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Our partnership with the WA Museum is extended to 2023

Le toboggan at the WA Museum

We are proud to announce that our French and Spanish tours for children will continue in 2023. As part of the WA Museum’ s community partnership project, Le toboggan was invited to run the tours next year as they promote multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion.

Next year’s calendar is:

12 February – Dinosaurs French and Spanish tours

12 March – Wildlife gallery – the marsupials in French

2 April – Wildlife gallery – the marsupials in Spanish

7 May – Origins gallery – learning about minerals in French

11 June – Origins gallery- learning about minerals in Spanish

3 September – NKBW (First Australians) gallery – Dreamtime stories – in French

15 October – NKBW (First Australians) gallery – Dreamtime stories – in Spanish

5 November – Wildlife gallery – TBA – in French

3 December – Wildlife gallery – TBA – in Spanish

I look forward to teaching young adventurers fun facts about the universe and life on our planet in their heritage language.

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‘Hasta las narices’

hasta las narices - le toboggan

In Spanish, from 10yo.

Teenagers and parents have a hard time understanding each other. This book tells us about Alberto, Anais, Candela, Jota y Raquel and how they want to try new things, such as go and visit a friend who lives far way or they want to ride their bike across town. Their parents think they are too young for some of those adventures. Everyone is unhappy and getting cranky.

It is a funny story showing that the teenage years are difficult for both the children and the parents. Despite the miscommunication and emotions, parents and children love each other.

For more info visit https://bit.ly/3df5d6l

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2022 Book Week Competition

Book week competition Le toboggan bookstore

Book week competition

Win a $25 voucher to spend at Le toboggan!

1. Share a picture of your child reading one of our books on Facebook or Instagram.

2. Tell us which book and which language

3. Tag 2 friends

4. Tag @letobogganbookstore

Winner will be announced on Monday 29th August.

*entries until Sunday 28th 12am WAST

*for Australian residents only

Good luck!

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‘La roca de Mila y Carlos’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Mila is a seal. She has found a rock to rest on. Carlos is seagull and they quickly become friends. Then Carlos’ s father call him to go home. Mila is sad to see her friend leave and to top it all, the sky is filling with dark heavy clouds. A storm is coming and a huge wave lands on Mila’s rock. Mila disappears. Carlos is looking for his friend but only finds her hat. What happened to Mila? He goes back to her rock to wait for her. He, finally, finds her and they realise that their friendship is stronger than a storm.

To read this beautifully illustrated story visit https://bit.ly/3nyv7UF

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‘Orsetto Bruno fa la pizza’

In Italian, from 1yo.

Gorgeous little board book that will teach young readers how to make a pizza. Help brown bear by making the dough, flatten it, add the ingredients and cook the pizza.

Children can turn wheels and pull flaps to see how each step of the recipe changes the illustrations.

For more info visit https://bit.ly/3OTC3qX

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‘Harmony day with the Goethe society of WA’

It was a real pleasure to contribute to the Goethe Society’s celebration for Harmony day.

After spending some time with the parents watching all German speaking children play different games, we had a taste of several yummy German food, including Pretzels.

I then read books in French and in Spanish. It was an interactive session where there were exchanges of words in German, French and Spanish. We try to guess words in one of those 3 languages and I could tell some were made up even when it was in German.

Christine Reger, the language coordinator, kindly mentioned us in her article in the April issue of the Treffpunkt (page 3).

I look forward to collaborating on more events promoting multiculturalism in Perth and in Australia.

Le toboggan

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2021 French & Spanish story times

We are back in 2021 at the City of Perth Library, Hay Street, with more wonderful stories in Spanish and i French.

Everyone is welcome, non speakers too.

Here are the dates for the first 6 months. the remainder of the year will be updated in a few months.

Spanish

6th Jan / 3rd Feb / 3rd March / 7th April / 5th May / 2nd June

French

20th Jan / 17th Feb / 17th March / 21st Apr / 12th May / 16th June

We look forward to seeing you soon.

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2021 French & Spanish story times at the City of Perth Library

This year we will be back in partnership with the City of Perth Library to bring you more beautiful stories in French and in Spanish.

Come along and join us for one hour of songs, stories and craft. All welcome, non native speakers as well. It is a free event.

The dates for the first half of the year are as follows. We will add the dates for the second half in a few months.

SPANISH

January 6th Spanish

February 3rd Spanish

March 3rd Spanish

April 7th Spanish

May 5th Spanish

June 2nd Spanish

FRENCH

January 20th French

February 17th French

March 17th French

April 21st French 

May 12th French

June 16th French

See you soon!

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‘Charlie y la fabrica de chocolate’

In Spanish, from 8yo.

Charlie’s dream comes true. He won the golden ticket that will allow him to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. He cannot wait to explore and discover how all the delicious sweets are made. However, he will find that his day is taking an expected turn when the other children are not following the rules.

For more information visit https://bit.ly/3k8XDYI