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BOOKCOVER  ILLUSTRATIONS

  • Marleen’s work was featured in a book entitled ‘Contemporary Artists of Pretoria’

  • In 1998, Marleen was featured in the Digital Imaging and Publishing magazine,after having been commissioned to produce two covers for this prestigious publication

  • Numerous illustrations for a variety of schoolbooks for Educational Publishers since 2002 for SA,  Botswana and Zambia (Heinemann, MML, Nasou etc)

  • Children’s books for Germany -published by Chart Studios (2004)

  • Illustrations for Children’s Puzzles – Raptor Publishers 2006

  • Many bookcovers for various publishers and writers  eg. “Nomtombomsa and the Sacred Pool “ - Juta Publishers  2008, MML, Oxford University Press, Mathematics Learner Books, novels etc.

  • Many educational readers eg.“Ouch” – Cambridge University Press 2008 , Heinemann Publishers:  SiSwati Lahloma Ladvuma , Stars GrR, Stars Gr1, Stars Gr2, Stars Gr3 Readers: “ Far away Places”  , “Inventions”, “Avonture op Suidpunt”

  • Picture book “Elizabeth and Unicorn Rose” – by Maria Rigoni 2008    www.urastory.com.au

  •  Spot on Life Skills Teacher’s guides2009   -  Readers, workbook, educational posters, and a bookcover for Oxford University Press     -  Life Skills books for Masterskills           - 6 x Workbooks, Science Platinum series,2x bookcovers    for Maskew Miller   Longman2010    - Educational Posters and Bookcovers MML,    

  • Cultural Illustrations for “Rainbow Nation Navigation” for Logogog Publishers  

  •    Readers; “Bala”, “Mamela”, “Ncedani,” for Molteno   

  •   Readers; “ Ann and the Animals”, “Making Houses” and “Plesierperd” for Heinemann, as well as other illustrations for Xitsongs literacy and Spot on series books.2011   -     Learner Book  for Cambridge Press    •    Gr4 Maths Books and Touch Talk Teacher’s Guides, Afrikaans and English  and African languages 

  • Readers for Vivlia Publishers    •    Sesotho and isiNdebele books for Nasou Via Afrika    •    “Lion and Mouse”, The Wind & Sun” Readers and bookcovers for Molteno    

  •  “Plat. Eng FAL Gr3 LB”, “A hi peleni nambu”,” PlatKha ri SheleMulenzhe” readers for MML    

  •  Lifeskills and Workbooks and “Ukhanyo” for Oxford Publishers  

  • Setswana and Sepedi and other Readers for IO Publishers    

  • Afrikaans, History and Maths Books and Social Sciences Posters for Heinemann Publishers 2012  

  • Life Orientation and English books for MacMillan   

  •  Readers, Creative Arts books Gr8-Gr12 for MML  

  • Maths Books for Vivlia

  • Afrikaans Readers “ Bennie Brink”, Learner Books and Setswana and    Ndebele books, a number of shortstories and Readers for Via Afrika  

  • Inkanyezi Drama & PoemsGr8 and Bookcovers for Oxford University Press  

  • Creative Arts and EMS Spot on for Heinemann Publishers2013

  • Carribean schoolbooks, shortstories for Watermark Publishers 

  • Bookcover for Via Afrika   

  •  Various artworks for MML   

  •  Bookcovers for Heinemann

  • Series of 4 books for Fantasi Uitgewers, "Jakkals en Wolf

  • 2 Doodlebooks, Colouring-in for adults by Marleen Visser, published by Fundi (Fantasi Uitgewers) 2016

  • and (http://fantasi.co.za/product/krabbelkuns-inkleur-doodle-art-colouring-2/)

  • Zambian social studies etc, numerous illustrations for various African countries (Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Lesotho, South Africa etc.) from GrR -Gr12 for Pearson Education Publishers as well as Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. Continuous artwork...

  • Bookcover and chapter illustrations for renowned South African writer Cicely van Straaten "A Missing Madonna" published in 2016 . ISBN no.978-0-620-73410-3

  • Bookcover for "Supernatural Foundations" by Debra Desmond 2017

  •  Illustrations for a Chapter (52pages) for "Rympies vir Kleintjies en Kleuters" 2017 Tafelberg Publishers

  • "Cover and all illustrations for "Wanneer is Eendag" by Elsa Winkler, Protea Boekehuis 2018

  • (member of SCBWI - Society for Children's Books, Writers and Illustrators)

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