Visit to a primary school in Bombay, India

February 22nd, 2010

During my trip to India, I scheduled a visit to an English-speaking primary school in Bombay; one of the teachers of the school lives next door to my friends. This is a photo of a drawing made by the children. Click on the picture to see the photos taken in the two classrooms I visited.

Books Day in Walferdange, Luxembourg

November 21st and 22nd, 2009

My presence at this event (Walfer Bicherdeeg) was maintly centered on kids' activities turning around science and maths inspired by the tales "The myth of Sissa", "Dido, queen of Carthage", "A snail's adventure", among others. Exhibition as well of my kids' books. Click on the picture to enlarge.

European School in Luxembourg

April 22nd, 2009

This time, I went for a visit to the children of the French ground school. We talked about my pedagogical project Barry4kids and I read an excerpt of my latest book Il était une fois une Maison (There was once a House). I read as well the tale "The cracked Pot". Click on the picture to see the photos.

Children in Ethiopia

From February 8 to 20, 2009

During my trip to Ethiopia in February 2009 I met a few Ethiopian children, teens and young adults. I was agreeably surprised at their knowledge of a foreign language, in this case English - which they learn in addition to Amharic (the national language) and their own tribe dialect - as compared to children in most European countries. Though they very often have to walk for hours to go to school, which is far away, they make this effort because they are eager to learn. They are also lacking school material badly; sometimes they don’t even have pencils for writing. But all these children praise school and strive for learning. In Western countries, children are spoiled by having beyond their needs; and they complain when asked to do any effort... Click on the picture to see more photos.

European School in Luxembourg

January 22nd, 2009

When I visited the various classrooms of the Portuguese ground school we talked about my book for children Le Père Noël est enrhumé. Click on the picture to see the photos.

Theatre performance in Luxembourg

May 4, 2008

Performance (in Portuguese language) of my play Penguin and the Fig Tree, by a group of teenagers of the Portuguese Cultural Centre of Esch/Alzette, in Luxembourg, during the 30th anniversary of the association Amitié Portugal-Luxembourg. The French version of this same play had already been performed in Romania in 2006. Click on the picture to see the video in YouTube.

8th Festival of Books and Culture in Luxembourg

March 16, 2008

With Radu, son of the Romanian illustrator Cristian Polocoser, during the 8th Festival of Books and Cultures, collaboration with Amitié Portugal-Luxembourg. Click on the picture to increase.

Play performance in Romania

June 8, 2006

When I visited Romania, following a collaboration with the Tismana high school, a group of children performed my theatre play Penguin and the Fig Tree. This play was again brought to stage at the end-of-the-school-year celebrations and also performed on August 15 2006, during the Festival of the Fig that takes place every year at Svinita, a town on the southern part of the country, on the borders of the Danube. Click on the picture to see the video in YouTube.

Little Talia with her cushion Barry

January 24, 2005

A cushion is a very useful thing. Children love cushions and sweet little Talia likes to run around with her cushion Barry. Talia is an adorable English baby who lives with her mammy and pappy in Geneva. You may see and order Barry articles in CafePress.

Schools in France

May 23rd, 2002

I was invited to visit four schools in France (in the area of Longwy) that had bought my book L'Aventure de Barry. The stories had been read and worked together in the classrooms. It was a pioneer activity promoted by the Ministry of Education that ended up in my meeting together with the children, talking with them about the stories, and answering their questions about my career and the reason for writing the book.
It was a very rewarding experience in as much as in one classroom the stories had inspired the children to write a few poems. It was an agreeable surprise - also for the teachers - and an assurance for me that my stories successfully met the public for whom I wrote them in the first place - children. Reading the poems is a joy just at a click away from your finger.

Presentation of the CD-ROM in Luxembourg

February 7, 2002

during the presentation at the Portuguese Centre of Culture (Instituto Camões) in Luxembourg of the children's cd-rom in Portuguese A Aventure do Barry, we have organized an exposition with the original illstrations of the CD-Rom and the book in French. Further expositions were made later in Belgium and Germany. The original paintings were made by Lilian, a Belgian friend of mine.
To see the photos taken during the presentation, click on the picture.

Time for a Tale in Portugal

December 19, 2001

Time for a Tale took place at Centro de Estudos Pé Direito, in Sassoeiros, Portugal. Its aim was to improve the children's understanding of the English language through the reading of stories. The choice fell on Penguin and the Fig Tree - a story about a dog who loves figs and has mysterious and queer habits. To see a few drawings, click on the picture.