HOME: Multilingual Story Time 2022

FREE
This is a virtual event.

Join us for a virtual HOME Multilingual Story Time from the comfort of your home. HOME Multilingual Story Time features children’s books written or illustrated by authors, illustrators, and 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 session with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela. Follow-up activities will be available for download.

Scheduled to screen every third Wednesday of the month, HOME Multilingual Story Time is a collaboration with the Milwaukee Public Library, the Islamic Resource Center, Hanan Refugee Relief Group, Alliance Française de Milwaukee, Milwaukee African Women's Association, Milwaukee African Women's Association, and Milwaukee Taiko Group Hibiki. 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.

2022 Schedule, Recordings, and ACTIVITIES

January 19: The Day You Begin, written by Jacqueline Woodson, and illustrated by Rafael López, read in Spanish and English

February 16: Who Are We?, written by Anneke Forzani, and illustrated by Maria Russo, read in Burmese and English

March 16: Paz/Peace, written by Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul, and illustrated by Estelí Meza, read in Spanish and English


April 20: آیا من کوچک هستم؟ /Am I Small?, written by Philipp Winterberg, and illustrated by Nadja Wichmann, read in Dari/Farsi, Pashto and English

May 18: ¡Solo pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú/Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, written by Sonia Sotomayor, and illustrated by Rafael López, read in Spanish and English


June 15: Tus Noog Qej Qawg Ntawv/The Paper Crane, written by Molly Bang, and translated by Mao J. Vang, read in Hmong and English

September 21: Señorita Mariposa, written by Ben Gundersheimer and illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero, read in Spanish and English by Claudia Orjuela, with music performed by Julio Pabon.

02:14: Reading, Señorita Mariposa
08:23: Song from the book
12:23: Art Activity, Egg Shakers

Activity: Butterfly Coloring Pages [Click here to view or download]

October 19: Gimanaadenim/You Hold Me Up, written by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Danielle Daniel, and translated by Angela Mesic and Margaret Noodin, read in Anishinaabemowin and English by Margaret Noodin.

November 16: Vejigante Masquerader, written and illustrated by Lulu Delacre, read in Spanish and English.

December 21: Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll: The Adventures of a Blind Japanese Girl Who Saves Her Village, written and illustrated by Sunny Seki, read in Japanese and English by Maika Olveda from Milwaukee Taiko Group Hibiki.