"Elaine Macdonald is predominately known as an author, scriptwriter and children’s television presenter in South Africa."
Author | Scriptwriter | Presenter
I See a Buffalo
I See a Buffalo tells the tale of a young buffalo who is distressed by her size. She wants to join the other animals at play, but her bulk and ungainliness make her self-conscious. When the animals turn her away, Buffalo decides to keep to herself and accept her loneliness.
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I See a Leopard
I See a Leopard tells the tale of a leopard who goes swimming in order to visit his friend Catfish. When Catfish serves up her favourite dish of wiggly worms, Leopard is distressed to discover that they keep slipping away and are not at all easy to eat.
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I See a Lion
I See a Lion tells the tale of a lion who is wearing woolly socks. When the rest of the lion family appears, all of them are dressed for winter, in hats, scarves and mittens. When asked why,
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Books available in UK
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I have now received a shipment of ‘I see an Elephant’ and ‘I see a Rhinoceros’ in the UK.
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I see a Rhinoceros
I See a Rhinoceros tells the tale of a gentle rhinoceros who turns the brightest shade of pink. When the other animals confront him about his unusual colour, he denies that anything is wrong.
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Here we Go: Book of stories and songs
Big Books, comprising a range of stories and texts that children can relate to. The Big Books are graded according to difficulty, starting with one-word-per-page books and moving to one-sentence-per-page books
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I See an Elephant
I See an Elephant tells the tale of a gentle elephant who wishes he was a bird. He starts to build a nest, but when the birds laugh at his attempts and try to chase him away, Elephant takes a stand
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Solutions for all english grade R
There are 40 stories and each story is linked to a theme. Each story is accompanied by a colour picture or photograph. There are suggestions for activities before, during and after reading for each story.
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I Wish I Could Fly
A little caterpillar wants to crawl higher and higher in a tree to reach the lovely, green leaves to eat at the top. He keeps falling down the trunk and wishes that he could fly to reach the leaves. This lovely story uses other animals and insects.
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This Is My Body
What can you do with your body? Follow the actions of Patrick and Pumla to find out. This book assists young learners not only to identify different parts of the body, but also actions and activities that can be carried out at the same time.
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A Noise In The Night
Tshepo and Phindi are twins. One night, after their birthday party, the whole family is woken up by very strange noises in the house. Everyone is terrified and they all imagine the most dreadful monsters and ghosts.
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Wood For The Fire
Moses lives near the sea. His grandfather is a fisherman and his grandmother collects wood each day for their fire. As time goes on Moses realises that his grandfather catches fewer fish and that his grandmother collects less wood
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Who’s making that noise
All of the animals are having a huge problem with the loud croaking noise that a small green frog is making at night. In desperation, they finally tell him that they can’t stand it any longer. The small green frog is very hurt, so the other animals
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Simon Goes To The Ballet
Simon’s brothers tease him when he starts to take dance classes. They think that he should have different interests. Luckily Simon continues despite their comments. They soon change their minds about his dancing when they see how
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They Are Camouflaged
Lin is on holiday in a game park with her mother and father. Lin learns how to see many different animals that are well camouflaged in the park. The clever illustrations in the book assist young learners to spot these animals too.
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I Can’t Eat What You Eat
Little spider is all alone and he is very hungry. Many other animals and insects try to help him to find food, but they don’t eat the same things.
This book informs young readers about the foods that animals and insects prefer to eat
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