Project Reports
Numbers are not the most important thing when it comes to books and reading, but it is interesting to note that BWYR last week
General News
The final programme is in and the excitement is building for the week when book people meet children in Franschhoek before the festival begins.
Workshop Reports
Our theme for the next three months will be Local Heroes and we got off to a heroic start on Saturday where we introduced
General Reports
On Saturday 22 April at 10.30 we will assemble once again at the Butterfly Centre, this time for a celebration of Local Heroes. Inspirational
Workshop Reports
Eggzactly as eggspected, 21 children arrived at the Butterfly Centre for a pre-holiday weekend workshop that promised fun stories, fun books … and also
Workshop Reports
We will be exploring some design ideas around the shape of eggs, decorating real eggs and – most importantly – hearing some stories that
General Reports
We took an exceptionally well behaved group of children to Overberg Honey on 10th April, accompanied by community helper Akona and volunteer Anne Mckeag.
Project Reports
CBN was there! Lesley Beake visited Good Hope Seminary Junior in Cape Town and shared books with a marathon number of children (well, she
General Reports
Today – 16th February – is a big day in the reading calendar. It might not attract as much attention as the better publicized
Project Reports
Franschhoek 15 to 18 May 2017: Encouraging a culture of reading in the Franschhoek valley and raising funds for a new community library and
Workshop Reports
Day Two and a different set of children – and expectations. We foregathered for games to let off steam and then separated for different
Workshop Reports
We were delighted to be asked to be involved in an annual initiative to give children in Stanford something to do in the holidays.
Workshop Reports
The Stanford creative works initiative is a community based project that offers after school creative workshops as well as school based skills development groups
Toolbox Reports
CBN’s core purpose is to encourage a love of reading among children who can read, but don’t. We began this through workshops, and this
Champions
Our thanks to our Chairman of the Board of CBN, Roy Zazeraj When we begin a workshop, we always tell the children that they
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
Workshop Reports
Ten librarians from five schools gathered on a Saturday 10 September at Groendal Primary in Franschhoek to listen with interest to a presentation –
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
Toolbox Reports
Franschhoek Toolbox Workshop: 10 September This workshop is an invitation to explore ideas about bringing books to children – and children to books, Background:
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
