We at Lizard's Leap Press aim to entertain, inform, and amuse southern Africa's surviving readers with innovative and elegant books designed to keep them awake and away from the television. If we're successful we might even add to the limited numbers who turn to the bookcase for stimulation and pleasure.
  The first book from Lizard's Leap Press Cultivating Flavour - Kitchen Gardening for Kindred Spirits by Toni B Walters, was launched in October 2008. Cultivating Flavour is the first complete guide to kitchen gardening in southern Africa and is a richly illustrated fusion of cultivation and culinary delight. Six books will follow soon.  The first of these will be Herman Charles Bosman's Marico Moments - The Life and Times of Oom Schalk Lourens, a century of South African adventure through the eyes of Bosman's iconic story teller, Oom Schalk, designed and illustrated by Peter Badcock. Designer and illustrator of the best-selling Illustrated Bosman (1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988), Peter has doubled the number of original illustrations for this entirely fresh look at Herman Charles Bosman's Groot Marico and its place in South African history.
  Then follow three lavishly-illustrated books for children (of all ages) in the Stories Fresh Out of Africa series, best-sellers originally published in English and Afrikaans (1988), written and illustrated by Peter Walters. First up will be Hironymus, the hippopotamus who couldn't swim, followed by Engelbert, the elephant who wouldn't stay grey and Larynx, the lion who lost his roar.
      Lizard's Leap Press will also publish a range of limited edition prints and artist's proofs from Illustrated Bosman, as well as Marico Moments -The Life and Times of Oom Schalk Lourens.