Espen Stranger-Johannessen – The Conversation

Illustration by Wiehan de Jager from the story by ‘I Like to Read,’ by Letta Machoga, originally from the African Storybook project. This story is now available on Storybooks Canada in 28 languages. (African Storybook)

January 19, 2020

Global Storybooks: From Arabic to Zulu, freely available digital tales in 50+ languages

Bonny Norton, University of British Columbia and Espen Stranger-Johannessen, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

A free, open-access repository of multilingual children’s stories is one response to the United Nations’ urgent call to promote equitable education on the International Day of Education, January 24.

Whether you read to your kids or they read alone, share stories from and about Africa with them. Shutterstock

December 7, 2015

African stories to get and keep kids reading during school holidays

Espen Stranger-Johannessen, University of British Columbia

Traditional African stories often tackle big, occasionally scary and serious themes. This is even true in children’s stories – though there’s plenty of room for silly fun, too.

Contact Espen for