November 29 – Kimbo read at Books and Books for Book Festival
December 4, 2008 · Print This Article
The first annual Children’s Book Festival will take place this weekend, starting with storytelling and activities on Saturday 29th November at Books & Books in Camana Bay, followed by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust Bedtime Story Fun Day at Dart Family Park in South Sound on Sunday 30th November. Headlining the book festival are celebrated children’s authors Julia Donaldson from the UK and Kate Klimo from the US, together with a host of local writers and performers.
The schedule for the weeklong festival is as follows:
Saturday 29th November, 10:30am to 3pm at Camana Bay
10:30 am Eme Paschalides, This is Paradise Dis is Cayman (ages 3-6)
11:00 am Julia Donaldson, The Gruffalo and other stories (ages 3-6)
12 noon Gimistory performers Nasaria Suckoo-Chollette and Rita Estevanovich
1:00 pm Kate Klimo, The Dragon in the Sock Drawer (ages 7-10)
2:00 pm Annarie Boor, Bapsie in Bushveld (ages 7-10)
2:30 pm Jane Scaletta, Kimbo’s First Horse Show (ages 5-8)
Author readings will take place in the main Fiction Room at Books & Books. Throughout the day, there will also be activities, crafts and games outside on the Paseo with a complementary schedule that provides an alternative for kids older or younger than the age group at which the readings are aimed.
