When someone reads aloud, they raise you to the level of the book.
They give you reading as a gift.
Daniel Pennac, The Rights of the Reader*
On Tuesday 15 March during the National Library Week members of LIASA (the national professional body for librarians) from University of Pretoria, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University and Sabinet celebrated the World Read Aloud Day with us.
These book and children loving librarians read stories to the grade R and grade 1 classes, handed out easter eggs and juice to the entire school and donated six brand new Sepedi story books for our library project (more about this later). It was a fun day which reminded us of how reading can be “the ordinary magic that can change a child’s future” https://youtu.be/7NLtSvta3g8.
We are planning a programme with these colleagues for the winter school holidays.
Nal’ibali, as usual, encouraged schools, libraries, book clubs, parents, other family members, book lovers and celebrities to participate in this annual event. No fewer than
365 849 South African children were signed up. http://nalibali.org/news-blog/literacy-issues/world-read-aloud-day-2016-the-ultimate-story-power-moment.
*Read Carole Bloch’s article Why listening to stories is part of learning to read at http://dgmt.co.za/why-listening-to-stories-is-part-of-learning-to-read/
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