How literature can ignite children's curiosity
Susan Misfud
The library at Susan’s international primary school in Hong Kong is a central, beloved space where all 900 students visit every week. She takes a hands-on approach, personally reviewing and selecting picture books to ensure they align with students’ interests and educational needs. During a Zoom discussion of books shortlisted for the Golden Dragon Book Award, she was moved by a student’s enthusiasm for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which sparked further research and excitement. Susan finds these moments fulfilling, as they demonstrate how literature can ignite curiosity and support emotional development in children.
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“I do make sure that is the first priority when children are here in the library, to be mingling with them on the library floor, talking to them about what they are looking at, what they’ve read, what they love reading.”
Susan Misfud
Susan Misfud
Susan Misfud is a primary school librarian. She was the school librarian of the Kennedy school library at Hong Kong at the time this interview took place. She is currently living in Australia where she is a librarian at an international school.
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