AGES 4-6 1100-1200 1230-1330 1400-1500 1530-1630 MUMBAI MANIA | Miel Sahgal and Pereena Lamba Capture the unique sights, sounds, and stories of Mumbai in this colourful patchwork curtain. All Ages All Day MONSOON MAGIC | Ashwathy PS Pick out shapes, textures and colours that bring Mumbai’s monsoon to life – a dark cloud, that first translucent raindrop, crunchy samosas, a steaming cup of tea… AGES 6-8 AGES 8-10 AGES 10-12 AGES 12-14 INVENT YOUR OWN BIRDSTER! | Bijal Vaccharajani Learn about different bird beaks and feet and then create your own birdster. (Limited numbers) GUESS WHO? | Glenda Fernandes and Surabhi Gupta Do you like guessing games? Here is your chance to play a very special game to discover some important people from the past. (Limited numbers) PIGS AND GIANTS | John Dougherty Join John for a fun-filled session of stories, songs and poems - including the legend of the Giant’s Causeway, and his latest picture book, There’s a Pig Up My Nose. BATTLE OF THE BRUSHES | Savio Mascarenhas and Priya Kuriyan Two artists... one story... It’s a showdown between two illustrators as they draw, paint and sketch for their lives as an unknown story is read out to them… (Limited numbers) Kahani Tree The Stage Doodle Wall A RIDE TO REMEMBER| Karishma Mahbubani Hop on for an action-packed journey with little Ramu, his friends and their creator Karishma Mahbubani. Hold on tight! This promises to be a one heck of a ride. (Limited numbers) FUNNY BUNNY TALES | Champa Saha Bunnies are soft and furry, with long ears and short tails. Have you ever wondered what amazing adventures they have? HAIKU MAGIC! | Kala Ramesh Jump like a frog, sprint like a deer or gurgle like a river – draw it out – can you see a poem hiding there? Does your drawing talk to you? Listen . . . (Limited numbers) MY CITY | Priya Kuriyan Do you love the city you live in? Doodle away all your favourite things about the city you live in - its people, its food, its palaces! (Limited numbers) EYEBROWS AND ELBOWS | Kavitha Mandana Does your Angry Bird never look quite angry enough? Do your villains look more like heroes? Time for the easy eyebrows’ trick! (Limited numbers) CREATIVE CLAY | Kavita Gupta Merchant Make creepy crawlies like caterpillars, ladybugs and snails, complete with their very own leaf. Will they be cute or creepy? (Limited numbers) PIGS, DINOSAURS, AND VERY BAD BADGERS | John Dougherty Poetry, stories & songs! Will Natalie get the pig out of her nose? Why did the dinosaurs really die out? And just how bad can the badgers be? Laughter guaranteed! KHATTI MEETHI KAHANIYAAN | Ajay Dasgupta Aao dhoom machayein, shor machayein, chillayein aur kuch suney sunayein (In Hindi) CAN YOU SIT STILL? | Karishma Mahbubani Whee! Whee! Tap your little feet! Join Karishma Mahbubani, the author of the read-aloud romp Sit Still, for a rollicking storytelling session filled with fun and frolic. (Limited numbers) EYEBROWS AND ELBOWS | Kavitha Mandana Does your Angry Bird never look quite angry enough? Do your villains look more like heroes? Time for the easy eyebrows’ trick! (Limited numbers) ON THE WILD SIDE | Katie Bagli Fur, feathers and scales, a safari to take your breath away, a lonely night in nature’s wild gales. Watch, listen, shake and sway CLASSICS RETOLD | Champa Saha There are stories and stories all around us, but there are some stories which are sooooo gooood that they can never be forgotten. Listen to one such classic evergreen story today! The Studio Doodle Wall The Stage Crafty Corner Kahani Tree Crafty Corner Kahani Tree Doodle Wall Crafty Corner Doodle Wall The Stage The Studio Kahani Tree The Stage The Studio Crafty Corner The Studio THE FIREBIRD | Shalini Tayal Follow the young prince as he sets out on his quest armed with a golden feather. Who will he meet? What will he find? KAUN BUDDHU AUR KAUN CHALAAK | Ajay Dasgupta Buddhu to buddhu hai aur chalaak hai chalaak. Chalaak hamesha budhhu ko buddhu banata hai. Magar aaj shayad kuch ulta ho jaaye! Listen to this story and decide who is buddhu and who is chalaak. (In Hindi) CREATIVE CLAY | Kavita Gupta Merchant Make your own masks and faces to tell us which character you feel like being today. (Limited numbers) GRRR! GRR! TIME TO WRITE A WILDLIFE POEM | Bijal Vachharajani Sharpen your pencils, pick up your notepads for this marathon wildlife poetry writing session. HAIKU! THE IMAGE POEM! | Kala Ramesh Can you DANCE a poem? Or PAINT a poem? With haiku you can do all this – and more!! (Limited numbers) SAVITRIBAI - JOURNEY OF A TRAILBLAZER | Leah Verghese and Suman Chitrakar Travel to the 19th century with us and join in the adventures of the fiery Savitribai. She started India’s first girls’ school and devoted her life to making India a better place. (Limited numbers) CREATIVE CLAY | Kavita Gupta Merchant Create your own farm, a la Old MacDonald and fill it with sheep, pigs, ducks and rabbits. (Limited numbers) QISSEBAAZI | Padma Damodaran & Kailash Waghmare Watch Kailash Waghmare and Padma Damodaran perform two stories in the unique multilingual storytelling style of Qissebaazi. While Padma narrates master storyteller Karur Neelankantan Pillai’s tale of wooden dolls, Kailash presents a modern-day tale written by Veera Rathod. (In Hindi, Marathi & Malayalam) Look Who’s Here! Children are everywhere – on footpaths, in bastis, in makeshift schools and housing societies, but where are the storytellers? Ajay Dasgupta * likes to take his bag of stories out and about to all children, no matter where. Chennai-based visual artist Ashwathy P.S. loves to explore art, transforming a simple piece of paper into a whole new multi- sensory experience. Her passion for art came very early, while learning to draw as a child. When Bijal Vachharajani * is not reading Harry Potter, she can be found traipsing around the jungles of India. In her spare time, she works as a consultant editor and writes about education for sustainable development. Champa Saha * is a teacher, special educator and counsellor who has been reading, listening to and telling stories ever since she can remember. After 20 years with DK as editor and manager, Glenda Fernandes now heads communication and branding at the world’s leading illustrated reference publisher of high-quality books and online resources for children and adults. John Dougherty * is an Irish poet, singer and songwriter who writes very silly books. They’ve been critically acclaimed nationally and internationally, but more importantly, they make children giggle. Actor and singer Kailash Waghmare sleeps, dreams and thinks theatre. He is a Master in Arts in Theatre Arts and spends most of his time doing what he loves most. Acting. Kala Ramesh * is a word magician who was bitten by the haiku-bug in 2005. She can easily help you juggle some words and create Haiku - the world’s shortest poem. Or show you the trick of writing a wordless poem. Dr Karishma Mahbubani is a storyteller with an avid love for early childhood education, books, shoes and her family, but not necessarily in that order. She lives by the beach and calls Chennai her home. Katie Bagli is an avid nature lover who expresses her passion through her story books. When she is not writing she enjoys nature trails, wildlife workshops, storytelling and even puppet shows for children. Dr Kavita Gupta Merchant, scientist by qualification and artist by choice, expresses her creativity through clay believing that clay is more flexible than an acrobat and helps to bring out the Michelangelo in us all. Most of Kavitha Mandana’s energy is spent baby-sitting a high-maintenance Labrador, who at the age of five, still needs a lap to sleep on. When her lap is free, Kavitha writes books for children. Leah Verghese is a burnt-out lawyer who now works as a policy specialist. In her free time, she loves exploring the world, camera in hand. Miel Sahgal loves reading, writing and trying to decipher the delightful workings of children’s minds. She enjoys spending time in the wilds, or staring at the trees outside her window. Kids and animals are her favourite teachers. Padma Damodaran wears many hats - actor, director, choreographer, writer, trainer and, now, storyteller. A little sparrow perches on the window of her Mumbai flat with a new story every day. Padma takes these stories around the world. At seven, Pereena Lamba began scribbling in her secret diary and hasn’t put her pen down since. A writing gypsy, she’s written advertising copy, a graphic novel, school lesson plans, lifestyle articles and a few children’s stories. Priya Kuriyan * is an illustrator and animation film designer whose forte is the visual art of storytelling. When she’s not Illustrating she is usually travelling to places (sometimes imaginary) far and near. Savio Mascarenhas’ is the creative mind behind Super Suppandi, the super avatar of Suppandi. He is also the artist for Little Shambu, based on the childhood adventures of Shikari Shambu. Shalini Tayal * , storyteller and trainer, is a story-worm who takes her listeners on story walks through exotic fairylands, deep oceans and dark forests while stopping to sip tea with field mice and share samosas with monsters. Suman Chitrakar is a Patua artist from West Bengal. He has been creatively infusing new themes to the traditional art form of Patua, and has evolved a distinctive style of his own. Don’t let Surabhi Gupta’s petite frame fool you! Having a master’s degree in business marketing makes her a persuasive marketing whizz. She can also turn out a mean crafts idea or two in no time flat. Suzzanne Rebello Naaraayan is an artist who combines her love for nature with her ability to infuse a sprinkling of magic to make the inanimate dance with life, so that every picture tells a story. (Supported by DK) SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2018 *Also participated in Bookaroo in the City programme Ticketing Partner Sponsors Supporter News Partner Initiative