Re: Japanese Class Seeking Hand-Made Picture Book Exchange

Posted by Rajlakshmi Golchha on 5/05/08

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On 4/13/08, Elizabeth Bowman wrote:
> Hi! I teach a 6th grade World Geography class. They are of
> mixed ability. If you do not have anyone that is doing this
> yet, I would love to have my class work on the books.
>
> Thanks! Elizabeth Bowman
> On 12/02/07, Shiun Junior High School wrote:
>> Two 8th grade English classes at Shiun Junior High School
>> in Takamatsu, Japan are looking for Elementary Students
>> (4th or 5th grade) to give gifts of Hand-Made picture
>> books of Japanese fairy tales.
>>
>> There are two classes (25 students each) collaborating on
>> 8 picture books in English with hand-drawn illustrations.
>> The students would very much like to give the finished
>> products to classes of children in the United States,
>> Australia, Canada, or Great Britain.
>>
>> Ideally, we would like to recieve some home-made books in
>> return (of stories from your own country)... though the
>> students are not expecting anything in return (if we can
>> recieve them we'd like it to be a surprise!)
>>
>> Elementary classes, Girl Scout troops, clubs, church
>> groups etc are all welcome to participate... but the
>> students, though 13 and 14 years old, are not confident in
>> their English abilities and would like to work with
>> younger students.
>>
>> If you are interested, please reply with details about
>> your school or youth group!
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>>

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Japanese Class Seeking Hand-Made Picture Book Exchange, 12/02/07, by Shiun Junior High School.
• Re: Japanese Class Seeking Hand-Made Picture Book Exchange, 4/13/08, by Elizabeth Bowman.
• Re: Japanese Class Seeking Hand-Made Picture Book Exchange, 5/05/08, by Rajlakshmi Golchha.
• Re: Japanese Class Seeking Hand-Made Picture Book Exchange, 4/04/09, by michele.