Islamabad Children Literature Festival To Start From Saturday

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 18, 2019 | 03:30 PM

Two-day `Islamabad Children Literature Festival' will be kicked off from Saturday at the federal capital to attract a number of children with the colourful book-oriented and entertaining activities The festival will be arranged by National Book Foundation (NBF) in collaboration with Kindle Foundation and Shifa International at Aiwan-i-Quaid, F-9 Park, an official of NBF told APP

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2019 ) :Two-day `Islamabad Children Literature Festival' will be kicked off from Saturday at the Federal capital to attract a number of children with the colourful book-oriented and entertaining activities The festival will be arranged by National Book Foundation (NBF) in collaboration with Kindle Foundation and Shifa International at Aiwan-i-Quaid, F-9 Park, an official of NBF told APP.

The two-day festival will continue from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm during Saturday and Sunday and will feature a number of colourful book related activities for the children, the official said.

This festival will serve as catalyst towards mental nourishment of the children and will help promote extra-curricular activities among them. It will also promote awareness among parents about the training of children, the official said.

The parents who have children below the age of 13 years can bring their kids with them to participate in the festival without any charges.

The official said Islamabad Children Literature Festival intended to present enjoyable literary activities for children in a festive environment.

The children festival will include a number of activities including exhibition, training and workshops, narration by renowned authors, storytelling sessions, learning sessions with parents and children, competitions, movies, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Science stalls and Robots, Aero Modeling show, food stalls, Nigar Nazar's Gogi show, puppet show, games, songs and music, and Aerobatic display, the official added.