Book 15

Jamaica

by Alison Brownlie Bojang

Published 31 May 1997
Find out about life in different countries and compare the lives of families in a busy urban centre to those living in the countryside. Learn about the landscape and weather, discover what school is like, what people enjoy eating and how the people spend their spare time. Explore the social and economical problems the country is facing and how these affect the lives of ordinary people today and in the future.

Book 16

Nigeria

by Alison Brownlie Bojang

Published 31 July 1999

Book 17

South Africa

by Alison Brownlie Bojang

Published 30 June 1999
Young readers are invited to experience real South African life with Tshepo and stay in his home with his family in Soweto, take a bike ride around town, try some chewy biltong, sizzling barbecued beef or Tshepo's favourite food - porridge and find out how to play hopscotch. This book is one of a series which is intended to give young children a first introduction to daily life in different countries. Each country is presented through the experiences of a child who lives there. The books explore themes that children will be able to relate to such as food, school and play.