Author tells true stories
Life tells the best stories, and the stories author Hanna Schott shared with her young audience of grade 1 to 4 learners at the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule (DHPS) recently, were indeed as colourful and varied as life itself.Schott only tells and writes true stories. The story she told 1st and 2nd graders about the Ethiopian girl Kidist who ended up in Germany without her family and no knowledge of German, is based on a true event. “When you look at Germany through the eyes of a child, everything looks different and many normal things suddenly turn out to be amazing and very funny,” Schott said.
Learners in grade 3 and 4 listened to the touching story of Fritzi who grew up in the former GDR and who – in a very charming way – expressed her awareness about her parents’ quarrels after watching TV and schoolmates moving away.
Grade 3 and 4 teachers familiarised their students with the topic in advance while they were fascinated by Schott’s stories and asked interesting questions. The DHPS, particularly the primary school learners, were grateful for the opportunity to welcome Schott to the school on her reading tour through Namibia.