On Tuesday the 22nd of September the children visited the library at The Nordic School. This time the younger children in Kidogo got to know Bø and Bæ. These two are from a series of swedish books that are good reads for children in the age 1,5-5 years old. The book I read for the children this time, was Bø og Bæ gjer reint (Bø and Bæ cleans the house) written by Olof and Lena Landström.

The older children in Kubwa got to meet the poor bear who only wants to be good at throwing paper planes. But to do so, he cuts down trees. And the animals who live in these trees get angry. The book is called Papirflybjørnen (The Great Paper Caper) and is written by Oliver Jeffers, who has also written Lost and Found (which is also made into a beautiful little movie – see the trailer at the bottom here).

Before I read the book I threw some paper planes up in the air and asked the children if they knew about paper planes. It was a nice way to get their attention and to draw them into the book and the reading.

Here you can see a trailer for the movie based one of the books Oliver Jeffers has written