Let Me Tell You A Story
"Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time...." begin many evenings of story-telling in homes in all corners of the world. These tales narrated to children may be in many tongues, but the voices behind them are usually of grown-ups telling stories written by other grown-ups.
This time around, it will be the children writing their own stories.
ThinkArts invited children from South Asia and Switzerland (age 6 to 9) to share their stories written in response to our prompts. These prompts were carefully selected from children's stories. From here, they took it on!
While the prompts are in English, the stories submitted could be written in any South Asian language, and could be accompanied by drawings and paintings. Children in Switzerland could also send in their creations in German, French, Italian and Romansch.
These will now be brought to life in the form of audio-stories and illustrations made by professional story-tellers and artists. These creations will then be published on the ThinkArts website.
Let Me Tell You A Story is presented by ThinkArts with support from Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. The International Literature Festival BuchBasel are also project partners.
This time around, it will be the children writing their own stories.
ThinkArts invited children from South Asia and Switzerland (age 6 to 9) to share their stories written in response to our prompts. These prompts were carefully selected from children's stories. From here, they took it on!
While the prompts are in English, the stories submitted could be written in any South Asian language, and could be accompanied by drawings and paintings. Children in Switzerland could also send in their creations in German, French, Italian and Romansch.
These will now be brought to life in the form of audio-stories and illustrations made by professional story-tellers and artists. These creations will then be published on the ThinkArts website.
Let Me Tell You A Story is presented by ThinkArts with support from Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. The International Literature Festival BuchBasel are also project partners.
and here are the prompts that were specially chosen...
which language would you like to read it in?
STORY PROMPTS IN ENGLISH
STORY PROMPTS IN GERMAN
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