IBBY SA's Representative South African Books for Children and Young People

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100 Representative South African Books for Children and Young People

In drawing up this list, we have been mindful of the following:

• The books are recognisably African in character.
• The authors and illustrators are South Africans, or non-South Africans living and working in South Africa.
• The books are in print.
• The books are mentioned in the list in the language in which they were originally written. Many titles have been translated into other South African languages.
• The books are intended for children and young people: we have not included titles that are geared to an adult market, even if popular among younger readers.

Of course, there are many more South African titles of distinction in the area of books for children and young people. It is our hope that these 100 will be seen as representing the excellent work being done by writers and illustrators and translators and publishers in all South African languages. The list drawn up in 2004 for the IBBY World Congress remains as a historical list, and we acknowledge those books that have made way for newer publications.

We acknowledge the assistance of members of the IBBY SA Exec and invited colleagues in drawing up the list, and the generous support of the publishers in supplying copies for the two exhibitions mentioned below.

The books in the list were exhibited for the first time at the IBBY SA stand at the Cape Town Book Fair, 16–19 June 2007, and at the Nami Island International Children’s Book Festival in South Korea, June 2007.

The 100 Books List will in due course become a virtual exhibition on our website www.ibbysa.org.za . The physical exhibition will be housed at the headquarters of Biblionef SA in Huis der Nederlanden 4 Central Square Pinelands Cape Town.

We hope you enjoy browsing through and consulting the 100 Books List. Your comments are invited, and can be emailed to booksforafrica@iafrica.com .

100 Verteenwoordigende Suid-Afrikaanse Boeke vir Kinders en Jongmense

Die lys is saamgestel met die volgende in gedagte:

• Die boeke het ʼn duidelike Afrika-karakter.
• Die skrywers en illustreerders is Suid-Afrikaans of woon en werk in Suid-Afrika.
• Die boeke is tans in druk.
• Die boeke word weergegee in die taal waarin dit oorspronklik geskryf is. Baie titels is vertaal in ander Suid-Afrikaanse tale.
• Die boeke is bedoel vir kinders en jongmense. Boeke vir volwassenes wat gewild is onder jonger lesers, is nie in aanmerking geneem nie.

Daar is natuurlik baie ander goeie Suid-Afrikaanse boeke vir kinders en jongmense. Daarom hoop ons dat hierdie 100 boeke as verteenwoordigend gesien sal word en as voorbeelde sal dien vir die uitmuntende werk deur skrywers, illustreerders, vertalers en uitgewers in alle Suid-Afrikaanse tale. IBBY SA gee ook erkenning aan dié boeke wat op die 2004 lys as deel van die IBBY Wêreldkongres verskyn het, maar wat nou deur nuwer titels vervang is.

Ons bedank lede van IBBY SA se uitvoerende bestuur en ander genooide kollegas vir die saamstel van die lys. Ons bedank ook die uitgewers wat kopieë van die boeke vir die uitstallings verskaf het.

Die boeke op die lys is vir die eerste keer ten toon gestel tydens die Kaapstadse Boekfees, 16–19 Junie 2007 en tydens die Nami-eiland Internasionale Boekfees in Suid-Korea in Junie 2007.

Die 100 boeke sal as ʼn virtuele uitstalling op ons webwerf www.ibbysa.org.za vertoon word, terwyl die fisiese uitstalling by die hoofkwartiere van Biblionef SA gehuisves sal word (Huis der Nederlanden, Central Square 4, Pinelands, Kaapstad).

Ons hoop dat julle dit sal geniet om deur die 100 boeke te snuffel en die lys van 100 boeke te raadpleeg. Enige kommentaar kan gestuur word na booksforafrica@iafrica.com .

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100 Representative South African Books
for Children and Young People 2007

Arranged alphabetically by author:

1. Lesley Beake:
The Strollers
(Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town, 1987)

2. Lesley Beake:
Song of Be
(Maskew Miller Longman Cape Town, 1991)

3. Maryanne Bester, illustrated by Shayle Bester:
Three Friends and a Taxi
(Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2007)

4. Maryanne Bester, illustrated by Shayle Bester:
Cool Nguni
(Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2007)

5. Francois Bloemhof:
Die dae toe ek Elvis was
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 2000, 2005)

6. Carole Bloch, Boyce Boulix Mgcina, Rafeekah Patel, Juliana Seleti, Ethel Sithole, Robert Hichens:
Remembering Mommy
(New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2006)

7. Helen Brain:
Fly Cemetery and other juicy stories
(Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 1999)

8. Elana Bregin:
The Red-haired Khumalo
(Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town, 1994)

9. Tania Brink:
Liefde laat jou Rice Krispies anders proe
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2002, 2006)

10. Darrel Bristow-Bovey:
SuperZero
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2006)

11. Dianne Case:
92 Queens Road
(Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town, 1991)

12. Dianne Case:
Love, David
(Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town, 1986)
13. Sekgaila J Chokoe:
Ke Bophelo
(Heinemann, Johannesburg, 1995)

14. Jude Daly:
To Every Thing There Is a Season
(Frances Lincoln, London, 2006)

15. Niki Daly:
Ruby Sings the Blues
(New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2006)

16. Niki Daly:
Not So Fast, Songololo
(Frances Lincoln, London, 2002; distributed in South Africa by Pan Macmillan, Johannesburg)

17. Niki Daly:
Where’s Jamela?
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, Frances Lincoln, London 2004)

18. Niki Daly:
Zanzibar Road
(Giraffe Books Pan Macmillan, Johannesburg, 2006)

19. Mogamat I Davids:
111 Colleen Court
(New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2005)

20. Mogamat I Davids:
Sedick’s Kalk Bay Stories
(Juta Gariep, Cape Town,2002)

21. Leon de Villiers:
Die Pro
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1997)

22. Leon de Villiers, met illustrasies deur Emily Bornhoff:
Maroelaboomstories
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2005)

23. Leon de Villiers, met illustrasies deur Berco Wilsenach:
Droomoog Diepgrawer
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2003)

24. Philip de Vos, met illustrasies deur Piet Grobler:
Moenie ’n mielie kielie nie
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1995)

25. Philip de Vos, met illustrasies deur Cora Coetzee:
Vincent van Gogga
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1990, 2006)

26. Johann de Waal:
Sit! Oom Paul
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1995, 2005)

27. Carina Diedericks-Hugo:
Koning Henry
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 2003)

28. Carina Diedericks-Hugo, met illustrasies deur Séan Verster:
Operasie M.I.A.A.U.
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 2005)

29. K Sello Duiker:
The Hidden Star
(Umuzi, Cape Town, 2006)

30. Hans du Plessis:
Ditsem, Dawid!
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1996)

31. Linzi Glass:
The Year the Gypsies Came
(Penguin, Oxford, 2006)

32. Christopher Gregorowski, illustrated by Niki Daly:
Fly, Eagle, Fly!
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2000)

33. Wendy Hartmann, illustrated by Niki Daly:
All the Magic in the World
(Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 1993, 2002)

34. Maria Hendriks, met illustrasies deur Piet Grobler:
Makwelane en die krokodil
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 2004)

35. Dianne Hofmeyr, illustrated by Jude Daly:
The Star-Bearer: an Egyptian creation myth
(Frances Lincoln, London; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1997)

36. Barrie Hough:
My kat word herfs
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1986)

37. Barrie Hough:
Skilpoppe
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1998)

38. Barrie Hough:
Vlerkdans
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1992)


39. Barrie Hough:
Droomwa
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1990)

40. Jaco Jacobs:
Tande
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2002)

41. Jaco Jacobs, met illustrasies deur Frans Groenewald:
Superheroes vlieg net saans
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2003)

42. Jaco Jacobs:
Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2005)

43. Mhlobo Jadezweni, illustrated by Hannah Morris:
UTshepo mde / Tall Enough
(Vuvu Books Electric Book Works, Cape Town, 2006)

44. Russell H Kaschula:
Emthonjeni
(New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2006)
Also in the author’s own English version as
Take Me to the River
(New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2006)

45. Russell H Kaschula:
Phesheya kweTsitsa
(Nasou Via Afrika, Cape Town, 1998)
Also in the author’s own English version as
The Tsitsa River and Beyond
(Collegium, Pretoria, 1998)

46. Janet Keegans, illustrated by Jacqui Taylor:
Kubuka and the Magic Calabash
(Struik, Cape Town, 2004)

47. Kabelo Kgatea:
Ntshware ka letsogo
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2005)

48. Kabelo Kgatea:
Leba seipone
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2002)

49. Dorothy Kowen, illustrated by Gillian Mathew:
Nyama and the Eland
(Kwagga, Cape Town, 2003)

50. Anzil Kulsen:
Zita
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2006)

51. Wendy Maartens, met illustrasies deur Anna-Carien Goosen:
Lena se bottelboom
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2005)

52. Robin Malan:
The Sound of New Wings
(Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town, 1998)

53. Robin Malan:
The Story of Lucky Simelane
(Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2005)

54. Mphuhle Annah Mehlape, diswantsho di ke Itumeleng Sibambo:
Mogopo wa Rakgadi
(MA Mehlape, Polokwane, 2006)

55. Ingrid Mennen, illustrated by Niki Daly:
One Round Moon and a Star for Me
(Orchard Books, New York, 1994; The Bodley Head Children’s Books, London, 1994; Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2003, 2007)

56. Gcina Mhlophe:
Stories of Africa
(University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Petermaritzburg, 2003)

57. Gcina Mhlophe, illustrated by Elizabeth Pulles:
Molo, Zoleka!
(Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 1994)
Also available in English as
Hi, Zoleka!
(Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 1994)

58. Kagiso Lesego Molope:
Dancing in the Dust
(Oxford University Press Southern Africa, Cape Town, 2004)

59. Kagiso Lesego Molope:
The Mending Season
(Oxford University Press Southern Africa, Cape Town, 2005)

60. Jackie Nagtegaal:
Daar’s vis in die punch
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 2002)

61. Beverley Naidoo:
The Other Side of Truth
(Heinemann, Oxford; Puffin Penguin, Oxford, 2000)

62. Beverley Naidoo:
Journey to Jo’burg
(Collins, London, 1987; Collins Modern Classics, London, 1999; Longman, Harlow, 1985, 1995)
63. CSZ Ntuli & DBZ Ntuli:
Amawisa
(Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1982)

64. Sibusiso Nyembezi:
Inkinsela yaseMgungundlovu
(Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1999)

65. Zulfah Otto-Sallies:
Diekie van die Bo-Kaap
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1997)

66. Martie Preller:
Die hart van Zeebak
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 2004)

67. Martie Preller:
In die tyd van die Esob
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1996)

68. Martie Preller, met illustrasies deur Erica en Andries Maritz:
Babalela
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2000, 2005)

69. Martie Preller, met illustrasies deur Erica en Andries Maritz:
Diep, diep in ’n donker bos
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2004)

70. Martie Preller, met illustrasies deur Vian Oelofsen:
Ek is Simon
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 2003)

71. Joan Rankin:
What Sam Said
(Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2004, 2006)

72. Joan Rankin:
Wow! It’s Great Being a Duck
(The Bodley Head Children’s Books, London, 1997; Margaret K McElderry Books, New York, 1998; Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2005)

73. Jenny Robson:
Praise Song
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2006)

74. Jenny Robson:
Because Pula Means Rain
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2000)

75. Reviva Schermbrucker, illustrated by Niki Daly:
Charlie’s House
(New Africa Books,, Cape Town 1989)

76. Reviva Schermbrucker:
An African Christmas Cloth
(Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2005)

77. Reviva Schermbrucker:
The Jam Tin and the Teacup
(Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2002)

78. Reviva Schermbrucker:
Lucky Fish!
(Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2003)

79. Patricia Schonstein Pinnock:
Skyline
(African Sun Press, Cape Town, 2007; previously David Philip New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2000)

80. Dumisani Sibiya:
Ngidedele ngife
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2005)

81. Dumisani Sibiya:
Kungasa ngifile
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2002)

82. Nakanjani G Sibiya:
Kuxolelwa abanjani?
(Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 2004)

83. Kholeka V Sigenu, illustrated by Siphiwe Ratsibe:
Ezakowethu
(Khol Publishers, Queenstown, 2002)
Also in the author’s own version in English,
Ezakowethu - Folk Tales from Home

84. Maritha Snyman, met illustrasies deur Karen Lilje:
’n Annerste ABC-boek vir aspatatte
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2002, 2004)

85. Dianne Stewart, illustrated by Marjorie van Heerden:
Folktales from Africa
(Struik, Cape Town, 2006)

86. Dianne Stewart, illustrated by Jude Daly:
The Dove
(Songololo Books New Africa Books, Cape Town, 1994, 2007)

87. Marita van der Vyver:
Eenkantkind
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1991)


88. Marita van der Vyver:
Ongelooflike avonture van Hanna Hoekom
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 2002)
89. Marita van der Vyver, met illustrasies deur Piet Grobler:
Mia se ma
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 2005)

90. Dux van der Walt, illustrated by Annelise Voigt:
The Red Dress
(Garamond, Cape Town, 1997)

91. Willem van der Walt:
The Lost Boys
(Oxford University Press Southern Africa, Cape Town, 1998)

92. Chris van Wyk:
Ouma Ruby’s Secret
(Giraffe Books Pan Macmillan, Johannesburg, 2006)

93. Fanie Viljoen:
Breinbliksem
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 2005)

94. Anoeschka von Meck:
Vaselinetjie
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 2004)

95. Ann Walton, illustrated by Natalie Hinrichsen:
Tell the Moon
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2006)

96. Ann Walton, illustrated by Natalie Hinrichsen:
A Very Nice Day
(Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2006)

97. George Weideman:
Dana se jaar duisend
(Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1998)

98. Michael Williams:
Eighth Man
(Oxford University Press Southern Africa, Cape Town, 2002, 2004)

99. Peter Younghusband:
Timbavati Patrol
(Capricorn Publishers, Cape Town, 2006)

100. Zanemvula S Zotwana:
Amanzithinzithi kaMzingisi
(Biblionef SA & Garamond, Cape Town, 1995)




Series

1. Carina Diedericks-Hugo:
Thomas@---.net-reeks
(LAPA, Pretoria, 2001–)
bv. Thomas@-sms.net, Thomas@moord.net en ander titels in die reeks

2. Exploring Our Provinces
(Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2006)
9 books in the series, or box set

3. Mamela Afrika series
(Heinemann SA, Johannesburg, 1999–)
e.g. J J Ncongwane: Loyishayile Sewuyosile

4. New African Stories
(New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2002–),
e.g. Nompumelelo Zama, illustrated by Elton Leeman:
Laduma!
Carole Bloch, illustrated by Meg Jordi:
Vuyo’s Day
25 titles in the series, in various South African languages

5. Siyagruva Series of novels for SA teens
(New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2002–)
e.g. Rusleen Malbusch:
Boy in da City, Duane Jethro:
Weekend Away
Nokuthula Mazibuko:
A Mozambican Summer,
20 titles in the series, 3 titles translated into isiXhosa

6. Stars of Africa series
(Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town)
e.g. Lesley Beake, illustrated by Vanessa Rowley:
Free to Be Me
Honoré Muneza & Rosamund Haden, illustrated by Sarah Pratt:
My Name Is Honoré
Approx 190 titles in the series

7. They Fought for Freedom series
(Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town),
e.g. Linda Price: Steve Biko, Gys Dubbeld: Seretse Khama, 16 titles in the series

8. Threads series
(Nation Rising Publishing, Room to Read, Pretoria, 2007)
e.g. Sarah Oosthuizen: uNosipho uzokuhlala oko and Nosipho a tla go dula, in various South African languages

9. Chris van Wyk:
Freedom Fighters series
(Awareness Publishing, Gallo Manor)
Series 1 and Series 2 (20 titles in all)

10. Verna Vels, met illustrasies deur Piet Grobler:
Liewe Heksie-reeks
(Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1999–) bv. Liewe Heksie en die rekenaar, Liewe Heksie Omnibus en ander titels in die reeks

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IBBY SA Honour List

IBBY SA has announced that the following books have been selected as IBBY SA’s Honour List to be presented at the IBBY World Congress in Copenhagen in 2008 as having made a significant contribution to recent South African literature for children and young people:

Author: Afrikaans
Jaco Jacobs: Suurlemoen (LAPA Uit-gewers, Pretoria, 2006)
Jaco Jacobs het hier daarin geslaag om op oortuigende wyse ’n regte, egte tiener-verhaal te vertel. Die sestienjarige Tiaan Fourie, saam met sy ‘partner in crime’, die baskitaarspeler en moeillkheidmaker Zane le Roux, word aangemoedig om hulle band vir die Rumoer-kompetisie in te skryf deur die musiekonderwyser. Hulle kry uiteindelik toe ’n vocalist en ’n drummer. Jaco Jacobs het ’n lewendige, vermaaklike en genuine jeugverhaal geskep met genoeg opwinding en humor en ’n sterk spanningselement om jong lesers te vermaak. Die karakters is werklik tieners; die styl lig, gemaklik en onderhoudend. Jaco Jacobs word geluk gewens met ’n oortuigende leesbare en toeganklike jeugverhaal.

Author: isiXhosa
Mhlobo Jadezweni: UTshepo mde / Tall enough (Electric Book Works, Cape Town, 2006)
Tshepo is a boy who wishes he was as tall as a beautiful tree. He plants himself in the ground, waters himself, and magically grows into one. But, as a tree, he soon comes to realise why it’s good to be a little boy, at least for now. Told in isiXhosa, and accompanied by an English translation, this book is about the worries of growing up and belonging. The story is funny, poignant and surprising, and fuses the mythical and the domestic in a quintessentially African fairytale. (from the publisher’s information sheet)

Author: English
K Sello Duiker: The Hidden Star (Umuzi Books Random House, Cape Town, 2006) (posthumously)
K Sello Duiker’s last novel, edited after his death by publisher Annari van der Merwe as a tribute to her friend and author, is something of a milestone for South African literature for young people. Eleven-year-old Nolitye takes upon herself the quest to bring together again the separated pieces of a magic stone that will both reveal and heal. So, yes, this is a fantasy story every bit as much as any in the great classic tradition, but the achievement lies in this fantasy being embedded in a uniquely South African reality: every taste, sound, sight and smell in the novel smacks of South Africa, and, specifically, of Phola township in Gauteng. Its authenticity is unassailable. We are the poorer for the loss of a talent such as Sello’s; but South African literature for young people is undeniably the richer for the survival of The Hidden Star.

Translator:
Russell H Kaschula: Emthonjeni trans-lated into isiXhosa from his own English Take Me to the River (New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2006)
Professor Kaschula has earned the respect of isiXhosa-speakers in the academic world; and he now adds to the small but growing body of stories in isiXhosa for young teenagers. Chance and the recent history of South Africa make the young black boy Zama and the young coloured boy Pieter next-door neighbours. But they make their friendship themselves. And it is the kind of friendship that proves it can withstand a number of severe tests and challenges. The author is unafraid of tackling social issues that are potentially controversial – and even divisive. He skilfully harnesses them to serve his theme of individual human bonds bringing and keeping people together.


Illustrator:
Anneliese Voigt-Peters: Ouma Ruby’s Secret by Chris van Wyk (Giraffe Books Pan Macmillan,Johannesburg, 2006)
This story is taken from Chris van Wyk’s memoir about growing up in Riverlea in Johannesburg, Shirley, Goodness and Mercy. He has rewritten, for a young audience, a story about his beloved grandmother Ruby. One day he meets his Ouma in town and she buys him two books. For her birthday two weeks later, he writes a letter which he wants her to read out. She makes the excuse that she does not have her glasses with her. His mother takes him aside and quietly tells him that Ouma Ruby cannot read. This gentle, very real story is sensitively illustrated in fine watercolours by Anneliese Voigt-Peters. Her images capture the essence of the neighbourhood and houses and the extended family inhabiting the boy’s world. A book to be treasured as a fine example of how an illustrator who knows her material and the environment in which the story takes place can produce illustrations typically South African in a quiet reassuring manner. She is highly applauded for this little gem of a book.

Taken from Lona Gericke's article in the IBBY SA Newsletter No 45, October 2007.

Nominations wanted for the Katrine Harries Award

Nominations awaited for the Katrine Harries Award for Children's Book Illustrations

The Katrine Harries Award, originally the only and most prestigious award in South Africa for children's book illustrations, but which has been dormant for the past ten years, will again be awarded from this year. Protea Boekhuis has agreed to sponsor the award on a permanent basis. This year the award will be made for books published during 2006-2007.

Since 1999 the Children's Literature Research Unit (CLRU) of Unisa, who is responsible for the Award, has tried without success to secure award sponsors for the books published during this period (1999-2005). Lapa Publishers has now agreed to sponsor one award (2004-2006). The CLRU hopes to find two additional sponsors so that four awards can be made. This promises to be a special occasion, having three or four of South Africa's best illustrators together on the podium.

As was traditionally the case, the Award will be made biennially for children's book illustrations by a South African illustrator. It includes books by South African illustrators resident in South Africa or abroad, irrespective of where their books have been published.

Publishers, illustrators and all interested parties are herewith invited to nominate books with illustrations made by a South African illustrator published in the period:

2006-2007
2004-2005
2002-2003
1999-2001

Please send your nominations asap to:
Thomas van der Walt
CLRU, Dept of Information Science, PO Box 382, 0003 UNISA vdwaltb@unisa.ac.za

The Katrine Harries Award was awarded for the first time in the early 1960's by the SA Library Association, later the South African Institute for Library and Information Science (SAILIS).It has been awarded to some of South Africa's most well-known illustrators: Katrine Harries personally received the award twice before it was named after her. Thereafter Niki Daly, Joan Rankin, Alida Bothma, Cora Coetzee, Jeremy Grimsdell (and others) have received it with Jude Daly finally receiving it in 1997 for Gift of the Sun. With the disbandment of SAILIS, the new library organisation, LIASA, was not interested in continuing with awards. The SAILIS Board requested the Children's Literature Research Unit to find new homes for the SAILIS awards. The CLRU did not succeed in finding a home for the award with the exception of 1997-98 when the magazine, Baba en Kleuter, sponsored the award - Jude Daly won it for The Stone.

The awards, 9-carat gold medals, will be made at a gala-evening in March
2008 during the University of Pretoria Book Festival.