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Oupa Zombie
Alex se oupa het grys hare, dra valstande en kyk graag na reis-programme op TV. Maar op ’n dag raak hy skielik mal oor … BREIIINNNSSS! Dit is duidelik dat Oupa besig is om in ’n zombie te verander. As Alex hom van dr. Zuurman en die zombiepolisie wil red, gaan hy ’n paar briljante planne, goeie vriende en hope broccoli nodig hê. En miskien kan hulle op die koop toe ook hulle droom bewaarheid om die Zambia en Egipte te siene kry!
Met Jacobs se sonderlinge kombinasie van humor en die deernisvolle uitbeelding van gesins- en ander verhoudinge, is dit nie moeilik om te verstaan waarom hy die topverkoper-kinderboekskrywer in Suid-Afrika is nie.
Met Jacobs se sonderlinge kombinasie van humor en die deernisvolle uitbeelding van gesins- en ander verhoudinge, is dit nie moeilik om te verstaan waarom hy die topverkoper-kinderboekskrywer in Suid-Afrika is nie.
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Jaco Jacobs
293 books110 followersJaco Jacobs grew up in a small Karoo town in South Africa, where he fell in love with books at a very young age. His writing career started at school, with his participation in numerous competitions for aspiring writers, and the publication of his first short stories in magazines.
At 18 he wrote his first youth novel, Pretpark, which was later published by Human & Rousseau.
Jaco has published more than 180 books for children and young people, including picture books, collections of children’s verse, and non-fiction. More than a million copies of his books have been sold and for the past few years, he has been one of the bestselling authors in the South African market.
In addition to this, he has translated more than 300 children’s books into Afrikaans, among them four Tintin titles as well as books by Michael Rosen, Chris Riddell, Charles Fuge, Julia Donaldson and Jessica Townsend. He believes humour is one of the key ingredients in an enjoyable children’s book, and his books, such as My ouma is ’n rock-ster and Wurms met tamatiesous, and his translations are characterized by a strong element of fun.
Jaco was awarded the Alba Bouwer Prize (twice), the MML Literature Award, the Elsabé Steenberg Prize for Children’s Book Translation, the South African Translator’s Institute Award for Children’s Book Translation, the Tienie Holloway Medal, the Scheepers Prize, the Rapport/kykNET Prize and the C.P. Hoogenhout Medal, and has won twenty-nine ATKV Children’s Book Awards (the only book award in Afrikaans where children get tot vote for their favourite books). In 2008, his youth novel Suurlemoen! was named an international IBBY Honour Book. Two of his novels for teenagers, Suurlemoen! and Oor ’n motorfiets, ’n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word, have been adapted into full-length feature films.
In 2018, translations of ’n Goeie dag vir boomklim (A Good Day for Climbing Trees) and Oor ’n motorfiets, ’n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word (A Good Night for Shooting Zombies) were published internationally by acclaimed British publisher Oneworld, and the Italian edition of A Good Day for Climbing Trees was released in 2019. A Good Day for Climbing Trees and A Good Night for Shooting Zombies were both longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Award.
Jaco is also a freelance journalist, columnist and long-distance runner who has completed the Comrades Marathon twice. He lives in Bloemfontein with his wife, Elize, two daughters, Mia and Emma, as well as two-and-a-half dogs, a cat and a pet python.
At 18 he wrote his first youth novel, Pretpark, which was later published by Human & Rousseau.
Jaco has published more than 180 books for children and young people, including picture books, collections of children’s verse, and non-fiction. More than a million copies of his books have been sold and for the past few years, he has been one of the bestselling authors in the South African market.
In addition to this, he has translated more than 300 children’s books into Afrikaans, among them four Tintin titles as well as books by Michael Rosen, Chris Riddell, Charles Fuge, Julia Donaldson and Jessica Townsend. He believes humour is one of the key ingredients in an enjoyable children’s book, and his books, such as My ouma is ’n rock-ster and Wurms met tamatiesous, and his translations are characterized by a strong element of fun.
Jaco was awarded the Alba Bouwer Prize (twice), the MML Literature Award, the Elsabé Steenberg Prize for Children’s Book Translation, the South African Translator’s Institute Award for Children’s Book Translation, the Tienie Holloway Medal, the Scheepers Prize, the Rapport/kykNET Prize and the C.P. Hoogenhout Medal, and has won twenty-nine ATKV Children’s Book Awards (the only book award in Afrikaans where children get tot vote for their favourite books). In 2008, his youth novel Suurlemoen! was named an international IBBY Honour Book. Two of his novels for teenagers, Suurlemoen! and Oor ’n motorfiets, ’n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word, have been adapted into full-length feature films.
In 2018, translations of ’n Goeie dag vir boomklim (A Good Day for Climbing Trees) and Oor ’n motorfiets, ’n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word (A Good Night for Shooting Zombies) were published internationally by acclaimed British publisher Oneworld, and the Italian edition of A Good Day for Climbing Trees was released in 2019. A Good Day for Climbing Trees and A Good Night for Shooting Zombies were both longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Award.
Jaco is also a freelance journalist, columnist and long-distance runner who has completed the Comrades Marathon twice. He lives in Bloemfontein with his wife, Elize, two daughters, Mia and Emma, as well as two-and-a-half dogs, a cat and a pet python.
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December 26, 2020
#oupazombie - Jaco Jacobs
#panmacmillan
Alex se oupa praat min; gewoonlik net een woord op ‘n slag. Hy is grys; het valstande en kyk graag reisprogramme op die TV. Hy is Alex se beste vriend en daarom is dit vir Alex ‘n ramp toe ‘n zombie-virus uitbreek en sy geliefde oupa deur ‘n zombie gebyt word. Want nou is sy oupa ook ‘n zombie; hy wil net breins eet en die zombie-polisie is op hulle spoor.
Hierdie is nie bloot net ‘n kinder-fantasieverhaal nie. Dis ‘n redelik lywige kinderboek (191 bladsye) en vrolik geïllustreer deur Theodore Key; die werklike X-faktor (waarvoor ek altyd soek in ‘n boek) is egter die subtiele humor wat vir ouer lesers ingesluit word deur middel van voetnotas; advertensiebiljette en nuusberigte wat satiriese tussenwerpsels oor politiek; korrupsie en gierigheid bevat.
Ek kan my indink hoeveel dubbelpret die voorlees van die boek (aan jong kinders) aan die leser kan verskaf: eerstens is dit regtig ‘n prettige kinderstorie; tweedens is die insetsels ook duidelik daarop gerig om die voorleser eweneens te vermaak.
Ek huiwer glad nie om ‘n soliede 5 sterre toe te ken nie; ek het die boek vreeslik geniet. Welgedaan Jaco vir die suksesvolle uitvoering van ‘n besondere tipe storie-vertelling !
#Uitdieperdsebek
#panmacmillan
Alex se oupa praat min; gewoonlik net een woord op ‘n slag. Hy is grys; het valstande en kyk graag reisprogramme op die TV. Hy is Alex se beste vriend en daarom is dit vir Alex ‘n ramp toe ‘n zombie-virus uitbreek en sy geliefde oupa deur ‘n zombie gebyt word. Want nou is sy oupa ook ‘n zombie; hy wil net breins eet en die zombie-polisie is op hulle spoor.
Hierdie is nie bloot net ‘n kinder-fantasieverhaal nie. Dis ‘n redelik lywige kinderboek (191 bladsye) en vrolik geïllustreer deur Theodore Key; die werklike X-faktor (waarvoor ek altyd soek in ‘n boek) is egter die subtiele humor wat vir ouer lesers ingesluit word deur middel van voetnotas; advertensiebiljette en nuusberigte wat satiriese tussenwerpsels oor politiek; korrupsie en gierigheid bevat.
Ek kan my indink hoeveel dubbelpret die voorlees van die boek (aan jong kinders) aan die leser kan verskaf: eerstens is dit regtig ‘n prettige kinderstorie; tweedens is die insetsels ook duidelik daarop gerig om die voorleser eweneens te vermaak.
Ek huiwer glad nie om ‘n soliede 5 sterre toe te ken nie; ek het die boek vreeslik geniet. Welgedaan Jaco vir die suksesvolle uitvoering van ‘n besondere tipe storie-vertelling !
#Uitdieperdsebek
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