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A cushion is a very useful thing.
Children love cushions and the sweet little Talia likes to run around with her Barry & Co
cushion.
Talia is an adorable English baby who lives with her mammy and pappy in Geneva. |
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POEMS by children in France
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DRAWINGS by children in France
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On 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 Aventura do Barry,
we have organized an exposition with the original illstrations of the cd-rom and the book in French.
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DRAWINGS by children in Portugal
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Play performance in Romania, on 8 June 2006
When I
visited Romania, a group of children of the Tismana
high school gave a performance, on June 8 2006, of
Penguin and the Fig Tree (photos), one of my plays for children.
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.
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Little Talia with her Barry & Co cushion, on 24 January 2005
Should you like to buy any of the beautiful hand-made articles from the Barry & Co
kid's collection,
feel free to pay us a visit and send us your
order.
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Visit to schools at Longwy, France, on 23 May 2002
On 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 then 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. Though stories very often inspire children
to make drawings, it's a very unusual thing that they are a source of inspiration
for poetry as well. It was an agreeable surprise - also for the teachers - and an assurance
that the stories successfully meet the public for whom they have been written in the first place.
If you want to let live the child who sleeps inside of you, then the stories
of my book are also meant for you.
And whatever the reason you may find, reading the
poems
is a joy just at a finger click away.
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Don't forget as well to give a glimpse to the
drawings
by the children of the schools in France participating in the pioneer initiative under
which the book L'Aventure de Barry
was read and worked together by teachers and school boys and girls.
A few boys and girls who wrote the poems also made some of the drawings.
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Presentation of the CD-ROM in Portuguese at Institut Camões in Luxembourg, on 7 February 2002
The original paintings were made by Lilian, a Belgian friend of mine.
To see other pictures taken during the presentation at the Portuguese Centre of Culture
(Instituto Camões) in Luxembourg,
just click on one of them.
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Time for a Tale, at Sassoeiros, Portugal, on 19 December 2001
Time for a Tale took place at Centro de Estudos Pé Direito, in Sassoeiros,
Portugal, on December 19, 2001. Its aim was to improve the children's understanding of
the English language through the reading of stories.
The choice fell on Barry's Adventure - the story which gives the name
to the book; and Penguin and the Fig Tree - a story about a dog who loves figs and
has mysterious and queer habits. A few children also made some
drawings.
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