The travelling mountain

(Bjerget der ville rejse)

Author & Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi

Uro

Denmark 2018

The Mountain who Wanted to Go to a better Place” or “The Traveling Mountain,” known in Danish as “Bjerget der ville rejse,” is written and illustrated by Hoda Haddadi. Was published in Denmark in 2018 and received five stars from the Politiken newspaper.

However, the most significant achievement of this book, which is about a mountain’s voluntary migration from its homeland to a better place, was the positive feedback it received from Danish schools and the Ministry of Education. Around forty workshops for children were conducted based on this book, supported by BiB Denmark and the ( åben skole) program of the Ministry of Education. The central idea of these workshops, designed by Hoda Haddadi, was to pose two important questions to the children: 1. How does migration happen? 2. Where is a better place? The discussions held at the end of the workshops and the numerous questions from Danish children on this topic made this event highly welcomed by schools from 2018 to 2020. The book is still read by teachers in some Danish schools in the first grade. Although this book has not yet been translated into English, Hoda Haddadi plans to expand it into English given the global importance of migration issues. The book was also read in a workshop in Athens and another in Gothenburg, Sweden. Please find more about this book in Workshop session of this portfolio.

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