
Olympics Mystery Storytelling in Washington, DC
Children at Cathedral Commons in Washington, DC excited for a storytelling journey to Brazil and the Olympics.

Olympics Storytelling Event and School Workshop, San Francisco
Children of Wicklund Elementary in San Francisco, California prepare to take a storytelling journey to the Olympics and Brazil.

Featured Artist: Gateway Open Studio Tours 2016
Open Studio Tours features Geeta Raj and Alison Nicola as Gateway Open Studio Tours Artists 2016. Watch as they finish up a mural while being interviewed.

How to Create a Global Sleepover Around the World Garden
Here’s how you can create an Around the World Garden with kids at home or at school! A fun and creative way to learn about a garden and the world at the same time. Download the Activity Sheet here and the Global Sleepover World Map here.

Awarded Library of Congress Innovations in Literacy Recognition
We've had a fantastic October. Our South African partners and members of The Global Sleepover educator and storybook app developer consortium received a Library of Congress Innovation and Literacy Award. Karen Hart and Picsterbooks were recognized for their important...
EdTech: Solar Power & Children with Hearing Disabilities: mEducation Alliance Symposium
We’ll be speaking about our edtech work at USAID’s mEducation Alliance Symposium at the end of October 2015 in Washington, DC. If you’re at the Symposium, come by for our presentation on our work with solar powered devices at the American School of South Sudan and on...
Multi-cultural & Diverse Storytelling as SEO Terms
Recently we received a call from a teacher in the Washington, DC area looking for multi-cultural and diverse storytelling for her elementary school students. She found us through our Search Engine Optimization (SEO) terms on our website. “Our students come from all...
International Literacy and Positive Youth Development Programs
The Global Sleepover harnesses over 10 years of education, innovation, positive youth development and literacy building experience.Our programs in South Sudan, South Africa, Kosovo, Egypt, Colombia, UK and the US have provided 40,000 children with improved...

Celebrating 20,000 Downloads of our Storybook Apps
While Brazil was busy hosting the World Cup during Summer of 2014, we at The Global Sleepover were busy launching our storybook app “Sleepover at the World Cup in Brazil!” It’s been a busy few months since then and…. in less than a year…. 20,000 readers have...

Our Reading and Storytelling Program at Creative Minds Charter School in DC
Photos and stories from our Reading and Storytelling After-School Program at Creative Minds International Charter School in Washington, DC.