Dakota's Winternachten Verhalenfestival: Princess Arabella

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Tip. Mylo Freeman will also appear on Friday, 17 January at Friday Night Unlimited, a varied festival night with 24 events in six rooms at the Theater aan het Spui and the The Hague Filmhuis. And in Dakota's talkshow on Sunday 19 January.

In Mylo Freeman's picturebooks you will mainly see colored children as the main character. Why is that? Some years ago Mylo heard a story about a little girl called Jahkini. She was given the role of princess in a schoolplay but she categorically refused. 'Black princesses do not exist!', she answered. After Mylo heard this story she decided to do something about it right away. She decided to make a picturebook about a princess of color and that became princess Arabella! Meanwhile there are 13 books published.

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Date and time Sunday 19 January 2020 from 13:00 to 14:00 hrs
Location Theater en Filmhuis Dakota

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Mylo Freeman

(Netherlands) is Dutch-American. After her studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, she lived for several years in New York.  She worked for magazines and started creating children's books. In 1998 she won the Kiekebook Prize for Potje!, which also apeared in translation. In the meantime she has produced about 50 picture books and is best known for her 12-part Princess Arabella series, now also a puppet series, an app and a play. It helps fill a much needed niche: picture books with more diversity. Freeman also leads workships, gives readings and appears in musical performances. She is the chair of Stichting3, which aims to stimulate diversity in children's literature via children's book festivals and reading-aloud competitions.
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