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Poet,Wholesale Jerseys China, teacher and story-teller Peter Jailall yesterday officially launched his fourth poetry book at the National Cultural Centre.Mother Earth – Poems for her Children is a 26-page book which contains 17 poems focusing on the beauty found in nature,Wholesale Jerseys China, and is based on his experiences in nature.Jailall has had a fairly different view of nature, and has returned to Guyana every year since 1985 as a volunteer with the CUSO-VSO as a teacher-trainer,Cheap Jerseys From China, to encourage children and adults to be proud of their culture.As most of his volunteer teaching took place within interior locations such as Mabaruma, Bartica and Santa Rosa, among others, Jailall has been exposed to the wonders of Guyana’s forests, rivers, flora and fauna. He then translated these experiences into his poetry, which he uses to educate his pupils.He had in a previous interview explained that the aim of using the poems is to teach children to value and cherish the rainforest, and to educate them on the usefulness of their surroundings.“Children ought to have an opportunity to value and cherish the environment…..we want children in our communities to have a sense of responsibility and stewardship in the preservation of our natural life here in this country.”Jailall had launched the same book in his adopted home of Canada earlier this year, to a brilliant response by the media and locals in the area. In the Arts and Entertainment section of a local newspaper in Canada, Jailall’s book was said to “document the simple yet remarkable beauty found in nature,” and was described as “the former teacher’s short but powerful new book.”At the launching of the book in Guyana, renowned poet, novelist and essayist Ian McDonald described Jailall as a good, honest and straightforward person,Wholesale Jerseys, adding that he is one that wants to change the world to make it a better place.McDonald said that Jailall’s poems speak directly to the hearts of the readers, and that as a person; the poet gives more to the world than he takes out.According to McDonald, the poems are “simple beauty…..their happiness and joy will appeal to children everywhere…….they show the earth and all it holds fresh and beautiful as childhood itself should be.”Derrick Lovell,Sale NFL Jerseys, a head master of a London school and VSO teacher-trainer in Bartica, introduced Jailall and said that the poets 40 years of work has been “enriching and entrancing children both in his native Guyana and his adopted home of Canada with his storytelling,Cheap China Jerseys, writing and his teaching skills in and out of the classroom.”These stories and poems, said Lovell, have opened the doors to new worlds for many children. He added that Jailall has been reading his poetry in schools, libraries and universities across North America, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean.The poet was born in the village of La Jalousie on the West Coast Demerara, and then moved to Canada after finishing studies at the Government Training College for Teachers from 1963 to 1965. He subsequently taught at Enmore Government School, then moved to Canada and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor’s in Education and a Masters Degree.He then took up the profession of teaching in Canada, which he continues to this day.The book costs $1500.(Andrunie Harris) |
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