 65 books. This collection of her best-known stories remains evergreen.
Description
Although reminiscent of tales by Andersen and the Grimm brothers, Lochner s work has a unique African flavour. Her stories are filled with eccentric old ladies, mighty kings, wild animals and magical creatures but never with fairies. Because, as she remarked herself, dainty fairies would never have been able to survive on the scorched plains of the African continent. This lovely edition features illustrations by Toby Newsome and is sure to enchant young readers.
Author
Toby Newsome is an award-winning South African illustrator. Publishers and organisations Newsome has worked for include: The Boston Globe, Harvard University, Penguin Books, Usborne, UNESCO, Fresh Living Magazine and Wine Spectator. Together with Ghanaian author Portia Derry, their book Grandma s List (published by African Bureau of Stories), won the 2018 CABA (Children s Africana Book Award) Best Book Award in the USA. Toby was also selected to take part in the 2017 Chen Bochui International Children s Literature Award Exhibition in Shanghai.
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