Children’s Book Festival in Moshi 2-6 May 2016

Organizers:
Petra Szabo (children's book writer and promotor)
Matilda Wallin (Assoaciation Afrikultur)
Kerstin Forsberg (Association Ushirika)

Sponsors:
Swedish Institute
Creative Force
and
Church of Sweden


Day 1 at Kiwalaa Primary School and the School Library
Day 2 and 3 Seminar- and workshop days at MTC
Day 4 and 5 at Chekereni´s Primary Schools and Kindergartens


3-4 MAY 2016

PROGRAM - FESTIVALDAY 2

Morning Seminars

8.30-14.00 Conference Center
(near
Montessori Training Center)

The same program for the two days

8.30 Registration

9.00 Opening


9.15-10.15 Elieshi Lema (in Swahili)
WHY I BECAME A WRITER and
WHAT IS A “GOOD” CHILDREN’S BOOK?

10.20-10.40 Godwin Chonjo (Moderator and interpreter (in Swahili)
STORYTELLING IN KILIMANJARO AREA

10.40-11.00 John Kilaka (Godwin Chonjo, Petra Szabo, Matilda Wallin)
STORYTELLING AND WORKSHOPS with Children iin Tanzania and Sweden
(in Swahili and English)

11.00-11.30 Tea time


11.30-12.00 Petra Szabo (in English)
FROM IDEA TO PRINTED PICTURE BOOK

12.05-12.55 Students MTC (in Swahili)
Presentation of the Top 3 project.
How to create a ”teacher’s guide” to the picture book "Shindano Kuu"
by John Kilaka and Petra Szabo
About Montessori methodology.

13.00-13.25 Nadir Tharani (in Swahili)
Artist, illustrator, author and architect


13.30-13.55 Matilda Wallin (in English)
Librarian at The International Library in Stockholm
and a founding member of AFRIKULTUR
PICTURE BOOKS FROM DIFFERENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES


14.00-15.00 LUNCH


Afternoon Workshops

The same program for the two days

15.00-17.00 Montessori Training Center


EXHIBITIONS:

Room1
Petra, John and Nadire: Demonstration:

MINI-WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITION: BOOKS AND PAINTINGS
PRODUCTION of little books.

Room2
Matilda Wallin and Elieshi Lema:
EXHIBITION AND BOOKS FOR SALE:
From Ghana to South africa - a selection of African children's books.
Books by Petra Szabo
E&D Limited - books by Elieshi Lema and Nadir Tharani


Room 3
Students at Montessori TLC
EXHIBITION of the 11 books and the Top 3
and “Teacher’s guide” and ideas for “Shindano Kuu” (The Great Contest)

 

Read about the Children's Book Festival in Dar es Salaam 2014

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