Workshops in April CBN Books 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 Read more
Car Design CBN Books 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 Read more
How many ways can I say I Hello? CBN Books This charming book illustrates more than just how to say ‘Hello’ in different languages, it shows South African children of all kinds just being Read more
Book Review – Torchbearers CBN Books Torchbearers – a series of four books by Wendy Maartens published by Penguin Random House in SA in 2021. These remarkable books each hold Read more
The problem with books CBN Books When we began the toolbox project, we thought the book selection would be easy. What a pleasure to read a hundred books, or so, Read more
Writing the reading material for CBN CBN Books One of our more difficult tasks is to find stories and texts that are completely suitable for the children we work with. This does Read more
Where do we get our books? CBN Books 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 Read more
Book Heroes – Book Dash CBN Books 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, Read more
Number One Superpower – Reading! CBN Books Calling all superhero kids! Dear Young Hero, Imagine you can choose your own superpower from one of these three: flying, invisibility, or being able Read more
Book Reviews 2020 CBN Books 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 Read more
Book Dash Book Donation CBN Books 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 Read more
Beautiful new books by Book Dash, ready to download CBN Books Hi! We’ve just published new books at Book Dash. As always, they’re ready for you to download, translate, print, and pass on freely. Download Read more
Bookchat is over … and will be sadly missed CBN Books It is hard to give up something you have loved, but Jay Heale, our loyal book editor at CBN, has finally hung up his Read more
Why we will always read CBN Books Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of Read more
Thought to ponder! CBN Books Quote by Anne Herbert. “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” Read more
A LIBRARY by Nikki Giovanni CBN Books A library is … maybe the best place in the world to be locked in by mistake! Here are some other ideas by poet Read more
The competition for books and reading CBN Books 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 Read more
World Literacy Day CBN Books Today is the day when the world should be focussing on literacy. We SHOULD be. It is the single best chance for a way Read more
‘It wasn’t me’: Published online! CBN Books ‘It Wasn’t Me!’ by Lesley Beake, Gwendoline van der Merwe, and Alexandria Mackinnon has been published online by Book Dash and is available for Read more