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Franschhoek Rides again! 2022 sees the return of the Franschhoek Literary Festival with its attendant excitement of writers, publishers and intellectuals. It also signals
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Book-Books This entirely novel concept could have a boring title like ‘Project Book’. Book-Book says a lot more. We experimented with these books during
CBN Books
Car Design by Andrew Sparg and Jeanne Maclay-Meyers is a delight and a lovely surprise. Why don’t we have more books on technology? Especially
CBN Books
This charming book illustrates more than just how to say ‘Hello’ in different languages, it shows South African children of all kinds just being
Toolbox Reports
A toolbox is a fair weight when you heft it to see what it will involve to get it to a venue. (Which is
Children's writing
This entirely novel concept could have a boring title like ‘Project Book’. Book-Book says a lot more. We experimented with these books during lockdown,
CBN Books
Torchbearers – a series of four books by Wendy Maartens published by Penguin Random House in SA in 2021. These remarkable books each hold
General News
We are excited about the more cheerful beginning to 2022 and hoping against hope that the signs of cautious optimisim in South Africa continue.
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The Toolbox Project explained For five years now, CBN has been writing, creating, discussing (and testing with upper primary schoolchildren) a different way to
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Not to difficult to guess! They cost a lot. A book, by its very nature, is going to be expensive. It is, or at
CBN Books
When we began the toolbox project, we thought the book selection would be easy. What a pleasure to read a hundred books, or so,
General News
After a short break for refurbishing (a longish-short break!) we are back in full flow.CBN never paused or faltered. We were storming along all
Friends. Where would we be without them?
• Children’s Book Network encourages and promotes reading with 9-14 year-old learners • We do this in small workshops (following strictly Covid protocols) •
