Events Calendar

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This is a virtual event.

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 virtual 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.

Schedule, Recordings, and Activities

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. View the recording here and download the activity here.

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. View the recording here.

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

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. View the recording here.

Access prior HOME Story Time videos and activities here.