Story time: Hong Kong ABCs (02/06/2012)
| Venue | ： | Olympian City Branch, Shop 115, 1/F, Olympian City 1, 11 Hoi Fai Road, West Kowloon, Kln. |
| Speaker | ： | Ms. Diana Wu-David |
| Host | ： | Ms. Christa Tam |
Review
We are really happy that within the past three weeks, we have had two authors, Lise Leyris from France and Diana Wu-David from the US who have both made Hong Kong their homes coming to Blooming Club to share with us the things they love about our city. Sometimes we take our own place so much for granted that we have to look through other people’s eyes to see how wonderful this place is.
On 2 June 2012, Diana showed our young audience and their parents images from her recently published title, Hong Kong ABC. This book was written as a labour of love for her children Emily, Alex and James and the children of Room To Read, a non-profit organization that seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. For more details, please visit http://www.roomtoread.org .
Our young members who have learnt their alphabet were surprised and amused to find out that in Hong Kong ABC, the letters stand for things which are quite unlike what they have been taught. The children had great fun joining in as soon as they saw the vivid illustrations by Margaret Jung, a budding young illustrator.
A is for Aberdeen! B is for Bao (bun)! E is for egg-tart! Yummy! J is for? This one seemed to be a bit tricky for the boys and girls who have not had the chance to see the old junks sailing in the sea. Surprise, surprise! X is for Xiong Mao, meaning panda, the cute creature all children love.
Our members greatly enjoyed the quiz on Hong Kong, and the lollipops Diana had brought back from Korea for children who answered the questions correctly. They also loved the colouring sheet of Xiong Mao to take home.
We thank Diana for being with us and for her support for reading, and look forward to having her again at Blooming Club in the future.
