Book Size: 10.7" x 9.5"
Pages: 32
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781623717438
Imprint: Crocodile Books
Illustrated by: Chantelle and Burgen Thorne
Illustrations: Full-color illustrations
Ages: 3-8
Release date: Summer 2023
Category: Children's BooksKantiga Finds the Perfect Name
By Mabel Mnensa • Illustrated by Chantelle and Burgen Thorne
$ 18.95“In softly textured art, the Thornes depict Kantiga and her Black community alongside images of Gogo’s tale in this affirming picture book about familial identity.”
— Publishers Weekly
About this book
This endearing picture book from South Africa follows the story of a little girl who, with help from her grandmother, explores her identity and learns to appreciate her name.
“There was once a beautiful little girl with a heart as big as her name, Kantiga. But Kantiga did not like her name.” Hearing this, her gogo tells her a family tale of the magical clay pot that seems to be useless because it is cracked and broken. We learn how this flaw makes it more than perfect.
Follow this beautiful tale, full of color and folklore, as Kantiga tries to find the perfect name and on the journey learns a bit more about who she is and where she is from.
Brand: Mabel MnensaAbout the author
Mabel Mnensa is an avid reader, poet, and writer. A lover of words and stories, she completed her Master’s degrees with distinctions—an MA in English Literature from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (2010) and an MA in Creative Writing from University College Dublin (2022). Her published work ranges from children’s picture stories to prose that explores alternate worlds and realities. Mabel’s debut children’s picture book, Kantiga Finds the Perfect Name was written, inspired by her niece and the stories she was told growing up.
Chantelle and Burgen Thorne are internationally published illustrators with over 20 years’ experience in educational publishing. Avid bookworms themselves, they take great delight in the visual storytelling of picture books, art and text working together, every word and every image adding to the reader’s experience. They also illustrated Wanda by Sihle Nontshokweni & Mathabo Tlali.
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“In softly textured art, the Thornes depict Kantiga and her Black community alongside images of Gogo’s tale in this affirming picture book about familial identity.”
— Publishers Weekly
— Children’s Literature
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