"Reading Festival" held to help children enjoy Golden Week during the state of emergency

Thank you for always using maria@home.

We had originally planned to hold a reading event at a commercial facility in Tokyo on May 5th, hoping to allow children to enjoy the world of maria@home, but in response to the state of emergency declaration, we have decided to cancel the event.

However, seeing the current situation where many events are canceled, facilities are closed, and people are being asked to refrain from going out, we wondered if there was anything we could do to help children enjoy their once-a-year Golden Week, and so we decided to release videos of children reading 10 picture books.

To make children feel like they are actually taking part in the event, we will also be giving them a simple quiz after the storytime, and we hope that this will help them enjoy this year's Golden Week and Children's Day.

■Event Overview
Reading Festival

We will be releasing 10 original picture book reading videos from maria@home. We have prepared picture books that can be enjoyed by children from around 2 to 8 years old.

If you answer the quiz at the end of the video, 100 people who answer correctly will be randomly selected to receive an original picture book!

[How to apply]
1. Apply via Instagram ⇒
https://www.instagram.com/mariahome_official/
Comment on the Instagram video post with the answer to the quiz.

② Apply via Twitter ⇒
https://twitter.com/mariahome_jp/
Comment the answer to the quiz on the Twitter video post.

[Application deadline]
Saturday, May 8, 2021.
Winners will be contacted by May 14th.

[Narration]
Kawamukai Mayuko
After graduating from Shirayuri Women's University with a major in children's literature and culture, she worked as a children's book concierge at Miraiya Bookstores. She
provides advice on children's books and educational toys, plans and runs in-store events, and serves as a judge for the Picture Book Awards.
Driven by her desire to "deliver picture books to even more children," she joined the mariaproject and is involved in producing picture books and creating curriculum.