Children’s Lit Fest tour in Scarborough

The storytelling caravan is a special free event for children aged six to 13, with two celebrated storytellers, Thelma Perkins and Glenda Rose Layne. They tell the children stories and the children are asked to come prepared to tell their version of a story about The Clever Daydreamer.

Danielle Delon, director of the children’s festival said in a media release: “The storytelling sessions are fun but they are more than that. They allow children to question and discuss ideas for stories, they are guided through the basics of exposition, towards character development, observation of the environment, personal, social and community relationships, and unleash the children’s creativity and inspire them to value self-expression through the written word.” The sessions also have great value because the stories the children create are collected, edited, illustrated and published annually in a colouring book.

According to a Scarborough Library spokesperson: “Since 2015, the staff and patrons of the Eastlyn McKenzie Children’s Library have wholeheartedly welcomed the NGC Bocas Lit Fest Storytelling Caravan. We are convinced that this event is directly linked to the development of future orators and writers as the children are given the opportunity to express themselves freely, and then later see their imagination come to life in the form of a printed book.” Registration is at 8.30 am and participants are advised to arrive on time to secure their place.

Title sponsor of the storytelling caravan is the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, For bookings: www.bocaslitfest.

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