On world book day, I personally feel children should dress up as character that reflect our diverse community, and we can do that by also making sure the books children read reflect this. Raising my children I remember one of my son’s coming home one day from primary school upset because he had dressed up as a character from one of the books, and a few of the children had laughed at him and said to him that he could not be the character because he was black. I must admit I was quite upset and decided to do something about it through writing my books and researching other authors.
I created Confident Queen my personna and lead character in my children’s books, as a modern day superhero, who helps children to unwrap the Gift of Confidence which is within them. I do this through my “I can” series of books, my confidence songs, my gift of confidence toolbook, confidence awards and my confident children’s project based in Northfleet kent.
Confident Queen on world book day.
For world book day i encourage children to dress up with some of the Confident Queen accessories and sing and dance to the fun confidence song I wrote. Here are some photos of children dressed up.
Listen to me reading my book – I can still play football
https://soundcloud.com/genny-jones-1/childrens-story-i-can-play-football-again
Sing along to my Confident Child Song
https://soundcloud.com/genny-jones-1/confident-child-with-confident-queen
Make your Gift of Confidence Tool Box
https://confidentqueengenny.com/2019/09/04/gift-of-confidence-box-for-children/
About world book day
On World Book Day each year, children of all ages will come together to appreciate reading very loudly and very happily. The main aim of World Book Day in the UK and Ireland is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own. http://www.worldbookday.com/about/
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