Maretha at Fauna Park Tales

PAY IT FORWARD DAY 09/22/2017 – Maretha Botha via Gracie Bradford

Thank you so much for your fabulous support. I’m so grateful to you, Gracie. It has been an uphill battle to get the books to where they are at present. I’ve been doing some promotions, so this weekend Book 3, “The Orphans’ Plight: An African Adventure” is on a FREE DOWNLOAD. Happy reading all!

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African Adventures (Fauna Park Tales Books)

MEET CHILDREN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR MARETHA BOTHA. I have read all of her books. Her stories are super engaging with a different twist in each book.

Margaretha BlogA DYNAMIC SERIES OF CHILDREN BOOKS

Highly recommended to add to school libraries. The author uses the voices of the animals to tell the story about the furry animals of Fauna Park and the search to rescue their human friends from dangerous grown-up people. The story contains various lessons for children about family relationships, friendship, and teamwork.

Excellent books that may be used by Kindergarten and Middle School Teachers in science classes to teach about animals and human interactions. They are also books that may be used in language classes to teach new words and terms associated with the African dialect.

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Maretha is a South African Italian, born in a small town called Montagu. She grew up in nearby Worcester in the Western Cape – a town reminiscent of living in Switzerland among the snow-capped mountains. Worcester had a small library. Young Maretha’s visits were limited to three times a week, because the librarian told her, “You spend too much time with your nose in a book and neglect your school work.” Nothing much has changed, because she's still a confirmed bookworm who constantly strives to raise more bookworms who enjoy reading, not just as a pleasant past-time, but as an excellent tool to be used when grown-up. Before immigrating to the UK to settle in Lancashire, Maretha worked as a librarian in a private school in Botswana, where one of her tasks was to encourage children to enjoy reading. That was a labour of love for this bookworm, providing valuable help in carving her own career as a children's author/illustrator. It brought her face to face with the literary industry’s toughest critics – children and preteens. She saw that many students also enjoyed reading about birds and animals, their care, habitats and general well-being, especially when a few added catchy rhymes here and there made reading sessions interesting and alive. In 2012 her job was localised and as things often happen, this unforeseen occurrence led to a new chapter in her life. To remain motivated, she wrote down everything she could remember about her family's pets – their little habits and characteristics. For example, the character of the working-dog hero in Fauna Park Tales is based on the different traits of every single dog her family ever owned. Researching habits, habitats and interesting titbits about martial eagles and eagle owls, as well as many smaller birds such as crimson-breasted shrikes and hoopoes,made it easier to illustrate them and tell a believable story. Her illustrations appear throughout Fauna Park Tales. Maretha Botha admits to being a chocoholic and unreformed coffee addict, a keen gardener and bird watcher, who likes to walk on the moors where the stiff breeze coming in from the sea, quickly clears her head, making way for more inspiration.

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