Biblionef Netherlands, in collaboration with Biblionef Aruba, the Biblioteca Nacional Aruba, the Insituto Pedagogico Arubano and the Departamento di Enseñansa Aruba are delighted to announce the first Reading Festival Aruba. The two-day Reading Festival Aruba, which aims to stimulate reading…
You can read everywhere: at home, at school and at the library! Funny, exciting, and wonderful stories trigger our imagination. Listening to stories helps develop language and vocabulary. And storytelling and listening to stories is also just a lot of…
Abdelmalek Baddouri took the place of Mira Faas as treasurer of the Biblionef Board. Abdel lives in The Hague with his wife and young children. As an accountant at Publieke Sector Accountants, Abdel focuses on the annual reports of foundations…
Niketan and Biblionef Netherlands are proud to announce the launch of the new Stories for Inclusion website, a platform dedicated to promoting diversity, empathy, and inclusive behavior from an early age. About Stories for InclusionThe Stories for Inclusion initiative aims…
“Reading allows me to dream with my eyes open.” A quote by writer Abdelkader Benali that Patricia once heard. And it stuck with her. “I think everyone should have access to books so that they can dream with their eyes…
Last October our Biblionef volunteers on Aruba donated books to local schools (day care centers, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools). They visited almost 40 schools in 2 days! Thank you for spreading the joy of reading to the children on…
The Cat and Dog books are now also available online on Booka Booka, making the books more accessible so that we can reach even more children! Written en illustrated by René and Elke Leisink and published by Biblionef Netherlands.
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…
As long as I can remember stories have spread through my life. To be honest, my mother knew only one story, about an elephant named Dorica whose son was lost, and she searches for him everywhere. But my father was…
The joy of reading is like a treasure chest, especially when introduced to children at a young age. The world of literature offers not only an escape from reality but also a profound impact on a child’s intellectual, emotional, and…
