SCOLAR Project: 總結
透過「語常會」的支助，書伴我行（香港）基金會為超過280間中小學的學生透過朗讀英語故事及戲劇工作坊來改善英語能力。如希望知多一點，請點擊此處。
專欄 – 南華早報 (30 Dec, 2013)
I love Twinkle, the little girl on Higglytown Heroes, an animated children’s TV series. Every person and animal is a Matryoshka doll, hopping around on their limbless stump, and pulling out useful items from their hollowed torsos. Each episode focuses on a different hero, such as a firefighter, zookeeper, postal worker or dentist. Viewers learn about various vocations when main characters encounter some challenges which only an adult in the appropriate line of work can solve. Before the hero appears to save the day, Twinkle never fails to enthusiastically offer some outrageously impractical and complicated solution. I love Twinkle because she has such an admirable “can-do” spirit, and doesn’t shy away from perplexing problems. In the field of cognitive psychology, Twinkle would measure a high AQ, or adversity quotient. AQ was developed by Dr Paul Stoltz, who defines it as “the capacity of the person to deal with the adversities of his life. As such, it is the science of human resilience.” Who Moved My Cheese? For Kids is Spencer Johnson’s version of his bestselling book for
專欄 – Annie Ho (16 Dec, 2013)
Experienced artists who have mastered their craft can often come to view their early efforts critically. Obvious examples are an actor’s early films, or a musical prodigy’s first live performances. Regardless of how great the innate talent, artists often need time and experience to develop and mature their art. This also applies to creators of children’s picture books. Award-winning author-illustrator Anthony Browne felt that dissatisfaction when he re-read A Walk in the Park, a book he had written and illustrated 20 years earlier. It nagged at him, and he didn’t know what to do. Just as actors and directors do not remake their own movies, Browne didn’t wish to rewrite his own picture book. Instead, he created a unique variation on the story of A Walk in the Park, and the result was his best-selling picture book, Voices in the Park. A Walk in the Park tells the story of a father and daughter, Mr. Smith and Smudge, who take their dog to the park. There, they share a bench with a mother and son, Mrs. Smythe and Charles, also on a walk with their dog. The neighbourhoods from which they embark, their manner of d
專欄 – 南華早報 (2 Dec, 2013)
Our Christmas tree has already been delivered and decorated. While many bemoan shopping malls for starting the festive season earlier each year, I like hearing holiday tunes and seeing Nativity scenes and Santa displays for as long as possible. Here is a selection of Christmas stories for children. We got a head start in our home, and have been reading some of them since Thanksgiving, along with singing Christmas carols since Halloween. Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman is a classic tale about a snowman that comes to life and visits the home of the boy who created him. It is an easy book to “read” because it is wordless. Briggs tenderly conveys the emotions of the characters through his poignant illustrations and an ending that is open for interpretation. Children who are knowledgeable about their nursery tales will be captivated by The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The postman delivers a variety of mail to well-known characters. The picture book contains pages designed to look like stamped, addressed envelopes, with a bound-in pocket at the back, each containing a detachable piece of mail i
菜姨姨專欄 – 讀樂樂 (明報 2013年11月27日)
《我看見一隻鳥》能奪取第三屆豐子愷兒童圖畫書奬首奬殊不簡單，它擁有甚麼特別元素呢？讓我們在今天明報裡菜姨姨讀樂樂的專欄內了解更多。
形狀遊戲 – 安東尼●布朗
It was a very rare treat to have children’s laureate Anthony Browne in town last week firing up the children’s imagination! The Shape Game is such a simple and fun way for kids and parents to encourage creativity in your child. Read more about Browne’s visit and learn how to play the shape game in Annie’s SCMP column or for live demo’s go to youtube! Annie Ho’s Weekly Column Kids go ape over shapes with award-winning illustrator Anthony Browne is a British children’s book creator whose works are loved throughout the world. Bestowed with the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2000 and honoured as Britain’s Children’s Laureate in 2009, Browne is also the only author-illustrator to win the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. He has published more than 40 books and is known for his illustrations of primates, from the hauntingly beautiful beasts in Gorilla to comically expressive chimpanzees in the Willy the Wimp series. With more than a dozen books by Browne in our home, we we were excited to meet this creator of thoughtful and surreal picture books on his first visit to Hong Kong. We joined him at the Central
