Linda Rode
Biographical info
Linda Rode is well known in the children’s book world as an avid collector and lover of fairytales.
Other collections of stories published by Tafelberg are Goue lint, my storie begint, Goue fluit, my storie is uit, and Stories vir die vaak, which was also available in English as Tick Tock Story Clock.
Her storytelling style is perfect for reading aloud, and translator Elsa Silke has done a marvelous job of converting Linda’s expressive Afrikaans into equally expressive English.
Author Bookshelf
In die Nimmer-Immer Bos, Tafelberg (2010)
Goue lint, my storie begint, Tafelberg (2000)
Dipale tsa ka Borwa ho Letsatsi, Tafelberg (1996)
Prizes
C.P. Hoogenhout Prize (1986) – Goue lint, my storie begint
M.E.R. Prize (1989) – Goue fluit, my storie is uit
Alba Bouwer Prize for Children's Literature (2010) – In die Nimmer-Immer Bos
M.E.R. Prize (2010) – In die Nimmer-Immer Bos
Publications
Children's books
1990 ’n Glimlag kan groei, Tafelberg
1989 ’n Wors het twee ente, Tafelberg
Compiler
1985 Goue lint, my storie begint, Tafelberg
1988 Goue fluit, my storie is uit, Tafelberg
1988 Sonroepertjies, Tafelberg
1990 Vrede op aarde, Tafelberg
1992 Stories vir die Vaak, Tafelberg
1992 Tick Tock Story Clock, Tafelberg
2010 In die Nimmer-Immer Bos, Tafelberg
Co-compiler
1993 Stories suid van die son (met Christel Bodenstein en Hans Bodenstein), Tafelberg
1996 AmaBali matshona kwelanga (met Christel Bodenstein en Hans Bodenstein), Tafelberg
1996 Dipale tsa ka borwa ho letsatsi (met Christel Bodenstein en Hans Bodenstein), Tafelberg
1998 Keerpunt (met Jakes Gerwel), Kwela Boeke
1998 Ek, ’n lewende pyl (met Hans Bodenstein), Tafelberg
2000 Op met die roltrap (met Hans Bodenstein), Tafelberg
2002 Crossing Over (met Jakes Gerwel), Kwela Boeke
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