Naomi (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} naomikritzer) wrote, |
Heh. I immediately started wondering what books my girls love would appeal to a young Kenyan nomad girl.
When I was studying in Nepal, I was once asked to entertain a group of little girls (all of whom spoke enough English to understand me) by telling them a story. I told them the story of the Six Swans, thinking that the cultural overlap would work. I nailed it. Nepali folklore is full of stories about the brother-sister bond and in which sisters save brothers from terrible fates, and also has stories where people are turned into animals, I think, so there was an instant resonance and the most outspoken of the kids I was telling the story to informed me when I was done that it was an excellent story.
When I was studying in Nepal, I was once asked to entertain a group of little girls (all of whom spoke enough English to understand me) by telling them a story. I told them the story of the Six Swans, thinking that the cultural overlap would work. I nailed it. Nepali folklore is full of stories about the brother-sister bond and in which sisters save brothers from terrible fates, and also has stories where people are turned into animals, I think, so there was an instant resonance and the most outspoken of the kids I was telling the story to informed me when I was done that it was an excellent story.
