We’ve read the latest issue of the children’s magazine ‘Shall We Play a Book?’!

There are moments ―often― when we need some good news to fill us with inspiration and strength to carry on. The excellent initiative by the 2nd All-Day Nursery School of Potamia, Thasos, to publish a digital version of the annual magazine “Shall We Play with a Book?”, which is dedicated to children’s books, is one such piece of optimistic news!The children’s participation, as well as the editorial supervision by their nursery teacher Vicky Xanthopoulou, were crucial to the second issue. Such important initiatives by inspired teachers deserve great recognition from our society, as they are capable of passing on the inspiration and creativity that children need. Well done, then! The brand-new issue includes the drawings by Birgitta Sif that the author sent to the nursery school along with Oliver’s dolls, so that the children could use them in their activities and learn that it is wonderful to feel different.Thodoris Papaioannou introduced the children to ‘Apenanti’, the new story of Melios, who faces a huge challenge: crossing a busy road full of traffic and cars! Together with the author, the children learnt how Melios managed it and captured it on the pages of the magazine! The issue also includes reviews of the books: The Little Pigs of Happiness (Ioanna Babeta, illustrated by Rania Varvaki), Nikiforos Discovers Emotions, Guided by Cycladic Figurines (Eleni Geroulanou, illustrated by Filippos Fotiadis), From Earth to the Moon, or the Cannon of Peace (Antonis Papatheodoulou, illustrated by Iris Samartzi), Megapolis (Dieudonné Cléa), The Good and the Bad Witches (Antonis Papatheodoulou, illustrated by Iris Samartzi) and The Island Across the Way (Eleni Georgostathi, illustrations: Eliza Vavouri). The front and back covers were designed by Myrto Delivoria, who always takes us on a journey with her images!You can enjoy reading the digital magazine together with your children here. And who knows, by the time they’ve finished reading it, they might be so inspired that they’ll want to publish their own magazine too!