“We are grateful to Book Dash for strengthening our programme objectives with their generous donation of books. Book Dash promotes literature in all South African Languages, and their mandate is to make sure that each child owns at least 100 books by the age of five.”

We are truly honoured to be recipients of the stunning BookDash books. We love the unique and valuable family-moments that have been created!

Rosemary de Kock​​

“The creche organisations are almost never in a position to buy reading materials for their children and if they are, they would normally only buy one teacher copy which the children might not even touch. To be able to give out these books is such an essential part of the child’s educational development and we are so grateful to be involved in the distribution.”

“Book Dash is the only organisation we know who actually allow the children to own the books rather than donating to the creches. This is very important for the children as they see that the investment is in them directly, not just their creche.”

“Shhhh! is at the perfect level for the little ones I see: There is a dog that barks, a phone that rings, a truck that brmmms, a ball that bounces! It’s helping me both with children learning language and increasing vocabulary, but also with my non-verbal AAC users (augmentative and alternative communicators) who are non verbal but are using pictures to communicate: I can match their own picture of a ball to the ball in the story…Excellent language stimulation opportunities all round!”

“We love Book Dash books! They are an amazing tool to use in a variety of ways to help focus our educational interventions more clearly to meet our desired outcomes. We use the books in a variety of ways from knowing colour and shapes to spelling and maths, while also developing comprehension, reading skills and a love of reading.”

“These books are fun to read and contextually appropriate for our children, many of whom do not have access to books at home, schools or from libraries. The children are very proud to own their own books, often for the first time.”

“Having books of their own at home makes children proud and encourages them to read more. The Book Dash books provided wonderful stories that children can read and understand in their own time, which helps make reading more accessible. We love this project and how happy it makes children to own their own books.”

“The children were so happy and excited to get books of their own. Because we write each child’s name in the book before they are handed out to take home, they have an incredible sense of ownership and take care of their books.”

“The OT department used the books to teach and engage. The books didn’t add work to their day, but energized and encouraged the patients to participate in the session. Children who visited the hospital love the opportunity to receive their very own book!”

“Now that the caregivers we reach have isiZulu books, they can read daily to their children. And they do! We can see a huge difference in reading behaviour, with everyone reading more often and enjoying it more than ever.”

“Our children simply love handling the little books, looking at the beautiful illustrations, and they discuss their observations non-stop…”