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| A play dear to lovers of all ages.
Piloto e Lassie, uma outra estória de Romeu e Julieta has a realistic and refreshingly naive speech and deals with children’s everyday life. It takes inspiration both from the classic tale by its realistic features and from the contemporary tale by its fantasy. Let’s mention for example that animals can speak and, when in the absence of their masters, they create and evolve into complicity, even into an identification with their favourite readers – children. When in the presence of their masters, however, they become what the latter see or want to see in them… and what they really are – dogs living and acting simply as dogs. In this play, dogs and children look so much alike and understand each other so well in the universe they share away from that of adults, that the author of “The Little Prince” would certainly have loved this tale. With nursery rhymes and the lyric of “O sole mio”. Also two easy recipes. Dulce Rodrigues believes that performing this chaming play at school or in private will help revealing a future-to-be actor or actress. |
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Visit to a school in Bombay, India
These are the photos taken in the two classrooms I visited. The beautiful drawing shown here was made by the children.
Filed under Education, School activities, writing for children
Barry’s Adventure
20×20 cm, 24 pages Isbn 978-2-35216-298-8 |
Barry’s Adventure
Synopsis: Barry is sad and angry. How can his family play such a bad trick on him! He really does not deserve it! He has always been a faithful friend to them. Of course, humans are very ungrateful and egotistic beings, but… he had a different opinion about his family. Well, until a few moments ago! If at least he knew where they were taking him to… But nobody had even bothered telling him anything! And now there he was, sitting at the back of the car, the road before him, nothing else but always the road! Illustrations: Cristian Polocoser (Romanian illustrator) |
Barry’s Adventure is also available as a kindle book. Both books are sold through Amazon.com .
Books Day in Walferdange, Luxembourg
I usually don’t write about a literary event after I have attended it, but I would nevertheless like to leave a trace of my participation at the Books Day (Journées du Livre) in Walferdange, Luxembourg, on November 21st and 22, 2009.
At the request of association Amitié Portugal-Luxembourg I developped there a few kids’ activities turning around science and maths and inspired by the tales “The myth of Sissa”, “Dido, queen of Carthage”, “A snail’s adventure”, among others. Exhibition as well of my kids’ books.
Filed under Book fair, Children's books and plays, Education, School activities
Book signing at the Musson Book Fair
I’m pleased to inform that I’ll be present at the next Musson Book Fair in Belgium on October 3rd and 4th between 140:00 and 17:30 on both days.
I’ll be very happy to meet there anyone interested in my books and in my children’s activities in general.
I seize the opportunity to invite you to visit my children’s website www.barry4kids.net .
To make surfing thru the site an agreeable entertainment, a video with instructions has been posted in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OsW0TlwBbA&feature=related .
I hope you’ll enjoy both the video and the site.
Dulce Rodrigues
Festival Camões at Oloron Sainte-Marie, France
Festival Camões in Oloron Sainte-Marie, France
At the invitation of the Association France-Portugal, I was in Oloron Sainte-Marie, in France, from June 8 to 14, and participated in the celebrations held in that French town in honour of the great Portuguese poet Luíz de Camões.
In the afternoon of June 9, I was interviewed by Helène Clairfond for Radio Oloron. The subject of the radio broadcast obviously covered the life and work of Luís de Camões, and during the interview I read a few poems (in French translation) of this great Portuguese poet.
The following day, June 10, as well in the afternoon, I went to the Centre Culturel Leclerc for a “story time” activity with children. Considering that my visit to Oloron was part of the Festival Camões, I read besides excerpts from my most recent children’s books also a few poems written by school children in France inspired by my story books.
The exhibition on the life and work of Camões was officially inaugurated on June 11 during a conference, followed by a cocktail, offered by the Town Hall of Oloron Sainte-Marie. I addressed the conference. As you know, in addition to my literary activity for children I’m also a passionate amateur historian, particularly in what concerns Portuguese History and Culture. I was very pleased to see (thru feedback I received) that the intensity and emotion of my speech about Camões charmed the audience all the time and cast a deeper interest about not only the lyrical poesy of this world-genius of literature but also his epic poem “The Lusiads”.
Filed under Children's books and plays, Education, Press Releases
Book signing at the 2009 Geneva Book Fair
Dear friends and acquaintances,
Let me share with you another important step in my writing4kids career. On April 25 in the morning and 26 in the afternoon, I was present at the Geneva International Book Fair (Switzerland) for a book signing of Le Père Noel est enrhumé at the invitation of the publisher.
It was another rich experience, especially under the human point of view.
My next cultural activity will most certainly be only in June. Until then, I wish you the best.
Dulce Rodrigues
Visit to the European School in Luxembourg
Dear friends and acquaintances,
I’m pleased to let you know that on April 22nd I’ll be visiting a few classes of the French section of the European school in Luxembourg. The aim of the visit is among other, a pedagogical approach to my recent children’s book Il était une fois… une Maison or, alternatively, to my theatre plays book Le Théâtre des Animaux.
I also have in mind some discussion about my children’s website www.barry4kids.net .
Dulce Rodrigues
