Find out who won the Kingsmead Young Writers’ Competition 2024. Read their stories (and all the runners’ up) on the eBook!
KBF Young Writers’ Competition 2024 Winners & eBook
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E-Books
The eBook Debate
When you’re trying to get your children off screens, eBooks can seem counter-intuitive. Are they good or bad for your children? As with everything to do with the digital age, the answer is not so simple.
Pre-school Books on Diversity
On your search to include more diverse books for your kids, check out the wonderful range of local books from South African publishers Book Dash.
The eBook debate
At one stage eBooks were the fastest growing sector of children’s publishing. It looked like it was all over for paper books, bookstores, libraries, etc. The major publishing houses were hooking up eBook and app sections...
Great Holiday Apps & Screen Time
While I would always encourage reaching for a book first, sometimes screen time can be educational and entertaining too. I’m also realistic – my children have been born into a time where screen time is part of their life and like it or fear it, books need to move over and make space for the newcomers on the block.
Thank you, Mr Falker
A little girl grows up with huge excitement about learning to read. When she gets to grade 1 though, she is puzzled that the other children move on to bigger readers while she stays stuck on the beginning. With undiagnosed dyslexia her early school years are tough and challenging. It’s not until Grade 5 that a special teacher changes her life.
Library Lion
Everyone knows libraries have special rules. So what to do when a lion enters the library and doesn’t want to leave? Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is quite put out at first but she soon realises that he just wants to listen to story time and help her out.
Do you buy children’s E-Books?
eBooks have become the fastest growing sector of children’s publishing. All major publishing houses now have eBooks and apps sections and all major book selling sites such as Kalahari, Amazon, Exclusives have them too. Should you buy e-Books or is this just increasing your children’s screen time?
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