May 7, 2017 | General, Volunteer
Attention Neighbors! We are in need of leaders to start new reading groups. These groups meet two times a month for 2 hours each meeting. The meeting times would be determined by your schedule. We are especially looking to start several beginning and several...
May 7, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
By Lana In the Caribbean, stories are not just for telling; they are for singing and dancing too. This is a traditional story of trickery from Trinidad and Tobago. Most Caribbean folktales come from Africa, where storytelling often includes chanting and...
May 7, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
By Ramya Jonathan Wright is a certified fairyologist who is given credit for being the first one to “discover” the fairy doors in Ann Arbor. The first one appeared in the baseboards of the home of Jonathan and Kathleen Wright in 1993. Subsequently several others were...
May 5, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
By Momoko We have a lot of folk tales in Japan, but I think ‘’Momotaro’’ is the most famous. Every Japanese child can tell this story and sing this song. Please let me give you some background information before you start to read the story. ‘’Momo’’ means peach and...
May 5, 2017 | Announcements, Featured Articles, General
Interested in starting a new group in International Neighbors? Welcome! Great ideas from our members make us thrive and grow. We do have a few simple rules from the Board to help new groups start in an orderly way. 1) First please contact your Activities Coordinator...
May 5, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
By Jennie, Maria, Marcy, Martha Here’s a new section we want to start in the newsletter. You can help. Send your recommendations of on-line resources for finding events, concerts, festivals, etc. (preferably free 🙂 in the Ann Arbor area to us at...
May 4, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
By Xiaochen As life tears us apart, Let death bring us together. We are incarnated in butterflies upon death, Dancing in undying love and happiness. Yingtai Zhu, the only daughter of the wealthy Zhu family in town, loved reading and longed to attend school like her...
May 4, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
by Jennie ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ is an English folk/fairy tale, first published in 1734, but probably of much older origin, and passed on verbally at family and cultural gatherings. The text of the story was changed over the years from the 1734 edition, so that...
May 4, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
By Rei Unlike Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty, most Japanese tales or myths do not end with a “happily ever after” scenario. There are more than 34,000* stories in Japan, and most of them with a purpose of educating children about the concept of “what...
May 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, General
By Maria I have chosen the story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. It was written in 1936 by an American author but the story takes place in Spain. It tells the tale of a young bull named Ferdinand who was expected to take part in the Spanish bull fights in Madrid. He...
