We are currently checking the final proofs of this work of dedication and perseverance before it goes to print. Soon, soon, we will hold

78% of South Africa’s children cannot read for either meaning or enjoyment by the age of ten. They are unlikely to proceed any further

How do we choose the books?  Keeping up with new books and reviving past favourites is an endless (but lovely) task. Thousands of new books

In each of our Reading Toolboxes, there are a number of themed bags, packed with books, ideas, challenges, and excitement.  Most importantly, there is

FIRST, they are about children reading. That is what we do. We introduce children to the idea that books are fun, that books are

A toolbox is a fair weight when you heft it to see what it will involve to get it to a venue. (Which is

This box of books and ideas will take you to the ends of the earth – and the beginning of time. Time and Landscape

It has been a very longstanding dream to pass on our ideas to other people and organizations working with children and reading. Six years,

Our wonderful friends in Rottweil, Germany, who visited us in person in September, have sent a cash donation to pay for four new toolboxes

It’s here! The new and improved toolbox will hit the streets later this month. When we began this project three years ago, we had

On Friday 13th October, CBN delivered the third of our prototype reading toolboxes to Red Cross at a 2-hour workshop attended by members of

Two prototype toolboxes have already been handed over – to Red Hill informal settlement above Simon’s Town and to Sevile School in Khayelitsha. A

CBN has successfully handed over three reading toolboxes that were sponsored by Rotary Newlands (2) and the Crankhandle Club. These boxes will go to

CBN has been busy developing a reading game during this year. Research was begun by Rosemary Bangham and Emily Halinan on an original idea

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

Franschhoek Toolbox Workshop: 10 September This workshop is an invitation to explore ideas about bringing books to children – and children to books, Background:

Of course, the ultimate aim of toolboxes and workshops is to get children actually reading. Included in the toolboxes will be sixty books and

The Super-Books are an integral part of the toolboxes – and sooner or later, we have to fix the titles we will be including.

CBN has created our own super hero – Zeb, Super-Book-Hero! With text by Lesley Beake and illustrations by Vian Oelofsen, Zeb leads the way

Spreading the reading word … For some time CBN has been looking for a way to reach more children – to excite more children