About
Welcome to The Book Tree, where readers and writers are grown and books are loved and shared.
The Book Tree is the realisation of a lifelong passion for children’s books and reading. By Grade 3 I had moved school four times and it was in the Seapoint Public Library and the Rondebosch Public Library that I found a steady world of friends, adventure and mischief waiting for me.
Words became my career and I’ve worked for many years in the magazine industry, and even longer as a freelance writer. I am also author of Thato’s Birthday Surprise and The Great Tidy Up, two books created through Book Dash, which distributes books to disadvantaged schools.
The Book Tree is focused on this aim: to excite children about reading, to help parents on this path and to get books into the hands of children throughout our country. We share all things bookish, from reviews, to news, tips and book topics. Check out our book reviews and order a Book Box if you want specially curated book packs delivered to your book shelf.
Grow your children into readers – it will change their lives.
Love, Corinne
Member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
Books are reviewed by a host of reviewers from children and parents to educators and writers. If you’d like to review a book for us – send it in and join The Book Tree Club.
If you’d like to collaborate on a project email us on booktreeinfo@gmail.com
An early start. From Grade 1, I knew I loved reading best!
Commissioned portrait by artist Maria Lebedeva
Kingsmead Book Fair
Kingsmead Young Writers’ Competition
One of the literacy projects I run is the Kingsmead Young Writers’ Competition which we launched in 2022. Find out more here.
Follow on instagram: @kingsmeadbf and Facebook: @kingsmeadbookfair
The Book Tree Values
The Book Tree is committed to raising readers who see the world in all its multicoloured splendour. We celebrate diversity. We look for books that allow all children to see themselves and feel at home in the world. We are constantly learning and striving to understand privilege and prejudice. We take our place in the room with humility and, when needed, silence, so that we may listen and learn to do better.
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”Behind every children’s book is a vision of childhood: a shared understanding of what growing up is all about.”
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