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East Asian Story Time

Japanese

2022-02-26 14:00:00 2022-02-26 14:30:00 America/Chicago East Asian Story Time Urbana Free Library - Zoom

Saturday, February 26
2:00pm - 2:30pm

Add to Calendar 2022-02-26 14:00:00 2022-02-26 14:30:00 America/Chicago East Asian Story Time Come listen to a bilingual story in Japanese and English! Urbana Free Library - Zoom

Come listen to a bilingual story in Japanese and English!

Bring your children to East Asian Story Time, and enjoy a Kamishibai telling of “How The Years Were Named” or 来年は何どし. This story follows the traditional folktale describing how the years of the Lunar New Year were decided. 

A popular form of street theater in the 1930s and post-war Japan, Kamishibai (紙芝居) or “paper play” is a set of illustrated boards or cards that tell a story. 

Co-sponsored by The Urbana Free Library and the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois.

AGE GROUP: | Toddlers | Pre-Schoolers | Families |

EVENT TYPE: | Children |

TAGS: | Story Time | Japanese |

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