The Flying Suitcase has landed!
Do you lead children's reading groups, organise class visits, coordinate
displays or run storytimes in a public library?
Would you like to join in the worldwide celebration of Hans Christian
Andersen's 200th birthday?
Visit Denmark's Flying Suitcase is a beautiful suitcase designed for schools
and libraries. It contains information on Andersen's life and home country,
Puffin books, posters, a dvd and an activities CD Rom written and designed
by the British Library, who are hosting a major Hans Christian Andersen
exhibition for all ages this summer.
500 of VisitDenmark's Flying Suitcases will be distributed free of charge to
English public libraries to celebrate the bicentenary of Hans Christian
Andersen's birth on a first-come, first served basis and on the
understanding that each Flying Suitcase is shared between at least four
libraries in the area.
To ensure that a Flying Suitcase lands in your authority in May, please send
your name, address, your Central Library's address*, telephone number and
email address to:
Cathy Walters
British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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Please state clearly how many libraries you are hoping to use the Flying
Suitcase with in your authority. Where possible more than one Flying
Suitcase will be sent.
The closing date for applications will be Friday April 8th 2005.
Get a sneak preview of the Flying Suitcase on VisitDenmark's website at
www.visitdenmark.com/flyingsuitcase
Bring a group, or your family, to visit the free Hans Christian Andersen
Exhibition at the British Library, 96 Euston Road from 20 May - 2 October
and at Leeds Central Library from 8 June - 27 July. For more information
visit <http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/forthcoming.html>
http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/forthcoming.html.
The Flying Suitcase is supported by the HCA 2005 Foundation, DfES'
TeacherNet , the British Library, Puffin Books Club, DenmarkCottages/NOVASOL
and Scandinavian Airlines System.
* Please note that in some cases the Flying Suitcase will be distributed to
Central Libraries via regional networks for onward distribution. We will
contact you with details if this is the case.
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Henry Girling
Regional and Library Programmes
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
T: 020 7412 7333
F: 020 7412 7155
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W: www.bl.uk/about/cooperation/cooperation.html
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