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Black History Month Library Tour

 

 

We are excited to announce that this October, Tola Okogwu will be visiting libraries all over London and the South East to celebrate Black History Month. She will be reading books from the Daddy Do My Hair series, signing books and there will be fun craft activities too. Check out the schedule below to see where she’ll be and we look forward to seeing you there!!

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Kechi’s Hair Goes Every Which Way Launches at Brixton Library

Join Tola Okogwu as she launches the latest book in the Daddy Do My Hair? series. ‘Kechi’s Hair Goes Every Which Way’ is a fun and exciting book guaranteed to entertain everyone

Date: 29th May 2018

Location: Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, SW2 1JQ

Time: 10:30am

This event is suitable for children aged 2+ and will be followed by craft activities and a book signing. Books can also be purchased not he day.

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Hope’s Braids Featured in the Book Trust!

Daddy Do My Hair? Hope’s Braids has been featured in the Book Trust’s ‘Books we like: June 2017’ list. Check HERE for more info and to see other fab books on the list.

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Daddy Do My Hair at The Discover Children’s Story Centre

Listen to author Tola Okogwu tell stories from her Daddy Do My Hair? series, and learn how Rahima Begum illustrates them. Find out how to create the hair styles featured in the books and then make your own paper plate character with twisted, braided hair. There will also be a chance to design a special Father’s Day card.

Date: 17th June 2017

Location: Discover Children’s Story Centre, 383-387 High street, London E15 4QZ

Time: 2:30pm

This event is suitable for children aged 4+ and will be followed by a book signing. To pre-book please call 020 8536 5555 (Mon-Fri 10am-5pm) or visit HERE.

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Our New Campaign | #WeReadBecause

We are really pleased to announce that to celebrate World Book Day on the 2nd of March, we’ve teamed up with our friends, the team behind ‘The Adventures of Obi and Titi’ for a new social media campaign – ‘We Read Because’.

‘We Read Because’ is an initiative designed to raise awareness of the many benefits that reading for pleasure has on children’s development, not just academically but socially, psychologically and on their emotional wellbeing. By doing this we hope to promote and highlight the importance of reading for leisure so that parents, especially those from BAME backgrounds encourage this activity in their homes.

The benefits of reading for leisure have been widely studied. Children who frequently read in their leisure time do better in school, are better communicators and command a richer vocabulary.  When children read widely, they are exposed to different ideas, cultures and situations, which enrich their outlook on life.  Consequently, they are more likely to develop a better understanding of the world around them, including an appreciation of different cultures and perspectives.  A strong reading culture also improves general knowledge and helps children relate to others better.

One of the great benefits of reading is that it is a great equaliser, with research showing that reading for leisure is more important for a child’s educational attainment than their family’s socio-economic status. In England, children read less frequently for leisure than in other countries. This means that a large number of children in England are losing out on a simple activity that could have a significant and positive impact on their development.

World Book Day Director Kirsten Grant says: “World Book Day is about creating readers for the future by igniting a love of books and reading in children and young people.”

Our campaign will utilise social media to highlight specific benefits of reading by telling the world why we read.

You can get involved by using the hashtag #WeReadBecause in the week leading up to and on World Book Day and tell everyone why you read. To help, we have created a briefing to support you, available HERE. Alternatively, you can simply re-tweet or share our Tweets, Facebook and Instagram posts.

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Daddy Do My Hair Featured in Book Trust!

Daddy Do My Hair? Beth’s Twists has been featured in the Book Trust’s ‘Books we like: January 2017’ list. Check HERE for more info and to see other fab books on the list.

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Discovering Daddy Do My Hair with Discovering Natural

We love this very special video from Discovering Natural. Lil Sis and Dad bond while she reads Beth’s Twists and Dad puts in some actual twists.

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Tola Okogwu is Featured in Kent Messenger

Read the article HERE

 

Kent Online

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Daddy Do My Hair Launch

Check out Entertain The Kid’s write up of the Daddy Do My Hair Launch

DADDY DO MY HAIR? BETH’S TWISTS

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CBeebies Loves Daddy Do My Hair!!

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