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Marco and Nifi think they are Christmas Tree decorations!

17 December, 2014

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We can still deliver Marco (12 Euro) or Nifi (15 Euro) immediately after Christmas (postage free) if you contact us on the contact page. This one time opportunity to receive printed books or audio CDs by hand delivery, free of postage needs to be booked BEFORE Christmas. ibooks and Kindle (5Euro only) are downloads and available now at 5Euro. See www.Marcothemaltabus.com shop page. Flash cards free from website.

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Au Revoir to Jasmine Blundell

27 November, 2014

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Two of our singers for Marco the Malta Bus! Jasmine Blundell at our little farewell is sadly leaving the UK. Jasmine is a wonderful musical director who arranged the music and produced such great concerts at E15. Jasmine is a great fiddle player too as well as being just a lovely person. This is what is so great about a multi-lingual reading scheme with audio CD. We get to meet such talented people. So Jasmine we hope to meet again for Book 2 Marco (if not before). Also a big thank you to Annabelle Brown who sung and narrated Book 1 Marco the Malta Bus in English. What a lovely job you made of it and brought the characters alive. Annabelle, who is an established London Westend actress, singer, musician and well as being musical director for several touring shows is destined to be the voice of Nifi the kitten when we produce the DVD or TV series (or both). A big thank you to all our long suffering translators, narrators and singers - the support you are providing children and parents with their reading is invaluable. We are so grateful to all. Thank you from the Marco the Malta Bus team Margaret Angele Richard and Malcolm More

Congratulations to Mirjana and Mario

27 November, 2014

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Welcome to Margita. A third person beginning with "M" in the family, as a teenager she will love you for that. My daughter Mary Evans (the author and broadcaster) was just as "pleased" to find her Mum, Margaret Evans opening post addressed to Ms M Evans. Mirjana is translating Marco the Malta Bus into Croatian but has taken some time out to have a baby! Mario Sammut, her partner is our great recording engineer. What fun we had in Malta on that very hot day recording the Maltese Audio CD. A memorable day including the special coffee which never did get made for Margaret but everyone else enjoyed theirs in the studio I understand. Mario generously gave us lunch and we look forward to recording the Croatian and more languages in Malta. Congratulations to Margita and all her family from the Marco the Malta Bus team Margaret Angele Richard and Malcolm More

Marco the Malta Bus at Malta Dyslexia Association Malta

10 November, 2014

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Marie Louise Coleiro and Dr Margaret Evans

6 November, 2014

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Margaret was so thrilled to get her Maltese MPPB Warrant and even more thrilled to discover her picture in the newspaper! The next month she met President Coleiro again at the Maltese Dyslexia Association event and was very impressed by how seriously President Coleiro took the plight of dyslexic young people. Sometimes we say, "Only in Malta" - on this occasion I believe this to be true. Unless we the educational establishment all fully appreciate the potentially poor outcomes for young people who struggle to read and change our teaching practices, we will have a wealth of brilliant talent wasted. Sadly I think the success of Einstein and Richard Branson is not typical of most people who struggle with this single skill deficit. The reason there are so many dyslexic entrepreneurs out there is because frankly their options were limited to do anything else but employ themselves and get hired help in to do the typing and proofreading! More

Nifi is going to Malta

5 November, 2014

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Malta Dyslexia Association November 8th 2014 More