Friends. Where would we be without them?
After just over two years of operation, largely with volunteers and scraping by on minimal funding, we now have a regular team who work
CBN Books
This book was an unusual choice for workshops in Africa, but it is a book that is so much loved – even by people
CBN Books
Since Anele Mhlahlo joined us in February, we have been enriching our workshops and activities with live music and adding a layer to the
Workshop Reports
Almost every book and text we have worked with in the last two years has been African. This time we decided to show the
Workshop Reports
Looking forward to our snow goose workshop that will be held at Simon’s Town Library on Friday the 23rd of May, we will have
CBN Books
ARABELLA, THE MOON AND THE MAGIC MONGONGO NUT by Hamilton Wende (Tafelberg 2013) A modern, magical story full of unexpected creatures with hadedas as
General News
Two large workshops are planned for the school holidays. The first one will be at the Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project (CLLP) in the Cederberg
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Saturday Stories continue in May in Clanwilliam with the themes of: Things I love to love and hate! There will also be a writing
Let's talk about US!
In workshops, we often get images form children of what they feel about stories or music – often very revealing about how they interpret
Children's writing
In the music workshop, we asked the participants to draw the pattern of the very different kinds of music we played them – and
General Reports
We continued the theme of last week’s workshops this morning by, first of all, looking at the patterns of stories in the same way
Friends. Where would we be without them?
It seemed appropriate to talk about friends on a day when the best of friends – children’s books – were being celebrated. We talked
Children's writing
The Snow Goose – what I felt Children in Clanwilliam listened to music – both live, played by Anele Mhlahlo on his violin and
Workshop Reports
On the last day of the school autumn break, CBN held a workshop at Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project. We were focusing on the art
General News
CBN Reporting on a successful year The Annual Report for 2013 is now available under the resources tab – here’s the link https://www.childrensbook.co.za/resources
General Reports
Today, 2 April, is World children’s Book Day and to celebrate, here is some news of a highly successful library outreach project . Every
General News
On the 4th April (Friday) there will be the International Children’s Book Day at Clanwilliams where Lesley Beake will be doing group reading Here
General News
The Cederberg Stories Project will be holding a workshop on Friday 4th April on Music and Stories – Stories and Music. Anele Mhlahlo will
Children's writing
The children shared their stories about their family. They listened to family stories, drew pictures of their families, and wrote down some thoughts. Comronita
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This book, written by Katherine Appelgate and published in America by Feiwel and Friends in 2007 goes to every workshop with me – and
