Welcome to Qualibooks
Since 1992, we have helped South African children build a reading habit in all 11 official languages.
We supply schools and communities with curriculum-based library books, Wheelie Bookwagon mobile libraries and the kibooks.online digital library, as well as ECD Resource Kits and QBot Spark coding and robotics kits.
We work with schools, government and corporate sponsors so that every child has books to read and the skills to succeed.
Building our nation page by page.
“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.”
Nelson Mandela
Hope for our nation
Every child deserves to read.
Without books, children fall behind in reading, and later in everything else. Together with schools, government and corporate sponsors, we are changing that, one library at a time.
* PIRLS 2021 reading study
“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.”
Nelson Mandela
What we do
Books in every child’s language.
Library books
Thousands of curriculum-based books in all 11 official languages.
Mobile libraries
A lockable steel library on wheels, in four sizes, holding 100 to 800 books.
Written and printed in South Africa
Thousands of eBooks, one tap away.
kibooks.online
Our South African digital library: thousands of eBooks in all 11 languages, on any device, anytime.
The future of libraries, today!
Give every child a strong start.
Early Childhood Development
An approved ECD Resource Kit with everything under-resourced centres need for play-based learning, plus a practitioner’s guide.
Approved by the DBE
Build it. Wire it. Code it.
QBot Spark
Our new coding and robotics kit for the CAPS curriculum. Learners build, wire and code the robot themselves.
Coding and Robotics for Grades 7 to 9
Turn CSI spend into readers.
Corporate social investment
Sponsor libraries, eLibraries, ECD kits or QBot Spark kits for a school you choose, and grow your B-BBEE score.
SED and ED for your B-BBEE score
Big savings on books they love.
Online Shop
Quality children’s books, from adventure to animals, now open to the public at big discounts.
Quality books delivered to your door!
Testimonials
Juan D van der Merwe
General Manager: Maelgwyn South Africa
The partnership between Maelgwyn South Africa and Qualibooks has been an inspiring and impactful collaboration. This contribution is an investment in the future of these young minds.
Lisa Carne
Procurement: City Property Administration
Who would’ve thought that access to quality books would be as easy as 1,2,3? The fact that no data is required to access quality books and that it’s available in all official languages, makes this service so much more accessible to the bigger community.
Justin Reeves
Group CEO: CFS Group
Niel, Chris and the kibooks team have made it a pleasure to support this invaluable cause. We’ve been a supporter since early 2022, and we look forward to growing our support and reaching more children with kibooks.
Altie van Schalkwyk
Head of Academics: AdVTECH Schools
Kibooks is a great concept for our new schools. Our teachers love reading to their children in the class, but our parents are even more impressed with the platform. We got more than what we bargained for!
Lynie Nash
(Deputy Principal) Harvest High School, KZN
I received exceptional service and help from the kibooks.online team and within two days we were able to roll out the new digital library for our students. I cannot recommend Kibooks highly enough!
Muallim Akhtar Ali
CEO, Auckland Park Academy of Excellence (APAX)
Learners enjoy choice and the variety of high-quality content across all genres that is easily accessible keeps them interested and engaged. Thank you Kibooks.
Delia Maritz
Foundation Phase Head, Curro Thatchfield
We are so happy we crossed paths with kibooks. It brought back the excitement for reading to our learners. It also complements the physical library at school, now they have the best of both worlds.
Brett Sliedrecht
Head: Senior Primary, St. Charles College
Being able to give our boys simultaneous access to English, Afrikaans and isiZulu books is valuable.
Monique van Heerden
Jhb, West Rand, Northcliff, Edublox
Using Kibooks as a special treat now and then for students to apply their newly acquired reading skills is fun and exciting.
Myrtle van Schalkwyk
Midstream Ridge Primary
Just amazing, the kids and even the parents are loving kibooks. It is easy to access and easy to read.
MS. P. Mokoena
De Deur Primary School
We encourage our learners to read more at home for leisure. It’s been a great program to have at our school. Thank you very much for this amazing program, it’s much appreciated.
Let’s talk
Need library books, a mobile library, eBooks or a CSI partner? Our team is here to help.
Some of our partners
