The Magical World of Books

Tue 24 Apr
School Activities

Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.

Programme

10:30am – Activity

Choose between the 2 following activities:

Language Activity (year 5 to 6): Work around the trailer of Sirocco & the Kingdom of Airstreams and discover the world of books and the film through exciting activities!

Library Activity (year 3 to 4): Discover the magical world you can access through books during various engaging activities in our children’s library the Quentin Blake Library!

 

12pm – Lunch break

 

12:45pm – Screening

Sirocco & le Royaume des Courants d’Air

cert. TBC| by Benoit Chieux with Loïse Charpentier, Maryne Bertieaux, 2023, 74′, animation, in French with English subtitles

Audience Award at the Annecy Animation Festival, Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams follows two sisters, 4-year-old Juliette and 8-year-old Carmen. Together they discover a passage between their world and a book’s, The Kingdom of Air Streams. To come back they need to find Sirocco, a terrifying character who can control the wind.

 

2:15pm – End of the day

 

Contact

Edinburgh