Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Inclusive Minds "What About Me?" event coming to the Imagine Children's Festival, Southbank Centre, London on 21st February 2014
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| The Imagine Children's Festival. The South Bank comes alive with stories and fun! |
Our good friends over at Inclusive Minds have been commissioned to run an event at London's Southbank Centre as part of this year's Imagine Children's Festival.
The one-day event entitled "What About Me?" is focused on making children's books truly inclusive of ALL children, and giving children a real voice within children's books.
It will be a free and accessible event with activities to suit every child's needs and interests, including sensory activity and signed poetry. We will be welcoming a host of children's book creators to the event to meet children, discuss ideas, take part in workshops and work with children to 're-imagine' book covers and stories, to make sure all children really are included in books.
The full programme can be found on the Inclusive Minds website.
The event will end with a panel discussion looking at how 'normal' is presented in children's books, and what messages this gives to children about society.
The event will end with a panel discussion looking at how 'normal' is presented in children's books, and what messages this gives to children about society.
Taking place on Friday 21st February 2014 at London's Southbank Centre, it's a fabulous chance to find out more about inclusive children's books.
Friday, 17 January 2014
Discover Story's Spring Programme is packed with booky goodness.
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| Discover Story Centre - London. Where stories come alive! |
This fabulous venue has now released details of their Spring Events programme, and it's a doozy.
For starters, there's the launch of our new interactive family exhibition Secret Agents, for children ages 6+, with a special visit from Ruby Redfort and Clarice Bean author, Lauren Child (15 Feb).
There's a February Half Term jam packed with story adventures as well as visits from author/illustrators Catalina Echeverri (Lion and Mouse) and Stephanie Blake (Poo Bum)
And don't miss out on The Big Write – Stories Remixed (6 – 16 March) returns with a spectacular line up of authors, illustrators, visual artists, pop stars and comic makers for all ages, including Korky Paul (Winnie the Witch), Cerrie Burnell (CBeebies), John Hegley (I am a Poetato), Axel Scheffler (The Gruffalo), Jamila Gavin (Coram Boy), Alex T Smith (Claude) and Catherine Bennett Live.
This season also includes the 3rd annual London Children’s Book Swap, 15 Feb, in which children and their families can bring their old books to one of 18 family friendly cultural venues across London and swap them for a different read, for free. Venues include, Discover Children’s Story Centre, Southbank Centre, Rich Mix, Museum of London, Unicorn Theatre and the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education.
This season also includes the 3rd annual London Children’s Book Swap, 15 Feb, in which children and their families can bring their old books to one of 18 family friendly cultural venues across London and swap them for a different read, for free. Venues include, Discover Children’s Story Centre, Southbank Centre, Rich Mix, Museum of London, Unicorn Theatre and the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education.
For more details, drop by Discover Story's website www.discover.org.uk
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