Art student days (1968)
On my left, dances a devil.	In the middle I draw and write (my favourite place). When I was a boy, I sat at this table at meal times, listening to tales told by my family. Years later, I inherited my ouma’s dining room table and turned it into an ‘illustrated’ work table – where I now sit, making pictures and writing stories!	On my right, dances an angel.
At the Cape Town International Book Fair with a young reader.	At the Darling Children’s Festival with my old pal, Ann Greenwell (veteran bookseller)	With TV presenter Ruda Landman at an Insig Magazine book talk.
Storytelling at the Langa Book Circle	Reading at The Book Lounge	At the Nannie & Toddler’s Club, Obz library
	‘Obz’ library is in station Road, Observatory (Cape Town) where I grew up. I received my first big yellow library card here. These days, it’s all computerized with internet facillities.
	Above: My favourite Obz librarians – Rosemary Robins and Nadia Ismail ( taken on ‘civvies day’). Left: Every Christmas, Obz Library opens its doors to celebrate the festive season with borrowers. Here’s Erika Lundy, belting out a jazz standard.	Above: The children’s librarian of the new Alexandria Library , Egypt with one of my illustrated books - Fly Eagle Fly (retold by Christopher Gregorowski).
Verushka - the fabulous children’s bookseller of The Book Lounge (on the day we launched Bettina Valentino and the Picasso Club).	The Book Lounge speciality – cub cakes theme-iced! As Carmen Daisy might say,’Sweedalicious!’	St Cyprian’s girls – ‘taking a line for a walk’ (one of the art activities that made promoting Bettina Valentino and the Picasso Club such fun).
With my talented friend, Philip de Vos (poet, writer, translator and singer). Philip has translated Bettina Valentino and the Picasso Club into Afrikaans – and what a great job he did too!	With wonderful Swedish children’s book writer and illustrator, Pija Lindenbaum at the Litteralund Book Festival, Lund Sweden.	With the children of Goa (Ghana), where they damatised Fly Eagle Fly and made ‘Eagle collages’. The Goa Library was built by the Osu Library Fund.
Massawoud (in my red cap) of Nima, Accra and Joseph. This little chap can rap the bling off Ice Cube! His, is a remarkable story( I’m told he is currently coaching a Nima football team). You GO Massawoud!	Springfield girls in full Bettina mode!	At The Book Lounge with friends – Sky Cope (on my left), Lucy Giffard on my right, next to Sophie Cope.
Book signing at Forres Primary, Rondebosch, Cape Town.	The Langa Book Club – ‘Little Hands’ playing a clapping game before some serious readng.	Receiving The Molteno Gold Medal for literature. From left – Paddy Bouma, Jude and Niki Daly,with Robin Malan (IBBYSA Chairman) on right.

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