After much advance planning, we accomplished a five-day workshop mission to Calitzdorp, continuing over the Swartberg Pass to a meeting of minds in Prince

Our next big outreach programme will be a series of workshops to as wide a selection of children as possible, starting with the Kruis

Aimed at job creation and expansion/sustainability of CBN  Our aim has always been to create and provide reading materials for children between 10 and

A generous donation of beautiful children’s clothes backed up by funding to cover workshops in the first two quarters of this year, led to

Children have a discerning eye for style – as we discovered on Saturday 23 April, when CBN explored ideas around clothes, shoes, jewellery, beadwork,

The Children’s Book Network (CBN) has taken the opportunity to reach more children in other areas of our lovely town. In partnership with the

This is a short afternoon workshop, after school, and before a long weekend. The aim is to introduce the theme of Colours and leave

This has to rate as one of our best! We had 36 children in attendance – only three of them in the ‘Little CBN’

UNDERGROUND! Theme: Looking at non-fiction – and looking at the fun in photographic ‘big books’. The story of going underground – and what might

During 2019 we held 21 Workshops in total, and worked with just over 1 191 children in Stanford, De Kop, Zwelihle (Hermanus) and in

Children’s Book Network (CBN) has officially kicked off our Saturday workshops for the year. These workshops take place twice a month and give our

We are finishing the year off in style with two parties, two workshops in Stanford and two workshops in Tafelsig (Mitchells Plain). This will

The venue was the amazing Groenberg Community Library , right in the heart of Franschhoek. The participants consisted of 21 teacher-librarians from all over

On Saturday the 8th June, the CBN children were once again reunited. Jude Victor came to visit the children which was a great surprise.

Saturday 25th May, we had a workshop in Stanford in which 34 children attended. The theme was Friendship. We started of the workshop with

CBN will offer a workshop on Saturday 19th April with the theme ‘Expressions’ This workshop will be well supported by the Teen Team, and

And, by the numbers … We always have an oversupply of children of all ages in Stanford when the call goes out. We had

Drawing on experience Especially for children who may not be articulate in English (although all our participants understand if they are Grade 4 and

Working on the theme of ‘US!’ On 18th March (Stanford) and 19 March Enlighten Education Trust in Zwelihle in Hermanus, we gave two holiday

Two Day-Workshops on 18 and 19 March On 18th March (Stanford) and 19 March (Enlighten Education Trust in Zwelihle in Hermanus). The theme of