Jafta ¦ Jafta - My Mother
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Cover illustration and those on these pages from Football Crazy by Colin McNaughton, Piccolo £1.25 0 330 26747 7 (published April 1982). Also available in hardback from Heinemann, 434 94991 4, £4.95. We are grateful to Piccolo for their help in reproducing this illustration in full colour.
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Jafta - My Mother
Illustrated by Lisa Kopper
These two picture stories first appeared last year in hardback (from Evans) so they are an unusual, but no less welcome, addition to the Dinosaur list, best known for its distinctive originals. Two of a series of four books, they portray life in a traditional South African village home. Though the setting is specific. Jafta's feelings: love, joy and anger are universal. Through Hugh Lewin's simple but poetic words and Lisa Kopper's beautiful brown and white pictures the books offer an enriching encounter with another culture. I hope the other two titles will follow shortly.
