Preparations are in full swing for the highly anticipated Reading Festival in Sint Maarten, a collaborative effort between Stichting Biblionef Nederland, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, the Sint Maarten Library, Help Our Children Foundation, and the University…
Andrew Carnegie was born poor in 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He went to a school set up by a philanthropist, and was encouraged by his uncle to read and memorise poems and historical stories. His parents emigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,…
Talking about transformative books with fellow Biblionef volunteers, I couldn’t think of just one. How could that be? I love books and have been a voracious reader since I was young. Which book made the biggest impact on me? Which…
Cat and Dog originated years ago on a blackboard in Ghana. In booklets, games and atlases, these brainchildren of René and Elke Leisink helped increase children’s English and, later, Dutch vocabulary. But Cat and Dog can do more. Together with…
This year, Biblionef, together with Stichting Lezen, started training primary school teachers in reading promotion in the Dutch Caribbean. Trainer Bianca Versteeg has already been to Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius. Next year, the islands of Bonaire and…
