The value of great collaborations is the ability to leverage the strengths of partners. The book donation organisation, Biblionef, has curated extensive collections of children’s books in all South African languages. The collections reflect Biblionef’s commitment to culturally and linguistically appropriate books that foster a lifelong love of reading. Rather than reinvent the wheel and start building a collection from scratch, the Ikhatologu Yethu partners decided to select books from the Biblionef collection. Four members of the editorial team for isiXhosa books spent a day at the Biblionef offices in the Cape Town suburb of Pineland. From the Biblionef collection of over 240 isiXhosa books, they recommended 100 books for the catalogue. These books are currently being reviewed by Puku’s speciality reviewers and will be uploaded to the Puku website in the coming weeks.