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Taline Badrikian’s latest children’s book, Բարի Ջրարջը (PariChurarchuh – The Kind Raccoon), was released in October, giving parents a new resource to teach their children Western Armenian.
Badrikian is a first-generation Armenian American who grew up in the Watertown, Massachusetts Armenian community. She had the privilege of growing up with her paternal grandmother, who insisted that she didn’t speak or understand English even after living in the U.S. for over 50 years, so Armenian was naturally the primary language in her household. Badrikian attended the Armenian Sisters Academy until the fourth grade and St. Stephen’s Armenian Saturday School until the ninth grade.
“My Armenian community gave me so much. I came into leadership positions and opportunities that I would have never experienced had it not been for my community,” Badrikian shared with the Weekly.
Badrikian studied computer systems and now owns her own digital marketing business. She has been a member of the Homenetmen and AYF and is on the Board of Directors for Camp Haiastan.
Badrikian started a self-publishing company, Kids ReadingArmenian, and has published six children’s books, which she writes in Western Armenian.
“In 2014, when I started looking for board books in Western Armenian for my fi
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Taline and Friends
Taline and Friends | |
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| Origin | Glendale, California |
| Genres | Children's music |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
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Taline and Friends is an American-Armenianmusical group. They are best known for playing music for children. The members if the group are Taline Bessos, Tzagratzoo, Nabig, and Peeso. Alex Bessos is the songwriter and producer of the group. The most popular of the group's songs include “Im Kntag”, “Tzkneeg” and “Peesoee Bar”.[1]
The group has played a major role in developing Armenian language skills for children worldwide since the early 1990s.[1]
History
[change | change source]The founders and creators of the group are Taline and Alex Bessos. They are based in Glendale, California. Taline was born in Beirut.[2] She moved to the United States at the age of 15.[3] Taline has a BAdegree in Early Childhood Education.[4] In 1993. she and Alex rented a small studio. They released their first CD called Hink Pokrig Patigner. It included traditional Armenian songs from their childhood and original songs. In 1994, they released their second CD. The group started to gain more popularity when they made their first DVDLet’s Sing &