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Zauberer Zettelwitz - Table Mountain Wizard

Rosemarie Breuer (Stellenbosch)

Learning The Alphabet Rhymes Wizard

A 2 language children's book in German and English and a first bird book in one with over 60 illustrations of Western Cape Birds. Zettelwitz the Wizard is a prankster and a fanatical collector of all sorts of things. This time he decides to transform creatures and objects into their capital letters to obtain the whole alphabet. Magic rules require that his prey somehow resemble the letter. He doesn't get away with it very easily, some of his victims put up a fight. They chase him and catch him, but he manages to escape more than once. Zettelwitz is in love with beautiful Ronja. When he experiences her wrath, he decides to change his ways and impress her with some useful magic. Children will enjoy the rhymes and play on words. You are doing your children a favour by reading them texts, which include some unusual vocabulary. Background information: Persons in the book depict the Breuer family and friends: Klaus=Zettelwitz, Hans=Kalinko, Rosie=Barbara, Hannes=Norbert, Florian=Xaver, Erica=Yvonne, Anna Maria=Carola Uhder, Ronja=Christine Uhder