Lovely message from Katarina from the English for Kids Foundation who was training 8 volunteer teachers part of the Global Education Practicum – Teaching in India 2017. EFKF is a charity based in Roosendaal (NL) and although my priority is of course getting books into Dutch schools, I love this project and am humbled to be supporting it. The first time I donated books was when Katarina took volunteer teachers to Brazil.  I was so touched that the English books I had donated were the first ones the school had ever received…in the end it´s about the kids and their future. Big thanks this time also to Mandy Hattink-Kennard who passed on some OUP teaching materials to add to my pile of English children´s books.

Dear Little English Library. Thank you very much for the donated books for our English for Kids Foundation volunteering project in India. Today a group of volunteers gathered for the first time, and use the materials for preparing the lessons and projects for India 2017. Ladies love the posters and books at different levels, and they are enthusiastic about teaching books which will make their work a bit easier. We will keep you posted! Namaste! Katarina https://efkf.org/

The Little English Library: Opening Dutch Classroom Doors to the World of English Children´s Literature.

Final 4th November 2016 / Language Diversity as Enrichment.

What a great day, what a great competition. It was wonderful meeting all the judges and their interest in the library was brilliant &   most appreciated. Unfortunately, we didn’t win but we made the finals together with 7 other projects. The first price went to a lovely French / German VWO project, second went to teaching English with Shakespeare at HAVO and the last was a Language Cafe for international students. Great range of projects and worthy winners.

And this is it: packing up the last Library Starter Pack for a Breda based primary school. Really delighted, all spots on the Little English School Library Project have now been filled. Thanks for the support and interest. Brilliant

Yeay! The Little English Library has been shortlisted for the European Talenlabel. This year’s theme was ”Language Diversity as Enrichment”. English children’s lit is going places in the Netherlands. The final takes place 4th November during the National Congress for Modern Languages. Thanks & Fingers crossed.

Busy day at The Little English School Library Montessori+ Breda. Rosalind who runs the English School Library at De Kring in Rijen is visiting. De Kring is one of the schools that has just joined our Little English School project. Currently their book count is still quite low (around 60 books) and so Rosalind is making use of SWAP 20. Together with her little helpers she is choosing 20 books for the little library members at De Kring.