General Reports
The Children’s Book Network (CBN) team are working on the development of our Reading Toolboxes, as well as creating online content for children during
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Daily Story – The Inside Book by Matthew Griffiths FIND THIS STORY ONLINE HERE: https://mattcgriffiths.com/ This lovely book, written and illustrated by South African
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Daily Story – 23 April Read ‘Really truly’ – a charming story about a little boy coming to understand that unconditional love from his
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Daily Story – 22 April Read ‘The Power of Half’ – a story about one family’s decision to stop taking and start giving back!
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Our Treasured Donors – Every rand counts – and in this difficult year of 2020, we are more determined than ever to reach the
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Daily Story – 20 April ‘My hero is you – How kids can fight COVID-19’ is a book written for children around the world
Toolbox Reports
This box of books and ideas will take you to the ends of the earth – and the beginning of time. Time and Landscape
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Daily Story – 16 April Nandi doesn’t want to go to sleep. No way! She wants to go on an adventure. Join Nandi as
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Daily Story – 15 April Read ‘A fish and a gift’. Yusuf waits on the beach while Papa pushes out his boat. Surfers, turtles
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Daily Story – 14 April Today’s Daily Story is slightly different, in that we’re sharing reading with you from a magazine! WESSA’s EnviroKids magazine
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Daily story – 13 April Read ‘The lion and the monkey’ – another story from Nali’bali, this time about trust and gratitude. ‘The lion
General Reports
As our days seem to melt into each other at the moment, here’s a fun activity you can do to remind us all of
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Calling all superhero kids! Dear Young Hero, Imagine you can choose your own superpower from one of these three: flying, invisibility, or being able
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Daily story – 10 April Read ‘Dudu’s Hat’, a charming story from Book Dash: https://bookdash.org/. Book Dash has an incredible library of downloadable books
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A children’s book about the Coronavirus, illustrated by the award-winning Gruffalo artist Axel Scheffler, is available for free online. We’ve uploaded it here for
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Daily story – 9 April ‘Thoko’s first library book’ is another fabulous Nal’ibali story. Thoko and her gogo visit the library to take out
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Daily story – 8 April Read Africa unity race by Nina Orange. ‘One day [the boys] were reading maps at school. Juma said, “Let’s
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Daily story – 7 April Read ‘Lolo fixes the internet’, another wonderful read from Nal’ibali (visit their website here: https://nalibali.org/) Here’s a little snippet
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Daily story – 6 April The red moon by Pedro Pablo Sacristán, is a futuristic short story about a boy who realises how damaged
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Daily story – 3 April Another lovely story from Nal’ibali titled ‘Nomsa’s shopping list’. Follow Nomsa and her sister Mandisa as they try to
