HOME: Multilingual Story Time
2024 Sessions:
January 17, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
February 21, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
March 20, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
April 17, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
May 15, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
October 16, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
November 20, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
December 11, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:00am
FREE
This is a virtual event.
HOME Multilingual Story Time features children’s books written or illustrated by artists who have faced forced displacement as refugees, asylum seekers, or immigrants, and come from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Designed for children aged 4-8, we believe that reading picture books is a way to share and discuss big ideas with young children. We end each virtual session with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela.
Scheduled to screen every third Wednesday of the month from 10:30 to 11 am, HOME Multilingual Story Time is a collaboration with the Milwaukee Public Library, Alliance Française de Milwaukee, Hanan Refugee Relief Group, the Islamic Resource Center, Milwaukee African Women's Association, Milwaukee Taiko Group Hibiki, UWM Department of French, Italian and Comparative Literature - French Program, UWM Libraries, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, and Wisconsin Ukrainians, Inc.
Videos remain on view once they are posted, and can be accessed at any time. Download our resource handout for parents, teachers, and advanced readers here.
2024 Schedule, Recordings, and ACTIVITIES
January 17, 2024: Who Are We?, written by Anneke Forzani and illustrated by Maria Russo, read in Burmese and English by Mala Nan Leth. Archival recording.
February 21, 2024: The Boy Without a Name, written by Idries Shah and illustrated by Mona Caron, read in Dari/Afghan Persian and English by Khatol Nazari.
2:15 English, The Boy Without a Name
11:23 Dari reading, پسر بی نام
20:45 Art Activity
Art Template available here.
March 20, 2024: Un Jour, Tu Découvriras.../The Day You Began, written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael López, read in French and English by Marie Sandra Aloka.
00:45 English Reading
07:45 French Reading
14:28 Art Activity
Art Activity Worksheet available here.
April 17, 2024: Flicts, written and illustrated by Ziraldo, read in Brazilian Portuguese and English by Cris Siqueira of Lion's Tooth.
May 15, 2024: Soñadores/Dreamers by Yuyi Morales, read in Spanish and English by Claudia Orjuela. Archival recording.
1:44: English, Dreamers
13:28: Spanish, Soñadores
24:42: Art activity, Bookmaking
Activity 1: Let's Share & Reflect! [Click here to view or download]
Activity 2: Find, Look & Point Out! [Click here to view or download]
Activity 3: Test Your Vocabulary, or Learn a New Word! [Click here to view or download]
Activity 4: Parent-Child Art Activity: Fold & Illustrate Your Own Book [Click here to view or download]
October 16, 2024 M is for Myanmar, written by Elizabeth Rush, and illustrated by Khin Maung Myint, read in Burmese and English by Mala Nan Leth.
November 20, 2024 El Día de los Muertos/The Day of the Dead: A Bilingual Celebration, written by Bob Barner, read in Spanish and English by Claudia Orjuela.
December 11, 2024 Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood / Quizás Algo Hermoso. Cómo el Arte Transformó un Barrio, written by Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell, and illustrated by Rafael López, read in Spanish and English by Joan Luciano.
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