Educationist want content in children’s story books upgraded

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Children Books

By Anita Eboigbe

An educationist, Dorcas Ikya, has tasked Nigerian authors with special interest in children’s books, to upgrade their work content in line with the current demands of the society.

Ikya, who is the founder of Tabitha Kids, a reading club and bookshop for children, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja that Nigerian children books were still far behind in content.

She explained that with the fast pace of the contemporary society, most authors were yet to give full attention to stories containing issues that today’s children could easily relate with.

Ikya said: “With the rise of fast paced society, I think the British and American children author’s have done a great job with elements of children books.

“Our Nigerian authors are coming up, although we still have a lot to do so as to catch up; we still have a lot of animal themed folktales and stories.

“This is against the stories relating to issues children can…



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