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You like reading and writing?
If you so, perhaps you also like to review a children’s book for CONNECT? For this new
section in CONNECT, we will select one child between 8 and 15 to review a book in English.
The review will be published in CONNECT.
You could be this child! And….you can keep the book!
Interested? Let us know and send a message at: contact@connectmag.org
Column
CONNECT is for children and by children. This time Harsimrat Dhanoa, 14 years, from India
shares his views and observations about issues which matter to him in a column. Will they
matter to you as well? Join us in reading his column in CONNECT!

WHAT MY DOG HAS TAUGHT ME
My dog taught me the art of living in the present moment. Each day, as I watch her soundlessly explore the world with unbridled enthusiasm,

Drawing by Likhitha Vordhi, 14 years old, living in India.
Drawing by Likhitha Vordhi, 14 years old, living in India.

Bruno Our Dog
Hi, I’ m Priti Hope Sloot. I am from India. I’m 12 years old and I study in the 7th grade. I’m going to tell

Our twenty-first contribution is from Bao Anh from VIETNAM.
Hi, my name is Bao Anh. I am 15 years old and I come from Vietnam. Who is your role model and why? A

Our twentieth contribution is from Rony T. Ferreira from SWITZERLAND.
My name is Rony T. Ferreira, I am 9 years old and I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When I’ve turned 4, I

Saving Up for Something Special
I want to buy a LinaBell ice cream. I like LinaBell because it looks like a pink fox. It is adorable. It has two
Around the World with 195 children
CONNECT is about connecting children aged between 8 and 15 from different cultures, different countries, different contexts… In this new section of the magazine we invite one child from each country in the world to say something about themselves. This means we will get to know 195 children from 195 countries via CONNECT!
Each child answers the following two questions:
1. Who is your role model and why?
2. One dream you wish comes true. State why.
If they wish, they can also share a favourite picture or image.