CBN is extremely grateful to our donors of 2018 Funders Without the people who dig deep in their pockets to help our work, nothing would be possible. The following donations were enormously helpful in Read more
Nyasha Makwarimba – leader of the Teen Team 2018 – 2019 Friends. Where would we be without them? We found Nyasha by accident – and now we don’t know how we managed without her. She sprang into the workshops as a volunteer Read more
CBN Choir part of new Stanford Project General Reports Great choir input from Vuyokasi Size and her husband. Read more
Social Responsibility Awards – and a new Teen Team! General Reports The following short address was made at the awarding of the Social Responsibility Awards at Hermanus High School in October 2018 by Lesley Beake. Read more
On children and happiness What Children? Making children happy is one of the most important objectives of CBN. Yes, we are about books and reading. But the children who come Read more
Children’s Book Network and local support General Reports CBN needs – and would like to offer – local support in providing exciting and stimulating after-school activities for local children. We are also Read more
Beautiful new books by Book Dash, ready to download CBN Books Hi! We’ve just published new books at Book Dash. As always, they’re ready for you to download, translate, print, and pass on freely. Download Read more
Bookchat is over … and will be sadly missed CBN Books It is hard to give up something you have loved, but Jay Heale, our loyal book editor at CBN, has finally hung up his Read more
November & December Plans General Reports CBN will be holding a holiday workshop for our loyal supporters! There will be storytelling and activities for Little CBN (6-8 years old) and Read more
Why we will always read CBN Books Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of Read more
Growing a CBN community General Reports Those who sing together grow together. We began our choir with the Winter Workshops when the theme was Imagination – but we never imagined Read more
CBN Teen Team – what we need for 2019! General Reports We are busy recruiting a new Teen Team to work with us next year. For teenagers who have been working with us during 2018, Read more
The CBN Choir General Reports Music has always been part of CBN. We read together, listen together, play together … and sing together. Now CBN has a choir that Read more
A Fact Worth Remembering… What Children? ‘Children smile 400 times a day on average, adults 15 times. Children laugh 150 times a day, adults 6 times per day. Children play Read more
CBN and a Children’s Anthem Project Reports The first sounds in the very first CBN workshop were musical as well as magic – Senegalese drums played for us by our friends Read more
Thought to ponder! CBN Books Quote by Anne Herbert. “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” Read more
Heritage Day Workshop Workshop Reports On Monday 24th September (which is a public holiday for Heritage Day in South Africa), CNB held a very successful workshop at Butterfly Centre Read more
September Saturday Stories: Heritage General Reports The Theme: Our Heritage. The San people of Africa. There will be four workshops in this series, which form a unit in our Toolbox. Read more
September Saturday Stories: Heritage General Reports The Theme: Our Heritage. The San people of Africa. There will be four workshops in this series, which form a unit in our Toolbox. Read more
Children’s Book Network and the Teen Team at Hermanus High School General Reports We have been getting to know each other during the Winter Workshops in Stanford and the feeling was mutual. We like working together. The Read more