Event synopsis

Wren offers a unique activity; she will bring an African flavour to her work, through context, images, music, stories, children’s games, and even, children’s clothes. First, though, she asks that everybody sorts, collects and brings old, loved books to school to use as the materials. Then class by class, she makes sculptures. See an armchair grow from a pile of books, make a maze, or even a house! This activity is accessible, fun and full of challenges. It’s hard to do without stopping and reading a few books along the way. But the best is yet to come. The books your school has collected will support Wren’s work in Mali where she’s developing a charity to collect books for this, one of the poorest countries in the world, where books are like gold dust. Hear her tell the story when children literally chased her down the street because she was carrying books. The 2012 Send a Book to Mali target is 2000 books, with 1000 to go to schools and literacy projects in the unique Dogon country.

Wren Miller will be visiting Shrewsbury High Prep School on Wednesday 14th March.