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
CBN: Different paths – same destination General Reports For those with little time available, there is a summary at the end of this article and, to keep things as short as possible, Read more
Rotary and Children’s Book Network (CBN) Funders From the very first day, CBN has enjoyed a close and warm association with Rotary both in South Africa and overseas. Richard Parson, recipient Read more
What has CBN been up to in the last weeks? General Reports There is a lot going on. So much, that the website has been a bit neglected. So much to do, that everything else, that Read more
CBN Plans from May to July General Reports We are hoping to achieve … Always to remember the purpose of CBN, which is to get children reading and enjoying books! BASICs • Read more
And how are the children? General News A common question, this time with no satisfactory answer. The year of 2020 has had a serious, and very negative, effect on our children. Read more
Short Workshop 19 March 2021: Theme Colours Workshop Reports This is a short afternoon workshop, after school, and before a long weekend. The aim is to introduce the theme of Colours and leave Read more
Level One and rethink General Reports On the last Friday of February, we arranged a meeting with some CBN children. We haven’t been allowed to see them much, not since Read more
Survey: What the children like General Reports At the end of February 2021, we conducted a short survey of what the CBN children most enjoyed during their year of Lockdown Learning. Read more
The CBN Annual Report for 2020 is now on our website General Reports Please go to: OUR RECORDS at top of page to find the general report and monitoring and evaluation report. Once they have been completed, Read more
CBN and Covid Readiness General Reports Children’s Book Network is fully prepared to adapt to whatever the current Covid circumstances are. We have full compliance to national regulations and , Read more
Stanford Festival and CBN Children General Reports Below, is a link to a short film made during the hugely successful Stanford Festival, which took place in December between lockdowns. Many of 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
Programme for March and April General Reports WEEK 1 (1 March) Cellphone and communications rollout. Daisy and Vuyo to build network. Complete Swimming and all other work in Happiness Books WEEK Read more
Happiness Books General Reports The Happiness books We are happy too. The workbooks the children have been maintaining in the last six months are filled with their writing, Read more
The CBN Children What Children? Nobody must ever be in any doubt about why we work with Children’s Book Network. It is because of the children. And who are Read more
New beginnings same concepts General Reports The beginning of January is not the beginning of CBN’s year. The beginning of March is when we start to implement the ideas that Read more
CBN Statement for 2021 General Reports In 2021 Children’s Book Network enters its tenth year of working with children and reading. We aim for it to be a year to Read more
An evening of Song, Dance and Light Friends. Where would we be without them? If ever there was a time – a week, a month, a year – when we needed song, dance and light, it was this Read more
A truly moving experience Friends. Where would we be without them? Children’s Book Network has a new home. It is an office with carpets, a desk and bookshelves. It also has a collection of boxes Read more