Tiny Books for Tiny Folks は・・・
Tiny Books for Tiny Folksは、神戸市にある児童英語図書館です。6才と0才の子供を持つシンガポール人ママが創設しました。
私たちは、日本の子どもたちにも英語の本の世界を広め、親子で一緒に楽しめる本を選ぶお手伝いができればと願っております。しかしながら、日本の公立図書館にはごく限られた英語の児童図書しかなく、私たちの図書館がこの問題を少しでも解決できればと幸います。
私たちは、世界中の本を取り揃えしていますので、お子様たちに様々な文化の多種多様な本を楽しんでいただくことができます。
私自身、３歳の子どもの母親であり、子どもを図書館へ連れていくことや、時間内に本を借りたり返したりすることは、時には困難であると感じています。オンライン図書館では、空いた時間に蔵書検索や、借りたい本を予約することができ、毎月ご自宅まで本をお届けします。返却の際は、返信用ラベルを貼り、郵便小包でお送りください。送料はこちらが負担します。
もしどの本を選んでよいかわからない場合、おまかせサービスをお選びください。お子様の好みに応じて、こちらが選定させていただきます。毎月発行する会報には、新着図書や著者の紹介をします。
図書館は私設のものであるため、会費をいただいております。図書館維持のためのわずかな会費で、毎月４冊かそれ以上の本をお楽しみいただけます。また、将来的には、メンバーの方にはバースデー特典とメンバー限定イベント等のご用意も計画中です。
いつでも、お気軽にtinybookstinyfolks@gmail.comまでお問い合わせください。
ご連絡をお待ちしています！
Tiny Books for Tiny Folks is a library of English children books based in Kobe, Japan. It is founded by a Singaporean mum with a 6 year old & a 5 month old child.
We want to bring the world of English children books to children in Japan and help parents choose the right books that both parents and children can enjoy together. However, there is a very small range of English children books in Japan’s public libraries so we hope to address this problem with our library.
We will locate and purchase the books from all over the world, so that the children can enjoy the diversity and variety of books from different cultures.
Being a mum of a 3 year old toddler myself, I understand that it is sometimes hard to bring children to the library, or to be able to borrow and return books in person on time. Our online library allows parents to browse through the library catalog online, at your own time, and place reservations on the books you want to borrow online, with the books delivered to your doorstep by the postman every month. Returning books will be done at the post office, and return address labels with packaging will be provided, also the postage will also paid by us. If you are not sure what books to select, do feel free to request for our recommendation service, and we will provide some selection for you based on your preferences. Other services include a monthly newsletter with book blurbs of new arrivals to our library and an introduction to a few different books and authors each month.
As the library is privately funded, our library is based on paid membership fees. With a minimal fee to help maintain and improve the library collection, members will be able to enjoy 4 books or more each month, with birthday surprises for the child as well as participate in members-only events in future.
We are working on launching this service right now and are in the midst of preparing the catalog of books. Please feel free to drop us a note anytime at tinybookstinyfolks@gmail.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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