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WORKSHOPS, AUTHOR VISITS, PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOLS
Evelyn loves to fly with Little Mynah to schools to meet new friends.
Book an interactive author visit through Closetful of Books by email at stories@closetfulofbooks.com
or send Evelyn a note here.
Evelyn also welcomes working with performing arts and community groups to adapt her stories for young audiences. If you’re keen to collaborate, drop her a note here.
Author Visit
An amazing morning of thoughtful questions and enthusiastic ideas about caring for birds, and trees that are home to more than just our feathered friends. It was TGPS Gives Back Day. Primary 1 and 2 students gamely joined in the multilingual dialogue, helped by their classmates, teachers and Little Mynah. Hooray! Bagus! 好棒 (Hǎo bàng)! சபாஷ் (Sabash)!
Teck Ghee Primary School | June 2024
ASIAN FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN'S CONTENT
(AFCC2024) 25 May 2024
Sharing the craft of writing to spark children's curiosity. On a panel with (from left) Katherine Wallace, Namitra Moolan Mehra and Pippa Chorley, members of our SCBWI picture book critique group since 2018.
AFCC2024|25 May 2024
A warm welcome to DUCKS, by Kingfishers, Hornbills, Woodpeckers, Starlings, and more. "Toucans, sit at the front please..." Lively storytelling sessions of the three LIttle Mynah adventures over two days. A most memorable moment were ready replies to my question, What's your favourite noise?: "Noise!...Clapping!...The Sea!...Sunshine!"
Dulwich College Kindergarten School (DUCKS) | 2024
Special to read-aloud all three Little Mynah adventures with preschoolers in three sessions, during Earth Day week.
Children shared their favourite birds, local food and noise in Singapore, our city in nature.
Canadian International School | 2024
WORLD READ ALOUD DAY (WRAD)
7 February 2024
Delighted to fly with Little Mynah to celebrate WRAD with preschool students in Singapore, and primary students in India and Uzbekistan. We missed reading with Grade 3 students in Maryland because of an internet outage, reminding us of the upside of technology, connecting us to read our world together.
Keynote Lecture 'Lessons in Rewriting' by Marie-Aude Muraille, 2022 winner of the Hans Christian Andersen (HCA) Award,
I was honoured to be Moderator of this special session for writers and educators at the Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC2023), and to have attended the 38th IBBY Congress in Putrajaya Malaysia (5-8 September 2022) when Marie-Aude Muraille received the HCA award for writer, together with Suzy Lee (HCA Award, Artist).
AFCC2023|25 May 2023
Celebrating Library Month with students, teachers and curriculum specialists, sharing my inspiration for writing and the children's thoughtfully creative stories about their favourite bird(s).
Junior Kindergarten
Odyssey the Global Preschool | 2023
Warmly welcomed by students and teachers at Canadian International School's new theatre, with a wonderful focus on how we express ourselves, and being extraordinary!
Junior Kindergarten
Canadian International School |2023
After a lively morning sharing what inspires me to write, and working with the talented artist who created puppets adapted from wayang kulit, with Primary 1 students in the school library, I was delighted to visit a class after the sessions, and learn that Just a Little Mynah inspired students and teachers to create and perform a multilingual story about friends in a Singapore forest. They shared a recording, and I met the actors! Another class was inspired to share everyday words they see in their neighbourhood in their own mother tongue languages.
Primary 1
United World College SEAsia East | 2022
AUTHOR VISITS
Primary 1 & 2
Pre-recorded for online sharing during COVID. Missed meeting students and teachers in-person!
Nan Hua Primary School | 2021
Woodlands Primary School |2021
A multi-lingual storytelling session with Just a Little Mynah highlighted themes of perseverance and cooperation.
It was followed by a mini readers theatre where students were guided to perform a segment of the story in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil.
Some things students learned:
The joy and value of being able to speak more than one language, the confidence to express themselves, how to work together to tell an action-packed story.
This programme was co-presented by Words Go Round 2021 and Closetful of Books.
Changkat Primary School | WGR 2021
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MULTILINGUAL PERFORMANCE
The Noisiest Tree
For over 500 Primary 2 students and parents
Performed as Reader's Theatre by Drama Club students
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School | 2018
BIILINGUAL PERFORMANCE
The Naughty Mynah
For over 1,200 preschool children
Performed by Story Box Theatre - The Learning Connections
Various preschools | 2015
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