Publications
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Planet Mouse series
Planet Mouse is a series of books about ‘Mouse’, a 12-year-old boy from Durban. Mouse faces challenges and dilemmas familiar to children around the world – such as peer pressure, crime in his neighbourhood, betrayal and unfairness. Mouse isn’t a typical hero – he is more interested in saving goals and gazing at stars than saving the world or being a star. But when trouble finds him, he finds the courage to make difficult and sometimes dangerous decisions. When My Dad Comes Home Mouse’s father is unemployed. When he gets a temporary job away from home, Mouse feels happy and sad. When his Mom gets sick, Mouse thinks that perhaps…
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Friends for Life
Friends for Life, co-authored by Deborah Ewing and Noreen Ramsden, is a reader on loss and compassion. It is one of the titles in the Pearson Junior African Readers series (JAWS). It was written especially for children experiencing or witnessing stigma related to HIV and was also published in French and Kiswahili. Beautifully illustrated by Paddy Bouma. Available through Abebooks
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Everywhere we go, our presence is felt
Children are rarely considered political entities or citizens in their own right. They are viewed invariably as extensions of adults or simply as members of families and communities. To improve understanding of what ‘good governance’ means for children and how their civil, political, cultural and social rights may be achieved, HAQ: Centre for Child Rights published a book titled Every Right for Every Child: Governance and Accountability. Edited by Enakshi Ganguly Thukral co-Director of HAQ in New Delhi, India, this volume analyses initiatives from across the world to make governance systems more accountable and responsive to children’s rights and entitlements. It includes a chapter called ‘Everywhere we go, Our Presence…
