In October, the baton of facilitating the Children’s Book Club meetings is passed on to writer Kali Kavvatha. A kindergarten teacher and theatre games animateur for children and adults, Kali Kavvatha is the author of the book Excursion with Federico: A teaching approach to the poems of Federico Garcia Lorca for kindergarten students. The book discussed this month will be Gianni Rodari’s The Invisible Tonino, a humorous and sensitive tale about human interaction, participation, acceptance, and showing an interest in the “important other.”
In October, the SNFCC is launching a new Children’s Book Club for young booklovers aged 10 to 12, facilitated by author Angeliki Darlasi. Angeliki Darlasi is a writer of prose and theatrical plays, while she has also engaged with television and cinema. Among her awarded works are: The Boy in the Royal Box, Badboy, When We Hid an Angel, and Dream Guardians. The book that will be discussed in this month's meeting is R. J. Palacio's Wonder.
In October, the SNFCC Teenagers’ Book Club welcomes the comic book artist and translator Thanasis Petrou as facilitator. Books of his include: Giannoulis Halepas. The Myth of Modern Greek Sculpture (on a script by Dimitris Vanellis, Patakis Publishers, 2019); Gra-Grou (on a script by Tassos Zafiriadis and Yannis Palavos, Ikaros Publishers); At the Battle of Marathon (Patakis Publishers, 2015).
In October, the SNFCC Reading Club welcomes Dimosthenis Papamarkos as facilitator of the club meetings.
