Ruben Dario for kids

Instituto Cervantes Manchester and Leeds Storytelling begins the year dedicated to the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. An activity that aims to bring the best of literature to children because they will be the readers of tomorrow.

The Storytelling is bilingual and the texts will be worked on Adam Feinstein translations. Claire Culliford will be working on the didactic component, and we will have the participation of Guisell Morales, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United Kingdom; and the Hispanist, Adam Feinstein.

Recommended age 5 to 8 years.

Claire Culliford is a writer, teacher and translator. Her children's book series The Little Helpers, written to support the sustainable goals of the United Nations, has been translated into a large number of languages and is read by children all over the world. Schools and educational institutions to teach children about global issues through the power of history use Claire’s books. Claire continues to work in all areas of education, from lecturing at Leeds University on film subtitling in French and Spanish to using translations of her books to support young people learning Spanish at the Instituto Cervantes. Having studied Hispanic literature, Claire is passionate about presenting the works of the great Latin American children's authors to support Spanish learning and cultural assimilation.