Bookaroo Children Lit Fest to be held on Nov 26 & 27 at National Rail Museum

Team L&M

he 40^th edition of children literature festival, Bookaroo is all set to be held at the National Rail Museum (NRM) once again, on November 26 & 27. As always, the festival will have sessions on storytelling, workshops, poetry, art & craft and books.

“We’re delighted to partner Bookaroo once again. NRM is a special place for children, youth, parents and grandparents alike! The creative adult they say, is one whose inner child is still alive. I hope Bookaroo will bring many brilliant and creative minds from India and the world over to our museum. We assure you of a great experience filled with fascinating books and wonderful tales of travel, and of life itself,” says Vinita Srivastava, Executive Director (Heritage), Ministry of Railways.

This is the 14^th time that the festival is being held in Delhi, and as expected a lot many foreign participants are expected. Speakers from France, Portugal, Spain, UK, Dubai, US, Germany, Sweden will join speakers from 12 Indian cities to hold 64 high-decibel sessions, crafted according to the age group of the children. The sessions have been specifically created for children between 4 and 14 in two-year age bands starting with 4-6.

“Every Bookaroo is like a sowing of ideas – ideas that are then carried forward by children, parents, teachers and even speakers. This edition, we hope, will be exceptional with the fantastic line-up of speakers and minutely curated sessions,” says Swati, co-founder and festival director, Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival, thanking all the partners and sponsors.

Highlights of Delhi 2022:

A touch of Science: learn some easy do-it-yourself science tricks in Hindi, listen to the story of a star women scientist from India who did not receive the glory she deserved, ask some serious and funny questions and know all about science for Smartypants.

A touch of History and architecture: board the History Express to discover ancient art galleries, temples and the coolest building in the country; test your wits – how well you know the makers of modern India – and pick up a fun fact or three! Find out all about some amazing ancient NRIs. Participate in a quiz about iconic monuments

Poetry: write poems of your own about strange pets; discover rhythm and find out about limericks and other forms of rhymes. There is a lot of fun you can have with poetry.

Puppets and play: a specially woven story for you with puppets on a stick; make your own puppet and take it home. There is a toy workshop with bags of fun

The festival premises will also have a bookstore, Eureka with books by participating authors’ and illustrators’ among others. Besides it will have carefully curated children’s titles that are on the annual Parag Honour List, an initiative of Tata Trusts. These titles comprise three years of the PHL list – 2022, 2021 and 2020.

While entry into NRM is ticketed at Rs 20 per child and Rs 100 per adult, sessions at Bookaroo are free to attend.

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