Lauren Beukes to introduce her latest kids book at the Book Lounge on 5 November
Award-winning author Lauren Beukes will be reading from her latest book, The Bostik Book of Unbelievable Beasties, on Saturday 5 November at the Book Lounge in Cape Town.
This year, Lauren Beukes embarked on an awesome collaboration with household stationery brand, Bostik, to create a children’s book designed specifically to nurture the creativity and imagination of kids across South Africa. She created 20 rhymes describing 20 of the weirdest and wildest creatures to star in The Bostik Book of Unbelievable Beasties. All that was missing, however, was the Beasties themselves. Over a two-month period, children took crayons, scissors and glue to paper to create some of the most amazing looking Beasties, drawn from their own imaginations after listening to the rhymes describing each of them. Entries were then collected and the best of each Beastie bunch were chosen to feature in the final book which is due to be published later in October.
A limited number of books will be printed and will be available for sale at the Book Lounge from 5 November as well as at “Love Books” in Johannesburg, for around R100 a copy. It is also available as a free downloadable e-book from the Bostik website.
So bring your kids along to Lauren’s reading where you will be introduced to the wonderful land of Unbelievia!
