Hoopoe Books is featured by The Children’s Book Council, the North American non-profit at the forefront of promoting children’s books and reading.
Welcome to Hoopoe Books
Hoopoe Books is a global initiative that produces and distributes teaching stories as part of an ongoing commitment to social and emotional learning in the world’s children.
We print locally in order to supply beautifully illustrated storybooks, in all major languages, to children and their families.
Our books hitch a ride with camel libraries in Pakistan, they are passed from hand to hand in remote villages of Afghanistan. They are gifted to displaced people fleeing war and economic hardship, and they are read by regular families in the comfort of their homes, in order to encourage critical thought.
As well as our printed dual language books, we offer read-online books and animations, and regular story readings, aimed at families, schools, libraries and NGOs.
We are a non-profit, which relies on donations from like-minded supporters – who believe, as we do, that:
Thinking Children Become Thinking Adults
With your help, we have donated over 7 million books to children living in difficult circumstances – from street children in Mexico City to Afghan girls, with little or no access to education.
For decades, Hoopoe has collected teaching stories from countries with a rich tradition of storytelling; stories which are rooted in a time before societies had formal schools – when stories were the way in which everyone learned the much-needed universal lessons of tolerance and appreciation of all cultures.
Working with educators and psychologists, we have developed parent and teacher support materials, designed to help children develop higher-level thinking skills, as well as an understanding of the universality of our natures, hopes and dreams, and an appreciation of the diverse ways in which they’re expressed.
The millions of books that donors have helped us gift children in need, are our way of “giving back” these thought-provoking tales, to communities around the globe, such as the children served by the camel libraries of southern Pakistan.
We believe that it’s through positive, practical, socially based learning such as this, that young people will come to understand how to value others and themselves, how to make good decisions, how to problem-solve, and how to make sense of their surroundings.
Being traditional tales primarily from Central Asia and the Middle East, Hoopoe’s teaching-stories promote multicultural education, bridging cultures and encouraging tolerance among people of all backgrounds. These books are available in many different languages and bilingual editions that are ideal for immigrants and refugees. Hoopoe also continues to gather traditional and modern tales from around the world, from which young readers can both be entertained and learn.
Illustrated Storybooks
Aimed at children from as young as three years to as old as 12 years, these humorous books are both entertaining and educational. Packed with specially commissioned illustrations, the pages are alive with potential learning.
“All About Me” Series
Compiled by educators and psychologists, Hoopoe’s “All About Me” series provides good, solid, scientifically validated information to help young people understand the challenges they face as they move into adolescence and prepare for adulthood.
Literacy outreach programs
Hoopoe’s literacy outreach programs have donated millions of our books, along with teacher lesson plans and related material for parents, to underserved children. Our books are in homes, libraries, community centres and schools, around the world.
Illustrated Storybooks
Aimed at children from as young as three years to as old as 12 years, these humorous books are both entertaining and educational. Packed with specially commissioned illustrations, the pages are alive with potential learning.
“All About Me” Series
Compiled by educators and psychologists, Hoopoe’s “All About Me” series provides good, solid, scientifically validated information to help young people understand the challenges they face as they move into adolescence and prepare for adulthood.
Literacy outreach programs
Hoopoe’s literacy outreach programs have donated millions of our books, along with teacher lesson plans and related material for parents, to underserved children. Our books are in homes, libraries, community centres and schools, around the world.
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