For 5-7 years | Local and Global Childhoods
(For 5-7 years) Local and Global Childhoods: View the A-Z of diverse cultures from a child’s view to understand how we are different, but also have shared commonalities. Akhila Das Blah, co-founder, Indigrow Kids, tells us more. (40m)
For 6-8 years | Storytelling by Muthoni Muchemi
(For 6-8 years) Join Muthoni Muchemi for an interactive storytelling session about The Matatu from Watamu that Drove into the Sea – the story of a naughty driver who damages Kenya’s gorgeous coral reefs and is in for a lesson. (40m)
For 6-8 years | Green Comfort
Green Comfort: Are there green spaces you’ve been to that are your favourites? What is it about them that appeals to you, like they did to Avi from Tanya Majmudar’s book, The Monster Who Could Not Climb A Tree. Find out more from the author. [Duration: 40m] For 6-8 years
For 6-8 years | Ordinary Childhoods, Extraordinary Live
Ordinary Childhoods, Extraordinary Lives: Translating great lives with remarkable events into an interesting story spanning a few pages requires skills that the author Mamta Nainy has honed with the Magic Makers series. Interact with the author on her personal journey of making a book in the series titled Roshan’s Road to Music. [For 6-8 years] […]
For 5-7 years : A Coming Together of a Community
For 5-7 years A Coming Together of a Community: Explore the author Sadaf Siddique’s inspiration for her wordless book My Street that shows how the people of a locality, from different communities and classes, come together to help a child in his moment of crisis. (40m)
For 6-8 years | Spotlight on Small Moments
For 6-8 years Spotlight on Small Moments: Interact with the author Chatura Rao to understand how little things lead to big discoveries in The Sweet Shop Wars and her other books. (40m)
For 5-7 years; 6-8 years | Gaegul the Green Frog
For 5-7 years; 6-8 years Join Geeta Ramanujam Master Storyteller as she regales the audience with the story Gaegul the Green Frog from her book Tales from the World. (40m)
For 6-8 years | Books for Readers of All Hues
For 6-8 years Books for Readers of All Hues: Jyoti Rajan Gopal, author of My Paati’s Saris, on what goes into making a book that speaks to different cultures (40m)
Poetry that Speaks to Multiple Identities
Poetry that Speaks to Multiple Identities – Growing up, award-winning writer Renée Watson felt seen by the books she read, and the verses of poetry she encountered. How do books speak to young adults of multiple identities: who see themselves as readers and those who don’t? What might parents and educators do to foster a […]
A Librarian’s Dream
A Librarian’s Dream: Librarians from different geographies mine their experience on the work they’ve done to grow readers. Listen to Ann Lazim, who retired from CLPE in the UK; Nadine Bailey, teacher-librarian, American School of Dubai; and Katie Day, teacher-librarian, Tanglin Trust School, hold forth in their conversation with Dalbir Kaur Madan, founder, One Up […]