There is huge potential to develop the Reading Toolbox Project into a viable business providing jobs and increasing skills, particularly in under-served communities. The

Reading is not a sport. You won’t find it at the Olympics. But you can be an Olympian Reader if you train for it

The big secret to empowering reading children is not too difficult to work out. Give them books. Give them books that are interesting, exciting

The plan is simple and has three parts: Find donors for reading toolboxes, or individual reading book-bags. There will be 5 boxes in all

Putting children and books on the same page Working with the ‘missing middle’   Over the last twenty years, South Africa has given serious

We have been warmly welcomed by two prestigious local initiatives in connection with the Reading Toolbox Project. Grootbos Trust has offered advice and collaboration

Workshops and training continue as usual – thanks to Wilien’s hard work and steady funding from Rotary Rottweil dedicated to this purpose. Regular workshops

Calitzdorp and Kruis Rivier During the week of 8 to 16 April, a small and very dedicated CBN team of five people visited four

Wilien van Zyl, our workshop and training manager has been hard at work, specifically on the training manual for our three amazing facilitators, Rachel

The Mobile Book Club Boxes were initiated at the beginning of 2021 after lockdown. There was a need for children to have access to

Children’s Book Network Workshops 2024   TERM 1 January – March   Special Workshop Themes Regular Workshops February Valentine’s Day Leap Year March  Human

  We are kicking 2024 off with a facilitators training workshop. We currently have three venues where workshops are being held. Stanford South, where

As schools begin thinking about getting back to work after the holidays, Children’s Book Network is committed to increased involvement and participation. Here is

Dear Librarians, ​In these toolboxes are keys to unlock kingdoms of wonder and curiosity for the young patrons who walk through your door. Unlike

TIMELESS WHISPERS “In South Africa, the Karoo is always ‘over the mountains’. Wherever you come from, you must cross high blue mountains by dangerous

    The faded image of a paper found floating around our Children’s Book Network store after last week’s devastating floods says it all.

    On Monday 25th September 2023, our local river here in Stanford transformed itself from the Klein (small) River to the Huge River.

As part of an archaeological outreach (and reading) programme, CBN recently travelled to the Tankwa Karoo in the arid Northern Cape. We gave five

The children of Elandsvlei Farms School received gifts of bracelets made of ostrich shell after their min-excavation of a square metre of Tankwa desert

As part of our toolbox development programme, and in association with Dr Emily Hallinan, who is an archaeologist working in the Tankwa, we have