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Jaco Jacobs

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Born

Carnarvon, Karoo, South Africa

Website

http://www.jacojacobs.co.za/Site/Tuis.html

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Children's Books

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May 2009

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Jaco Jacobs grew up in a small Karoo town in South Africa, where he fell in love with books at a very young age. His writing career started at school, with his participation in numerous competitions for aspiring writers, and the publication of his first short stories in magazines.
At 18 he wrote his first youth novel, Pretpark, which was later published by Human & Rousseau.

Jaco has published more than 180 books for children and young people, including picture books, collections of children’s verse, and non-fiction. More than a million copies of his books have been sold and for the past few years, he has been one of the bestselling authors in the South African market.

In addition to this, he has translated more than 300 children’s books int Jaco Jacobs grew up in a small Karoo town in South Africa, where he fell in love with books at a very young age. His writing career started at school, with his participation in numerous competitions for aspiring writers, and the publication of his first short stories in magazines.
At 18 he wrote his first youth novel, Pretpark, which was later published by Human & Rousseau.

Jaco has published more than 180 books for children and young people, including picture books, collections of children’s verse, and non-fiction. More than a million copies of his books have been sold and for the past few years, he has been one of the bestselling authors in the South African market.

In addition to this, he has translated more than 300 children’s books into Afrikaans, among them four Tintin titles as well as books by Michael Rosen, Chris Riddell, Charles Fuge, Julia Donaldson and Jessica Townsend. He believes humour is one of the key ingredients in an enjoyable children’s book, and his books, such as My ouma is ’n rock-ster and Wurms met tamatiesous, and his translations are characterized by a strong element of fun.

Jaco was awarded the Alba Bouwer Prize (twice), the MML Literature Award, the Elsabé Steenberg Prize for Children’s Book Translation, the South African Translator’s Institute Award for Children’s Book Translation, the Tienie Holloway Medal, the Scheepers Prize, the Rapport/kykNET Prize and the C.P. Hoogenhout Medal, and has won twenty-nine ATKV Children’s Book Awards (the only book award in Afrikaans where children get tot vote for their favourite books). In 2008, his youth novel Suurlemoen! was named an international IBBY Honour Book. Two of his novels for teenagers, Suurlemoen! and Oor ’n motorfiets, ’n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word, have been adapted into full-length feature films.

In 2018, translations of ’n Goeie dag vir boomklim (A Good Day for Climbing Trees) and Oor ’n motorfiets, ’n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word (A Good Night for Shooting Zombies) were published internationally by acclaimed British publisher Oneworld, and the Italian edition of A Good Day for Climbing Trees was released in 2019. A Good Day for Climbing Trees and A Good Night for Shooting Zombies were both longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Award.

Jaco is also a freelance journalist, columnist and long-distance runner who has completed the Comrades Marathon twice. He lives in Bloemfontein with his wife, Elize, two daughters, Mia and Emma, as well as two-and-a-half dogs, a cat and a pet python. ...more

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	A Good Day for Climbing Trees by Jaco Jacobs (Goodreads Author), Kobus Geldenhuys (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suurlemoen! 3.54 avg rating — 290 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oor 'n motorfiets, 'n zombiefliek en lang getalle wat deur elf gedeel kan word 3.86 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinge wat ek nie van skape geweet het nie 4.02 avg rating — 165 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfek 3.46 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vis & tjips 3.48 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virus 3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	13 Spookstories by Jaco Jacobs (Goodreads Author), Fanie Viljoen, François Bloemhof 3.48 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toulopers: verse vir tieners 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verlief by Jaco Jacobs (Goodreads Author), Fanie Viljoen, Nelia Engelbrecht 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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