Time for new Happiness! Read at Home This week, the first unit of the Happiness Project has reached the children we work with in De Kop informal settlement. It is the Read more
Outline of the Happiness Project (1) Read at Home This project has been in our minds throughout lockdown when it was imperative to get material out there as fast as possible – and Read more
New Version CBN Book Club Read at Home ‘Never waste a good crisis’ Memorably said by Winston Churchill, this remains a very significant way of looking at things. This has not been Read more
Twenty-Twenty Vision: The way forward for Children’s Book Network (A summary for those who are short of time) General Reports A summary for those who are short of time… Children’s Book Network approaches 10 years of working with children without books or a love Read more
Twenty-Twenty Vision: The way forward for Children’s Book Network General Reports Introduction Soon, it will be ten years since CBN began to work with children from poor communities who had little interest in books and Read more
Update on the Happiness Project Read at Home If ever we needed it, it’s now! But we have been forced to admit that it is not possible to achieve all we wanted Read more
Lock-Down Learning Rides again! Read at Home We have been very fortunate to receive funding from Rotary Rotweil that will enable us to continue our reading programme for children out of Read more
Reporting on our Lockdown Learning Read at Home We are glad to report that the eight weeks of Lockdown Learning is extended for another week and that Vuyo reports a really good Read more
Eight weeks on … Lockdown Learning Read at Home Children’s Book Network has nearly completed an 8-week reading programme called Lockdown Learning with children in De Kop and Stanford South. Circumstances are not Read more
Introducing our Funding Ambassadors Funders We are really thrilled that three long-standing friends of CBN are joining us internationally to raise funds for the continued work of CBN at Read more
Lockdown Learning continues Read at Home Now in it’s fifth week, with daily activities, reading, writing and illustrating as well as games and songs, we hope this is making a Read more
Children’s Book Network Lockdown Learning Programme Read at Home Each week since the 11th of May, we have distributed CBN Lockdown Learning Booklets to our children in De Kop settlement in Stanford. Each Read more
The Happiness Project Project Reports 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, Read more
Lockdown Learning begins! Read at Home There was a joyful response from children at De Kop informal settlement on Monday 11th May, when the starter kits were handed out with Read more
Children’s Book Network 1000 Club General Reports A funding appeal without the number 19 in it! Instead, we would like to invite you to join the Children’s Book Network Thousand Club. Read more
CBN Lockdown Learning Programme for Stanford and De Kop Children Project Reports In these extraordinary times, we have to think – and act – quickly. Now that lockdown restrictions have been slightly lifted (and we can, Read more
CBN Lockdown Learning – Week 1 Booklet Project Reports In these extraordinary times, we have to think – and act – quickly. Now that lockdown restrictions have been slightly lifted (and we can, Read more
Unathi and the dirty, smelly beast – Book Dash The Milk Star Stories Daily Story – 1 May Something is following Unathi… Read all about it in ‘Unathi and the dirty, smelly beast’ by clicking the PDF Read more
The old woman’s soup The Milk Star Stories Daily Story – 30 April Read ‘The old woman’s soup’ by downloading the PDF below. This magical tale from Nali’bali takes us to a Read more
A tiny seed The Milk Star Stories Daily Story – 29 April In a village on the slopes of Mount Kenya, a little girl worked in the fields with her mother. Read more