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"How small is your town? Full-page photographs, simple sentences, and relevant key words help early learners discover where they live. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggest guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension"--

"A new title in our popular First Words and Pictures series highlights places around town. This oversize board book shows words and pictures together, encouraging kids to name objects, begin to recognize categories, and embark on a lifetime of reading and learning"--

"Cape Town is two cities. One is beautiful beyond imagining, known since its beginning as the 'fairest cape' in the world. Here tourists come to lounge on beaches, scale misty peaks and dine in fine restaurants. The other is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, where police need bullet-proof vests and sometimes army backup. Here gangs of young men rule the night with heavy calibre handguns, dispensing heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and fear. This is a story of the second city ... In Gang Town, investigative journalist and criminologist Don Pinnock draws on more than thirty years of research to provide a nuanced and definitive portrait of youngsters caught up in violent crime."--Page [4] of book cover

From villages to cities -- Village life -- Town life --Capital cities -- Connecting towns and villages -- Getting around -- Places to shop -- Places to work -- Places of worship -- Outside spaces -- Places to visit -- At home -- Amazing towns and villages -- Glossary -- Index.

"Kenneth M Alexander, husband, father, architect, artist, and social justice activist is many things to many people, but he is firstly true to himself, his voice, his craft and his message. In this compelling, and often nostalgic, autobiography, Kenny chronicles his personal journey through time, and local spaces, predominantly on the Cape Flats. There are moments of mirth, and tender remembrances of places that are no more, such as the Kismet Bioscope, for example, coupled with the sobering realities of living, for the most part, during a time that was fraught for all South Africans of colour, during apartheid. Kenny does not shy away from calling a spade a spade, which is perhaps one of his most endearing, and infuriating, qualities. Love him or hate him, he remains a tour de force"--Back cover