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If you have young nieces, nephews, sons or daughters in your life, do them a favour and give them the books in the Pumpkin series written by Bianca Flanders. In Pumpkin Finds Her Queen (Prinses Pampoenpit in Afrikaans) the protagonist, a little girl called Pumpkin Pie discovers that it’s precisely her wild, curly hair that she hates so much which makes her unique. The follow-up, Pumpkin Finds Her Kindness (Pampoenpit se groen gevoel in Afrikaans), explores how children can find their kindness when the big green monster of jealousy comes to visit.

“Like most women, I struggled with body image and not looking like the people I saw in magazines. It took me a long time to learn to love the skin I’m in,” Bianca explained.

“I also hated sport and felt that I could never be active. It was only in my twenties that I discovered that there are other

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