If you’re keen to put some meaning back into giving gifts this festive season, consider purchasing from the READ Online Shop! The READ Online Shop is an initiative by READ Educational Trust, a South African NGO promoting literacy in schools for over 40 years. A literate society will surely change …
Read More »Former Addict Recounts Journey to Find Strength, Spirituality and Self-Love in New Memoir
In her debut memoir, “The Art of Determination,” Isla Stone discloses personal, profound journal entries that chronicle her experiences with rehabilitation, empowerment and remarkable spiritual growth. In her youth, Stone was sexually assaulted by a family member and endured abuse from her stepfather, which created a shaken and battered tone …
Read More »Lighting the Way to a Brighter Tomorrow: International Literacy Day
For over 50 years, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has celebrated International Literacy Day, and with good reason. Literacy plays a pivotal role in life. The late Kofi Annan coined it when he said, “Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which …
Read More »An all women line up for National Book Week’s Books Beyond Words
Books Beyond Words, the weekly online storytelling event hosted by South Africa’s annual reading awareness week, National Book Week (NBW) is bringing an all-women line up of storytellers this weekend in the spirit of Women’s Day. Living treasure Naledzani Netshirembe and the infectiously exuberant Malefu Mahloane will grace the stage to …
Read More »Life In Lockdown: People turned to stories to make sense of what’s happening
It’s been over 100 days since the coronavirus outbreak forced South Africans into a lockdown. A truly global event, it sent a third of the world’s population indoors, many working from home and nowhere to go. It is the arts and the stories that they turned to for comfort, entertainment …
Read More »The storytelling renaissance will be welcome remnant of the pandemic
The ancient art of storytelling, muted in the preceding years of the pandemic is seeing a revival in living rooms as families take shelter to escape the scourge of the coronavirus. Notwithstanding the provincial borders which remain sealed to contain the virus, every weekend at 11:00am they are dissolved as …
Read More »12 Children’s Books That Discuss Substance Abuse
Substance abuse and addiction can be such a difficult topic to discuss with kids, especially when they are facing confusing and hurtful circumstances related to a parent’s or sibling’s addiction. “As an addiction treatment professional, a person in recovery, and a father, I know from personal experience how important it …
Read More »5 Children Books That Teach Empathy
Empathy is the ability to experience and have an understanding of the feelings of others and responding in useful ways. For some children it is easier to develop empathy more inherently than others, but this is a crucial life skill that needs to be taught to all children. Children with …
Read More »Madoda Ndlakuse brings slice of life stories to Book Beyond Words
The coronavirus has irrevocably changed how we live our lives. From baby showers to get togethers, the global pandemic has reduced our social life to streaming events revealing the unique nature of this crisis which has forced people indoors and feeling lonely. To beat the stress of keeping children entertained …
Read More »Bongani Godide Back With A Story On Books Beyond Words This Weekend
National Book Week’s Books Beyond Words online storytelling event hopes to give South Africans a good reason to stay home and stay safe as the country moves from Level 5 restrictions to Level 4 from tomorrow under the risk adjusted strategy adopted by the government. Under the Level 4 guidelines, …
Read More »Make Lockdown About Family, Bonding And Books Urges National Book Week
South Africa’s annual reading awareness week, National Book Week (NBW), dedicated to encouraging leisure reading and promoting the importance of books has launched an online storytelling event on Facebook. The event, Books Beyond Words, is aimed at bringing parents and children together as a family around a screen to listen to the …
Read More »3 Children Books About Death
When you’ve lost a loved one or a beloved family pet, children cope with the loss in different ways, depending on how close they were to the person or animal that passed away, their age and the support they receive at the time. Here are some tips for helping your …
Read More »5 Children Books That Teach Kindness
Why is it important to teach a child the importance of being kind from a young age? There are four main benefits associated with children that practice kindness. It’s never too early to start teaching your children vital principles and life lessons that can carry them throughout the different development …
Read More »8 Children Books That Teach Gratitude
From a young age my parents taught me how to practice gratitude. In these modern times I often see children that are not always appreciative toward their parents or peers and often demonstrate a lack of this valuable attribute. ***Disclosure -The links in this post may contain affiliate links and …
Read More »6 Benefits Of Giving Architecture Kids Book As Gifts
It may sound cliché, but children hold the future of the world in their tiny hands. The way they’re shaped today will determine what humanity’s state will be like in the next century. Reading is one way to open up their imagination and instill hope that they can be anyone …
Read More »9 Benefits of Story Time
Reading and the telling of stories to your children is not only great fun for your children and an amazing opportunity to bond with your children, it also comes with great benefits for your children and offers a wonderful way for your children to learn. Remember that children learn best …
Read More »Baby Books Fоr Fun аnd a Great Bonding Experience
A baby book is a great wау tо spend tіmе wіth уоur baby. Thеу allow уоu tо hаvе intimate оnе оn оnе tіmе аѕ wеll аѕ contributing tо thе language development оf уоur baby. Thе reading оf a bed tіmе story саn bе аn excellent раrt оf a bedtime routine …
Read More »6 Children Books That Teach Respect
It is never too early to start reading. Reading books aloud to children from a young age exposes them to a wide range of words, it helps them to build vocabulary and stimulates their imagination plus improving their understanding of the world. It is a great way of teaching them …
Read More »7 Super Simple Tips – How To Help Your Child To Read
My daughter and I have just reached an amazing milestone for a bookworm family. She is 6 years old and she is reading very well. I am buying her books and she is devouring them like any good bookworm should. I love reading and I have fond memories of going …
Read More »9 Best Kids Books 2018 – My Personal Top Picks!
Books are very much loved in our household and part of every bedtime routine is reading a story. I very much believe that children should be read to every single day. That is how my mother brought me and my sisters up and that is how I am bringing up …
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