💙 Today was so much more than a storytime. It was an beautiful experience at Barnes & Noble Tampa! 📚✨

Watching the children—and their parents—jump into the experience reminded me why I believe reading should never be just about reading the words on a page.

Reading can be a journey.
A conversation.
A game.
A moment to wonder.
A chance to feel.
A chance to connect.

Today, the children didn’t just listen to Ahvian’s Emotions—they experienced it. 💛

We read together, colored, worked on puzzles, talked about feelings, and asked trivia questions that made little minds stop, think, remember, and share their ideas.

And they were AMAZING! 🙌

Little hands went up.
Voices answered questions.
Eyes lit up when they got an answer right.
And the excitement of earning a prize made learning even more joyful! 🎁✨

Then came the Magic Emotion Cape! 🪄🧡

The children put on the cape and stepped into an adventure where they could act out emotions, use their imagination, and explore how feelings can look, sound, and feel.

This is the kind of learning I love.

Because when children read + think + move + play + create + express, the story becomes something they can truly experience.

📖 Reading becomes an adventure.
💛 Emotions become something they can talk about.
🧠 Questions become opportunities to think.
🎨 Creativity becomes a way to express.
👨‍👩‍👧 And families become part of the learning.

That is the heart of Ahvian The Creative™ Bilingual Series

I want children to open a book and not simply ask, “What happens next?”

I want them to ask:

“How does this character feel?”
“How would I feel?”
“What would I do?”
“Can I show you?”
“Can we play it out?”

Because sometimes, the most meaningful learning happens after we turn the page. 💙📚✨

Thank you to every family who joined me today. Your energy, your participation, your children’s curiosity, and those beautiful little smiles made this morning unforgettable.

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I am deeply honored to have been selected 📚 to present at the World Literacy Summit 2027 at the University of Oxford in Oxford, UK. 🌍 
— 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚, 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍-𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈—𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏, 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈.

❤️ From the official acceptance letter:

“Dear Mahiette Tarrago,
On behalf of the World Literacy Summit, we are pleased to inform you that your submissions, “Connected Literacy: Building Bilingual Readers Through Storytelling, Creativity, and Social-Emotional Learning,” & "The Power of the Home Language: Strengthening Bilingual Literacy Through Storytelling, Culture, and Family Partnerships,” have been ACCEPTED as presentations at the World Literacy Summit at the University of Oxford in Oxford, UK.

This year, we received over 600 submissions from almost 30 different countries, making this an exceptionally competitive review process. Your submission was carefully reviewed and evaluated by our review committee and selected for presentation.”

Grateful for this opportunity to represent our mission and contribute to a global conversation about literacy and inclusive education. ❤️

#WorldLiteracySummit #Oxford2027 #BilingualLiteracy #InclusiveEducation #AhvianTheCreative

Mahiette Tarrago, M.F.A.
Author • Speaker • Educator
Creator of a Bilingual Literacy Program
& SEL Advocate
🇩🇪📚 🌍 We’re proud to share that our bilingual educational series is being showcased also through the @ibpalovesindies #IBPA at the Frankfurt Book Fair! 🇩🇪

Come Say Hi! 👋📍 Hall 4.2 — Stand H34

We’re excited to connect with publishers, educators, librarians, distributors, and international licensing partners! 🌎🤝

📚 Discover Ahvian The Creative™ — a bilingual educational series connecting storytelling, literacy, creativity, and social-emotional learning for diverse learners. AHVIAN THE CREATIVE™ AT FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR!

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