The launch of a new project to assist with the essential reading aloud that used to happen at workshops, and now has to happen

In mid-June, for the last week of our Lockdown Learning project, we are introducing a programme designed to remind us all about free-range joy,

In these extraordinary times, we have to think – and act – quickly. Now that lockdown restrictions have been slightly lifted (and we can,

In these extraordinary times, we have to think – and act – quickly. Now that lockdown restrictions have been slightly lifted (and we can,

The first sounds in the very first CBN workshop were musical as well as magic – Senegalese drums played for us by our friends

Numbers are not the most important thing when it comes to books and reading, but it is interesting to note that BWYR last week

CBN was there! Lesley Beake visited Good Hope Seminary Junior in Cape Town and shared books with a marathon number of children (well, she

Franschhoek 15 to 18 May 2017: Encouraging a culture of reading in the Franschhoek valley and raising funds for a new community library and

IBBY is the International Board of Books for Young People, representing national organizations working with children and books all over the world. Here is

Red Hill children will be examining the concept of Courage – in life as well as in small aeroplanes – on the morning of

Saturday 4th October was a busy day in Clanwilliam, with the last of the walking groups visiting town ‘before the summer begins’ (wrong, it

As part of the rock gong project, we began the idea of clapping patterns in music with games that included clapping in different ways

Children’s Book Network (CBN) has been working on a project with UCT Department of Archaeology, Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project and others to create music

This lovely short clip from a film directed by Guy Spiller follows the journey of a sixteen year old who discovers the richness of

As part of the run-up to the July music workshop at Living Landscape in Clanwilliam, children from Sederberg Primary, Elizabethfontein Primary and Augsberg Primary

On Saturday, a huge truck pulled up at Living Landscape project in Clanwilliam. It brought carefully selected ringing rocks from the Karoo – rock

Clanwilliam children today struck the first notes on the small ringing rocks we brought from the Karoo a few weeks ago. They took to

In July, CBN will begin its most ambitious project to date. It involves two four-day workshops, one in Clanwilliam with children from the Cederberg

What is exactly happening with reading in the digital age? And how can we keep up? Every generation believes that theirs has seen the

During our first two years, we continued to explore the theme of Home – and this will never be all that far from our