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Imagination Reading Cafes

elephant tales launch

Free children's story telling  - Stories and Tales from around the world. Open to children and adults of all ages.


Join Storytellers Kusumika Chatterjee and Pru Porretta (Lady Godiva) with Drummer Jah-man Aggrey from 2.00pm to 4.00pm

  • Saturday 13 March

at St Peter's Community Centre, Charles Street, Hillfields.

Free food and refreshments.
Free Book for every child attending the Café

Come along and enjoy stories and tales from around the world with the Imagination Café Storytellers.

Elephants' Tales

Imagination Reading Cafés presents Elephants’ Tales
By Helen Luson
As told by Imagination Reading Café Storytellers Kusumika Chatterjee and Pru Porretta (Lady Godiva). An exciting new picture story book for young children 0 to 6 years. Featuring elephant stories and tales from Coventry and India.
Price: £4.99
ISBN 978-0-9562779-0-9
A new storybook for pre school and early primary school children written up from the stories developed by the Imagination Reading Café storytellers. These cross cultural stories are suitable for young children learning to read and for parents to read with their young children. The stories aimed to support social and community cohesion with tales derived from English and Indian history, culture and traditions.
To purchase a copy please contact Colin Scott 024 7626 0740 or email colrsco@yahoo.co.uk

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Imagination Reading Cafe

Imagination Reading Cafe’s Storytellers are  Kusumika Chatterjee, an internationally renowned Asian Storyteller living in Coventry, and Pru Porretta, who has embodied the spirit  of Lady Godiva in the city for many years and is well known for her work with local schools and community organisations. 

Imagination Reading Cafes was set up to create a bridge between cultures by promoting  reading and the love of books by  children and families of all communities but particularly in areas of high social and economic disadvantage.
Imagination Reading Cafes provides an exciting mix of oral storytelling, music, drama and puppetry that speaks a universal language  to both children and adults - whatever their mother tongue and culture. 

Contact details

Hillfields Community Library
St Peter's Community Centre
Charles Street, Hillfields
Coventry
CV1 5NP
e-mail: Hillfields.library@coventry.gov.uk
telephone: 024 7663 3878
Fax: 024 7623 1970

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