Children's Literature Festival at M.G.Road / 29th November 2009

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"Aviva Young Scholar Bookaroo 2009" Children's Literature Festival at Anand Gram, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road - 28th & 29th November 2009

Time : 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Entry : Free.

Some events require pre-registration.
Registration can be done by sending email to registrations@bookaroo.in

For 4-15 year old Kids.

Place : Sanskriti Anand Gram, Anand Gram, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, New Delhi - 110047

Event Details : Aviva Young Scholar Bookaroo 2009 - Children's Literature Festival. Meet famous writers, illustrators & graphic artists from India and abroad. Workshops, nature walks, readings, theatre, storytelling and museum tours.

Sunday, 29th November 2009

All day A tactile art exhibition from Karadi Tales.
The Gallery

All day An exhibition of illustrations by Alison Lester.

10.30 - 12.30 Brainstorm! with Dorling Kindersley
Puzzles, games and fun galore to tease your brain and to reveal
its awesome power.
Sponsored by Dorling Kindersley
All ages Pavilion& The Lawn

10.30 - 11.30 History's Mysteries: Harsha Devika Rangachari
Good Guy or Bad Guy? Devika Rangachari explores history,
stories, myths and why you shouldn't believe everything you read in your textbooks.
Supported by Scholastic India
Ages 11-14 Think Tank

10.30-11.30 What My Green Hands Can Do with Waste Paper Benita and Moen Sen
Registrations closed
NOT a load of rubbish! Come and discover what can be done with waste paper.
Supported by Teri Press
Ages 8-12 Workshop

10.30 - 11.00 Ladybird Tales: How the Camel Got His Hump Heather Adams
Meet all the funny, lazy, grumpy animals from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.
Sponsored by Puffin India
Ages 4-7 Banyan Tree

10.30 - 11.15 Eat it with Your Eyes!
Pre-registration required
Think you can't eat with your eyes and ears? Think again!
Come and learn how to wordgiggle and much, much more.
Sponsored by Hachette India
Ages 6-9 Rajasthani Wall

10.30 - 11.30 Elmer's Special Day with Wendy Cooling and Jo Williams
Stories, masks and masses of fun with Elmer, the world's most colourful elephant.
Sponsored by Andersen Press
All ages The Glade

10.30 - 11.30 A Funny Freaky Foodie Feisty Poetry Session Sampurna Chattarji
Beasts that are garbage trucks, blue herons, word-balloons, mutant mangoes, electric caterpillars and, yes, the mysterious Fried Frog himself!
Ages 8-80 Amphitheatre

11.30 - 12.00 The Magic Key Samina Mishra (Hindi/English)
Come and listen as the Magic Key unlocks a world of preening chickens and talking pooris.
Supported by Young Zubaan
Ages 4-7 Banyan Tree

11.30 - 13.00 I Have a Right Anushka Ravishankar
Registrations closed
Have you ever been beaten or hurt by anyone? Have you been blamed for something you didn't do? We are all born free and equal, and have the right to be treated in the same way. But what do these rights really mean to us?
Supported by Tara Books
Ages 10-14 Rajasthani Wall

11.45 - 12.45 Beginning Tales Sandhya Rao
Listen to Sandya's retelling of the Bhilala creation story and
explore how trees, buildings, clouds, even ideas first began. Share the results on the Doodle Wall.
Supported by Tulika Books
Ages 8-10 The Glade & Doodle Wall

12.00 - 12.45 The Emperor's New Clothes Swagata Sen Pillai (Hindi)
Listen to this old favourite in a new avatar in Hindi verse.
Supported by Pratham Books
Ages 8-12 Think Tank

12.00 - 13.00 Take a Look, Make a Book! Alison Lester
Registrations closed
Come and create your very own picture book.
Sponsored by Australia - India Council
Ages 6-8 The Workshop

12.00 - 13.00 Spy Dog Undercover Andrew Cope
Find out the secrets behind the best-selling Spy Dog Series.
Get up to speed with the Spy Dog's latest adventures and enjoy a writing challenge with some special prizes.
Ages 6-11 Amphitheatre

12.30 - 13.00 Fun with Samira Bharti Jagannathan
What will Samira get up to next?
Supported by Pratham Books
Ages 4-6 Banyan Tree

13.30 - 14.00 Story of the Warrior Chick and other French Fables Muriel Bloch
How a brave little chick saved his elders who wanted to be great warriors instead of grilled chickens.
Sponsored by the French Embassy
Ages 4-7 Banyan Tree

13.30 - 14.30 Feluda and the Mystery of Comic-Strip Making Unravelled Subhadra Sen Gupta and Tapas Guha
Come along for a fun storytelling and comic-making session with noted scriptwriter Subhadra Sengupta and illustrator Tapas Guha.
Sponsored by Puffin India
Ages 10-14 Pavilion

13.30 - 14.30 Friendship Rap!
Pre-registration required
Play the Human Knot, sing the Friendship Rap, help to write the world's longest Friendship poem.
Sponsored by Hachette India
Ages 8-10 Think Tank

13.30 - 14.30 Meet the Phantom of the Snows Pranav Trivedi (Hindi/English)
Pre-registration required
The elusive and beautiful snow leopard's story lures you into a wild and snowy mountain world where man and beast must learn to live in harmony.
Supported by Pratham Books
Ages 11-14 The Workshop

13.30 - 14.30 Imagine That! Arup Kumar Dutta
Your mind is a muscle - give it a work-out! Ready-made images, like the ones on TV limit the imagination, but books let your imagination fly.
Supported by Ratna Sagar
Ages 10-15 Rajasthani Wall

13.30 - 14.30 Paper Magic with Thu Kim Vu
Registrations closed
Who would have thought you could do so much with a plain, flat piece of paper? But for Thu Kim Vu's nimble fingers, this is just the start.
Ages 8-12 The Glade

13.30 - 14.30 Mr Amazing Atanu Roy
Sharpen your pencils and get ready for some mad, magical,
amazing art from the king of Indian illustrators
All ages Doodle Wall

13.30 - 14.30 It's Not Just a Game, It's Time Travel! Michael Panckridge
All aboard for the craziest cricket tour of your life.
Sponsored by Australia - India Council
Ages 8-12 Amphitheatre

14.30 - 15.00 Castles, Chickens and Cakes Penny Dolan
Popular folk tales and fairy stories for younger listeners.
Ages 4-6 Banyan Tree

14.45 - 15.45 Horrid Henry's Tricks and Tan-Ta-Rums
Pre-registration required
Have a blast in popular Horrid Henry's Hour!
Have your say - your way.
Sponsored by Hachette India
Ages 8-10 Think Tank

14.45 - 15.45 Doodle Dandy! Bhupendra Ahluwalia
Cartooning galore you never know where you'll end up when your pen leads the way...
Supported by Campfire
Ages 9-14 Doodle Wall

14.45 - 15.45 Beginnings with Jenny Valentine
Join award-winning author Jenny Valentine as she discusses inspiration, beginnings and the importance of the story.
Sponsored by the British Council
Ages 10-15 Amphitheatre

15.00 - 16.00 Where's Hanuman? Alister Taylor
Come and find Hanuman and other characters from the epic Ramayana - and who knows what else you may find?
Sponsored by Puffin India
Ages 6-12 Pavilion

15.30 - 16.00 Looking at Art Anjali Raghbeer
Discover the stories behind famous artists.
Ages 7-9 Banyan Tree

16.00 - 17.00 Taranauts and the SUPER-TARA-NOVA Roopa Pai
Pre-registration required
Ready to become a Taranaut? Come and discover the tricks and twists of Tufan, Zarpa and Zvala's superpowers and blast off in search of the superfantabulous secrets of Mithya!
Sponsored by Hachette India
Ages 8-10 Think Tank

16.00 - 17.00 Alice in Puppetland Varun Narain
The story of Alice in Wonderland has captured children's imagination for over 100 years. Now Campfire Graphic Novels presents this wonderful tale in a new unique and exciting way.
Supported by Campfire
Ages 9-15 Rajasthani Wall

16.00 - 17.00 There is a World Elsewhere Muriel Bloch
France’s leading storyteller brings alive tales from across
Europe, West Africa, Japan and Brazil.
Sponsored by the French Embassy
All ages Amphitheatre