Children’s Book Network is always trying to change and keep ahead. That has been difficult lately, particularly in the last two years. We have

Car Design by Andrew Sparg and Jeanne Maclay-Meyers is a delight and a lovely surprise. Why don’t we have more books on technology? Especially

This charming book illustrates more than just how to say ‘Hello’ in different languages, it shows South African children of all kinds just being

When we began the toolbox project, we thought the book selection would be easy. What a pleasure to read a hundred books, or so,

One of our more difficult tasks is to find stories and texts that are completely suitable for the children we work with. This does

This is a picture of the CBN book collection in Lesley’s office. It is made up of: Books from her own collection Books sent

My favourite kind of people are the ones who say they are going to do something, ignore the muttered voices saying it isn’t possible,

Calling all superhero kids! Dear Young Hero, Imagine you can choose your own superpower from one of these three: flying, invisibility, or being able

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

Just before our holiday workshop that ended off CBN’s successful year, we were offered the gift of some books that our CBN children could

It is hard to give up something you have loved, but Jay Heale, our loyal book editor at CBN, has finally hung up his

Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of

Quote by Anne Herbert. “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.”

A library is … maybe the best place in the world to be locked in by mistake! Here are some other ideas by poet

Mike Fisher wrote the following extract in The Guardian newspaper (quoted from Jay Heale’s Bookchat, with thanks.) He’s right! ‘Bored out of their skulls

Today is the day when the world should be focussing on literacy. We SHOULD be. It is the single best chance for a way

Edition 215 of the Bookchat newsletter.