Joseph’s Cradle

Everyone loves the big tree that stands at the heart of the village - especially Joseph. So when, one stormy night, the tree is blown down, Joseph carves a beautiful cradle from the trunk - for his new baby, Sisi, and for every baby born in the village from that day on. But when at last it is time for Sisi''s own grandchild to be rocked in the cradle, a terrible fire strikes the village and the cradle disappears. Is Joseph''s cradle lost forever?

Jude Daly is an internationally renowned South African author and illustrator whose distinctions include an IBBY Illustrator Honour Book award and South Africa’s Katrine Harries Award (twice). Born in London, she grew up in South Africa. She is also the author and illustrator of Six Blind Mice and the Elephant for Otter-Barry Books. She and her husband, the author Niki Daly, live in Kleimond, Cape Province, South Africa.