Feb 05 , 2008 - North West Province "Iki and Arki" in the North West Province. The Lebone II College of the Royal Bafokeng is using "Iki and Arki". The Director of Music and Drama, Gareth Dry said "The books are working wonders!"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 , 2007 - U.S.A. "Iki and Arki" goes international!
An American edition of "Iki and Arki" has launched on the print-on-demand website www.lulu.com. Now Americans and others all over the world can order copies of "Iki and Arki" and have it delivered to them. http://www.lulu.com/content/1080630 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 20, 2007 - Franshoek, Cape Town Bridgehouse chooses "Iki and Arki" The prestigous Bridgehouse school in Franshoek, Cape Town, has bought 60 copies of Iki and Arki. Bridgehouse runs a music academy and saw the potential of the book. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 18, 2007 - International Book Fair, Cape Town Donation to Biblionef.
Biblionef is a Dutch NGO that gets books into poor rural areas. We were happy to be able to donate 40 copies of "Iki and Arki" to the South African branch to further the cause of spreading the language of music! If you wish to sponsor any further donations, please contact us, or visit www.biblionefsa.org.za --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 09, 2007 - Weekend Argus, Cape Town 'Iki and Arki' reviewed in the Cape Argus.
Learning Music's Secret Language Starting to play an instrument can be fun, but learning to read music is more like hard work. There are so many strange symbols, and these symbols have such strange names, names like minims and crotchets and quavers. The trouble is you really have to do it if you're going to take music seriously. Two people in Cape Town, Mark Jackson and Nicky Jansen, have come up with a new way of teaching kids to read music and still have fun. They've written a book called "Iki and arki and the Amazing World of Music", and it's about two space kids who crash their spaceship on the Amazing World of Music. There they meet people like Miss Treble Clef and her brother Mr Bass Clef, Sergeant Clock and Mr Banker who knows about Note Values. Iki and Arki have to be home for supper, but with a crashed spaceship they're in trouble. A helpful Squirrel called Squiz introduces them to the wizard who says he can arrange to have the spaceship fixed, but only if they learn to read music first. The story is bright and colourful and drawn like a comic, so it's easy to read. And at the back there is a workbook that helps Iki and Arki - and readers - test what they've learnt. There is a crossword puzzle. a "Terrible Treble Clef Maze", a "Wild Word Challenge" and a test to see if you solve "Sticky Staves". Nicky Jansen studied music performance at Stellenbosch University and now teaches at Reddam. She was frustrated with class music books and wanted something more colourful and fun. Mark Jackson is a film editor and illustrator, who says he's always wanted to draw a children's book. And he's a loyal JBJ reader too - he says he's been reading Jellybean Journal since it first started. The book is aimed at kids from 8 to 11, but younger and older kids have enjoyed it too. It is available from all good book shops. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
