Story Time: Tinga Tinga Tales (08/09/2012)
| Venue | ： | Olympian City Branch, Shop 115, 1/F, Olympian City 1, 11 Hoi Fai Road, West Kowloon, Kln. |
| Speaker | ： | Judy Luk Christa Tam |
| Host | ： | Ms. Christa Tam |
Review
Jambo! Karibu!
Jambo is "Hello" and Karibu is "Welcome" in Swahili.
On 8 September, we greeted the boys and girls, Mums and Dads in the audience in Swahili as they were waiting for the big stories and big surprises from the land of Tinga Tinga in Africa.
Christa Tam, project manager of Blooming Club, has always found Africa a really fascinating continent ever since she was a little girl, and in particular the animals there. Reading Why Elephant Has a Trunk to the audience was a great opportunity to share the mystery of the origin of Elephant's trunk. The children were happy to learn that Elephant, who did not know that he was smelly because he had no nose, finally got one with the help of his friends – monkeys, lion, tortoise, chameleon, hippo and tickbird. They also helped to identify the animals on a beautifully illustrated map of Africa. Reading stories from different cultures to our children is great fun and a wonderful opportunity for them to absorb some geography at an early age without even realizing they have.
Judy Luk, told Why Lion Roarrrs! The audience was greatly surprised to hear that Lion wasn't originally the King of the jungle – he had no roar! Yet he had to make snappy Crocodile share the waterhole; he had to stand up to Crocodile. Then along came his friend Flea who was tiny on the outside but big on the inside. He took Lion to the Great Cave of Tinga Tinga to find his roar – from the echo! Judy's wonderfully expressive voice and face when delivering the story captured the interest of both children and parents alike.
Some loved the stories so much that they wanted to learn why Monkey swings in the trees, why Giraffe has a long neck and why Chameleon changes colours and why Leopard has spots. Well, those are whole other stories! Keep reading for more – they can be found in Puffin's Tinga Tinga Tales series.
Happy reading!
Asante, kwa heri (Thanks and goodbye!)
