A Children’s Literature Festival will be organised in the city. The fest will be organised by Swami Vivekananda Library and Stories and Beyond on November 17 and 18.
There will be events to be organised for the school students from four-years old to 14 years old. In this fest, three different categories have been created. Junior Readers for kids of 4 - 6 years, Middle Readers for children of 7 - 10 years, Senior readers for children of 11 - 14 years old.
Swami Vivekananda Library Manager Yatish Bhatele said that keeping in mind the growing distance from books in children, together with Swami Vivekananda Library, Stories and Beyond, is going to organize a Children's Literary Festival on November 17 and 18. In this age of gadgets, maintaining children's reading habit has become a challenge and in this library can play an important role.
This festival will last for two days, which will be conducted by the subject's experts. For junior readers (4 to 6 years) from 11:00 to 12: The story of Japanese folk tales will be done by Amita Sarkar. Amita has an MA in English and she is a certified teacher by Jolly Phoenix. It has been training the children for the last 10 years. He is also interested in acting, performing arts and theater.
It will be followed with a workshop for arts and crafts in Japan. Information about the prevailing arts and their techniques will be given in Japan. In this, information about shodo (caligraphy), manga (comics) will be given. This will be done by the famous commercial artist of Pune, Prerna.
On the second day Roald Dahl's Rhymes by Yasmin Anwar will be presented. Yasmin Anwar has taught MA literature and on doctorate reading Habit. He encourages children to read literature. He will teach Roald Dahl to explore the Oxford English Dictionary and also teach you to invent new words.
This will be followed by Poetry for the Youngsters by Rakhi. Singh Rakhi has studied at Doon Valley School and has an experience of teaching at the International School and he will make the children aware of the art of writing poetry.
This will be followed with Cenio Readers for 11 -14 years. In this Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Quiz will be held by Nidhi Agarwal.