Daily story – 3 April Another lovely story from Nal’ibali titled ‘Nomsa’s shopping list’. Follow Nomsa and her sister Mandisa as they try to recall the items on a shopping list which is blown away in a blast of wind! Visit Nal’ibali for more: https://nalibali.org/
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Daily story – 2 April ‘Elizabeti had a new baby brother named Obedi. Elizabeti watched Mama take care of him and she wanted to care for her own baby. She didn’t have a doll, so she went outside and picked up a stick. She tried to hug it, but it poked her and she dropped
Daily story – 1 April A jar of dreams is a wonderful longer read for older children. Here’s a review on this touching story: Growing up in California during the depression isn’t easy for eleven-year-old Rinko. She desperately wants to fit in and be like everyone eIse, but instead she is ridiculed and made to
Daily story – 31 March Gorgeous little baby bear, Alfie, learns all about hibernation and the coming of spring! Catherine Walters When will it be spring? New York, Dutton Juvenile, 1997
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Daily story – 30 March Lila and the secret of rain Read this lovely short story by clicking the download below.Here’s a short extract for you: ‘Lila’s mama was very relieved to see her home again safe and sound. She hugged her close while Lila’s grandfather gave her a knowing smile… She smiled back. But
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Daily story – 27 March “Let me tell you the story of how I was once like a bird who leaves the nest very early and only comes back late in the evening.” Extract from ‘A girl who wanted to go to school’ Joël Eboueme Bognomo Madoulina: Pennsylvania, Boyds Mills Press, 1999
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Daily story – 26 March 2020 Read ‘A day to remember’. Hope, Neo and Josh are on a mission, which goes slightly wrong! But it ends in laughter and with inspiration for Hope to write her own story! Story from Nal’ibali: https://nalibali.org/story-library/multilingual-stories/day-to-remember
We thought we’d share a few ways you can keep your children moving while at home. Quiet time, reading and other brain stimulating activities are important, but some fun movement games are necessary too for burning off that extra energy! Wilien, CBN Admin Assistant (and everything in between) found these awesome resources which we hope
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Daily story – 25 March 2020 Read ‘Babu’s Story’ – a charming story of Bernardi, a young boy who dreams of going to school. Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen New York, Lee & Low, 2008
Daily story – 24 March 2020 Read ‘The Tin Forest’ by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson (New York, Puffin Books, 2003).
With schools closed and contact with others limited, what are children to do with themselves? We have been brainstorming ideas about resources that can be accessed through our website now, and also after everything settles down. Each day, from today (24 March) there will be free stories to download. From Monday 30 March there will
Thank you for your support. Our Funding Proposal can be found at the bottom of this article by clicking the PDF links, or on OUR RECORDS page. To all the friends and funders of Children’s Book Network Thank you for your belief and confidence in our work over the last eight years. Without you,
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With all of the hype and misinformation around the Corona virus, it is important to put our children’s minds at ease about the pandemic. It is also vitally important to properly inform them about COVID-19 – what the virus is, how it spreads and what we can do to stay safe. We came across this
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With heavy hearts, we decided at a meeting this morning to postpone the planned workshops for the next quarter, or until the emergency has diminished. There really is no choice. This comes at an otherwise very positive time for Children’s Book Network. We have a dream team on the management and creative side and great
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CBN is proud to welcome Inga as a serious part of our team – and a wonderful inspiration to our children. As an Ambassador for CBN, we hope that she will raise our profile locally and she already has fifteen Teen Team members from Hermanus High School interested in helping out at workshops. As a
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This has to rate as one of our best! We had 36 children in attendance – only three of them in the ‘Little CBN’ category. These were most competently absorbed in stories by Lisa Witherden, and some teddy bears, while the rest settled in for some serious work with books and reading. The theme was
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Children’s Book Network (CBN) has been operating since 2012, and while we’ve changed and adapted over time, the core of our programme remains the same – to instil a love of reading in our children, and to give them access to books. Basically, to bring books to children and children to books. Learn all about
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The reviews of children’s books by Jay Heale over the years will be maintained as a precious resource. His careful choices based on years of experience remain invaluable. There are hundreds of them, meticulously curated as ‘Six of the Best’ under headings such as Home and Family, animal stories or South African favourites. We will
UNDERGROUND! Theme: Looking at non-fiction – and looking at the fun in photographic ‘big books’. The story of going underground – and what might be found there. LITTLE CBN Going underwater and what might be found there! 10.00 Whole group for the story of the boy whose dog disappeared. Landscape – looking from the sky
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High School children are keen to help – but very pressurised by work and sport. We have enthusiastic support from children at Hermanus High School who come when they can. Surprisingly, this often includes more boys than girls. During 2018-2019 the Teen Team was led by Nyasha Makwarimba, who subsequently worked as an intern between
