Gabangani - a Story from Africa written by Thomas Vermeulen

The colourful cover of Thomas Vermeulen's children's book, Gabangani, a Story from Africa, immediately catches the eye. In this book we get to know a few special birds, a wasp and other animals, who live in the great African forest.

The author, Thomas Vermeulen, did the full colour illustrations himself, and it is a visual feast in this lovely book. The page layout by Mariska Kemp is busy and modern. The witty sayings of the chosen characters are excellent and provoke quite a reaction. The book contains three chapters.

Children will love these exceptional characters, with their fresh and creative use of language. This unique book should stimulate children's imagination and younger readers can use this to expand their vocabulary and horizon of experience; with the input of their parents or readers. The author has an excellent writing style and there is good variation in the text. This book itself should hold readers' attention and they will enjoy it. It is written in a nice narrative style and the denouement has a surprising ending.

Young and old alike should enjoy this book, which is well worth reading.