Multilingual Story Supplements

Want to start your own reading club? This edition tells you how! PLUS read the ‘Bear's haircut’ by Nola Turkington and Joseph Mugisha (Heartlines), the featured cut-and-keep story of the week; and the read-aloud story ‘Spots’ by Lisa Greenstein and Sandy Mitchell (Rainbow Reading).

In this edition, we look at the importance of growing children’s literacy book by book. We share 11-year-old Sello Phemelo's award-winning poem! The cut-out-and-keep story is ‘The elders at the door’ by Maryanne Bester and Shayle Bester (Times Media), and part two of the story ‘Wise Hans’ by Jay Heale (Cambridge University Press).

In edition 54, we explore why it’s important to read to your children every day, even if it is for just 15 minutes. Our featured cut-out-and-keep storybook of the week is an extract from the book ‘Zanzibar road’ by Niki Daly (Pan Macmillan), and check out part one of the read-aloud story ‘Wise Hans’ by Jay Heale (Cambridge University Press) in the Story Corner section.

In our final supplement edition of 2013: check out our great holiday literacy activity ideas; meet our Cluster Mentors; and get two cut-out-and-keep stories: ‘Zebra and crocodile’, by Joshua S. Madumulla and Arnold Birungi (Little Hands Trust) AND ‘The amazing tale of floating Zimkhitha’, written by Helen Brain and Magriet Brink, in the Story Corner!

This week, we share why a book is the best gift you can give. The cut-out-and-keep story is ‘Swimming in the sun’ by Jenny Hatton and Joan Rankin (Jacana Media). PLUS, we feature part two of ‘Silly Thukile’ by Wendy Hartmann.

Do you know a reluctant reader? In this edition, we share our top tips for encouraging reading. Our Story Star is Inkwenkwezi Society, a volunteer-based organisation growing a love of reading in children in Grahamstown. Our cut-out-and-keep story is ‘Mimi’s dancing feet’ by Nicole Levin and Natalie Hinrichsen (Cambridge University Press). And the read-aloud story is part one of ‘Silly Thukile’, by Wendy Hartmann.

In this edition, you can read a story for the teacher in all of us, and then meet Story Star, the Net vir Pret Reading Club in Barrydale. PLUS our cut-out-and-keep story this month is called ‘Where is Patch?’ by Wendy Hartmann.

In edition 49, we share our top tips on choosing books for children. We feature Story Star the Kidz2kidz Trust, which drives the Santa Shoebox Project each year; and we share two new stories: ‘Just right!’ by Vanessa Burnett and Sally MacLarty (Cambridge University Press) and part two of ‘Vusi and Sinazo’ by Helen Brain.

In this edition, we discuss how to share books with children. We meet Story Star John Jansen from Rotary in the Eastern Cape, who is helping to distribute Nal’ibali supplements to local schools. Our cut-out-and-keep story is ‘How zebras got their stripes’ by Anthony Silverstone, Raffaella Delle Donne and Daniel Clarke, PLUS we feature part one of ‘Vusi and Sinazo’, written by Helen Brain, which is our read-aloud story of the week.

Read our top tips on talking about books with children, which is just as important as reading books with them! Meet the Reading Gogos of Daveyton and enjoy the cut-out-and-keep story ‘Let there be peace’ by Jeremy Brooks and Jude Daly (Songololo), in celebration of International Peace Day. The read-aloud story is part two of ‘Thembela in the wind’ by Leo Daly.