At HLE Network, we believe in the power of heritage language education to enhance a child's well-being.

A mother raises awareness about UN International Mother at her children's primary school. Get inspired by the story!

February 3, 2024 Between January 24 and February 3, “De Nationale Voorleesdagen” was celebrated across the Netherlands, to stimulate...

Stichting Drio organized a rich program to celebrate the Turkish section of the International Children's Book Collection in Eindhoven.

HLE Network introduces the International Children's Book Collection to Secretary of State Uslu

"De Carrousel" Spanish educational program celebrated the opening of the Spanish section in the International Children's Book Collection.

The Japanese Book Club of Eindhoven delivered over 160 Japanese children books to Eindhoven Library, for children aged 0 to 12.

"POLH Semente" (Portuguese as a Heritage Language "Semente") organize workshops and book readings in Portuguese in Eindhoven and Veldhoven.

The Guinness world record for multilingual reading aloud (most languages ​​used in a reading relay) was beaten on February 26 in Brussels.

Eindhoven Library's National Reading Days for multilingual children is a big success, with 15 languages included.

Eindhoven's Japanese book club welcomed local press to get the word out about the importance of reading in the heritage language!

The silent book is a great tool to have when supporting multilingual children in their language development.

We are happy to welcome Dr. Sabine Little to our Advisory Council!

The volunteers at de Carousel have just delivered over 200 books to Eindhoven Library for Spanish-speaking children to enjoy.

The Drio Foundation will now be running monthly reading activities in Turkish at the Eindhoven Library.

Booksellers in the Netherlands are seeing more young people these past months, a development they believe has to do with BookTok.

The 2nd annual FOHLC Europe conference took place online on Friday, November 11, and Saturday, November 12, 2022.

The Bulgarian group "Lezen is leuk" held an event on Saturday, October 22, 2022, to officially celebrate their Bulgarian collection.

Find out how three heritage language programs in Eindhoven are getting children interested in reading in their home language.

Our campaign "The Joy of Reading" showcases events, FAQs, a toolbox -- and even a contest!-- that promote reading for pleasure in the HL.