Book Dash friends in Italy and Spain stand a chance to receive funding & training to print and distribute 1000 Book Dash books to young children in your community with ChangeX supported Microsoft bit.ly/3Uf1uYj #everychild100books #MicrosoftCommunityChallengeData

And Book Dash has a nice selection of wordless books, which means ANYONE can read them to a baby or toddler. Describe the pics, make the noises - have fun!

Book Dash It's a big message at our Babyboost sessions and we live using your thicker card , simple picture books

Excited to dive into Session 4 of Mapping Causal Loops and Leverage Points within Early Childhood Development Systems! 🧠Join us to learn how to identify key leverage points for positive change in ECD ecosystems. #SystemsThinkingforECD

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ECDAN's #Masterclass Series in Systems Thinking starts tomorrow 4/23 to 5/2! Spanish interpretation will be available for all 14 sessions, thanks to the generous support of UNICEF Latin America & the Caribbean Regional Office. Limited space, register now. ecdan.org/systems-master…

This World Book Day, we're flipping the script! Each #SantaShoebox in 2024 will come packed with not just essential items and goodies, but the magic of reading! Thanks to our private donors, we've purchased 70,000 books from Book Dash ready to spark imaginations,

Book Dash books are being used in paediatric wards and clinics across South Africa to assist with early childhood development. Jade Stellenboom, physiotherapist, reflected on the creativity that is encouraged and bonding relationships that reading fosters.
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Our events are exciting! Creative teams made up of professional volunteers work together to produce bright, beautiful African picture books in just one day. We have hosted 22 Book Dash events and created 200 books!
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Alicia Berger explains how Book Dash is unique in the world in being able to “develop excellent, community-relevant content and making it truly open. The book, 'A House For A Mouse' has been translated into 3 African languages and 17 Asian languages by Room to Read & Let's Read

You can read with your baby too. Just playing with the book itself, or looking at different pictures together, is a great start to developing a child’s love for reading!
Find downloadable books to read with your children at bookdash.org/books

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Book Dash yearly Partner Sharing Session showcases the diversity, reach and impact of our books. We heard from Project Literacy in Pretoria who's project Projectliteracy supports parents/caregivers to develop their children’s early literacy skills at home, in their home languages.

In 2020, we celebrated our first 1 million distributed books and we are very quickly making our way to the next million! As of Feb 2023 there are over 3 million Book Dash books in children's hands and homes!' Find out more at bookdash.org

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Maimouna Jallow (author of I'm the colour of honey) translated her book into Spanish and has been selling copies of her book in Spain. She now also translated it into the local Catalan language and will also be selling it at markets and fairs.
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Book Dash stands in solidarity with Real Reform for ECD (RR4ECD) in calling for political parties to prioritise ECD.

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Did you know that 90% of the brain is developed by 5 years old? Before primary school! Our country's future depends on the quality of our early childhood development services. Add your signature here:
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Distribution Partner Lulamaphiko tell us about the use of our books in their programmes: 'Parents have been involved a lot through parent workshops and are able to extend the activities at home and are more involved in their children's learning.
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Read together at bedtime to mark the end of the day and the beginning of a peaceful night's sleep.
Find free, downloadable books to read with your children today at bookdash.org/books

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One of the key elements that add to the success of Book Dash are the incredibly generous, talented and skilled creatives that volunteer at a Book Dash event.
We are grateful for your enthusiasm, passion and the gift you give in the form of South African children's story books.

Some of our distribution partners are based in the health sector. New Somerset Hospital shares feedback about the use of Book Dash books in their programmes ensuring that our books are placed in the hands and homes of children across South Africa.

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Book Dash is happy to share our most recent impact statistics, from 2023. Watch this space, because there's more brewing where this came from! #everychild100books #bookdash