Saturday, 28th November 2009

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

All day An exhibition of illustrations by Alison Lester.

10.30 Opening Event T R Ramachandran, CEO and MD, Aviva India.

10.45 - 11.45 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 Lawn

10.45 - 11.15 Candyfloss and Scaredy Cats Sampurna Chattarji
Sticky and sweet, flippy and fun - stories and poems brought to life by one of India's best-loved children's poets.
Supported by Scholastic
Ages 4-6 Banyan Tree

10.45 - 11.30 Eat it with Your Eyes!
Registration closed
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 Think Tank

10.45 - 11.45 A War, a Friendship and an Insect Siddhartha Sarma
Online registrations closed. Please contact registration desk at venue to check availability of seats.
Find out all about the war that changed world history, the
people of the North-East, friendship... and a very special rifle.
Ages 12-16 The Workshop

10.45 - 11.45 Incredible India! Alison Lester
Join one of Australia's most amazing illustrators and help her make a mega picture of India
Sponsored by Australia - India Council
All ages Doodle Wall

10.45 - 11.45 At Home in the World Nina Sabnani
Peek through the windows of a storytelling house, adapted from the wooden Kavaad, and discover the pictures that inspire stories of home, family and belonging.
Ages 7-70 Amphitheatre

11.00 - 12.00 Mughal Masala Subhadra Sen Gupta
Registrations closed
Listen to stories of famous Mughals, solve knotty medieval problems and devise dastardly plots.
Ages 9-12 Museum of Everyday Art

11.45 - 12.15 Tale of an Invisible Male
On a cold winter's night in England, a mysterious stranger arrives, hiding a magical and tragic secret... Gather round the fire for this astonishing tale.
Supported by Campfire
Ages 9-12 Banyan Tree

11.45 - 12.45 Being Brilliant Andy Cope
Registrations closed
Do you have a brilliant life? Or are you stuck in “moan mode”? Transform things for the better with one of Britain's most inspirational authors. Truly brilliant !
Ages 12-16 Think Tank

12.00 - 13.30 The Big Book of Bookaroo! Bulbul Sharma
Storyteller extraordinaire and wonderful artist, Bulbul needs
your help to make a book!
All ages Doodle Wall

12.00 - 13.00 Karadi Hour of Story and Song! Manasi Subramaniam, Anushka Ravishankar and CP Viswanath
Manasi Subramaniam will read the story of Little Vinayak, Anushka Ravishankar will read The Monkeys and the Capseller, followed by a sing-along session conducted by CP Viswanath.
Supported by Karadi Tales
Ages 5-8 Amphitheatre

12.15 - 13.15 Get Smart: Maths Gaurav Bhatnagar
Online registrations closed. Please contact registration desk at venue to check availability of seats.
Journey through the incredible, magical world of numbers and discover how they make the world go round.
Sponsored by Puffin India
Ages 11-14 The Workshop

12.15 - 13.00 How I Taught My Grandmother to Read (Film)
Supported by World Kids
Ages 8-12 The Foyer

12.30 - 13.30 Iggy, Me and Stories of My Naughty Little Sister
Jenny Valentine
Fun galore with one very naughty little sister.
Sponsored by the British Council
Ages 6-8 The Glade

12.45 - 13.15 Kahani Suno! Anupa Lal (Hindi and English)
Storytelling for the very young.
Ages 4-6 Banyan Tree

13.15 - 14.15 Friendship Rap!
Registrations closed
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 Rescue Princess Chandrakanta from the Maze Deepa Agarwal
Enter the magical world of ayyars and illusionists to unearth fabulous treasures.
Sponsored by Puffin India
Ages 10-14 Pavilion

13.30 - 14.30 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What is a Good Book After All?
Paro Anand, Roopa Pai, Michael Panckridge and two young
panelists
What makes a book tick? Do you judge a book by its cover? What comes first - the plot or the characters? Come and share your views with our panel.
Sponsored by Australia - India Council and Hachette India
Ages 8-80 Amphitheatre

13.45 - 14.30 Tales of Magical Trees Penny Dolan
Hear stories about some very strange trees, as well as oranges, leaping maidens, hags and one greedy old farmer.
Ages 7-9 Banyan Tree

13.45 - 15.45 World Building: The Art, the Craft and the Gory Messy
Details too Anil Menon
Registrations closed
Want to write a story set in another world? First, you have to build it! Can a world have more than one sun? Are hobbits ticklish? Should your aliens have knees? Do good and bad mean the same thing everywhere? A workshop for budding writers and alien-lovers.
Supported by Young Zubaan
Ages 12-16 The Workshop

13.45 - 14.45 Thumbthing's Happening Sandhya Rao
Wanted! Lots of little thumbs to help to make a unique world.
Supported by Tulika Books
Ages 4-6 The Glade & Doodle Wall

13.45 - 14.45 Quick Draw! Ajit Narayan
Paper and pens at the ready? Steady..... go!
All ages Doodle Wall

14.30 - 15.30 Horrid Henry's Tricks and Tan-Ta-Rums
Registrations closed
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 The Magic Store of Nu-Cham-Vu
Spend a magical afternoon with the weirdest shopkeeper in the whole world: Nu-Cham-Vu.
Sponsored by Puffin India
Ages 8-11 Pavilion

14.45 - 15.45 Around the World with Books and Pictures Alison Lester
Accompany Alison - a brilliant and imaginative artist and
illustrator of many award-winning children's books - on a spectacular voyage from Adelaide to Zanzibar.
Sponsored by Australia - India Council
All ages Amphitheatre

15.00 - 15.30 Tall Tales and Silly Stories Anushka Ravishankar
Would you believe it?
Ages 4-6 Banyan Tree

15.15 - 16.15 Crazy Toons! Sankha Banerjee
Take a pen, a sheet of paper, a bit of imagination and hey presto!
Supported by Campfire
Ages 9-15 Doodle Wall

15.15 - 16.15 Dream a Little Dream Anita Kumari and Lisa Heydlauff (Hindi
and English)
An afternoon of dreaming, bee-keeping and honey.
Supported by Random House India
Ages 7-10 Garden

15.45 - 16.45 Taranauts and the SUPER-TARA-NOVA Roopa Pai
Registrations closed
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 - 16.30 Rhyme Time with Karadi!
Sing along with C. P. Viswanath
Supported by Karadi Tales
Ages 4-6 Banyan Tree

16.00 - 17.00 The Puffin Mahabharata Namita Gokhale
The timeless tale of valour, deceit, glory and despair, retold for today's readers by popular author Namita Gokhale.
Sponsored by Puffin India
Ages 10-14 Pavilion

16.00 - 17.00 A Magic Carpet of Stories Mahmood Farooqui and Danish
Husain (dastan: Hindi/Urdu)
Well-known Dastangos, Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Husain, weave a magical carpet out of words. Telling stories of high adventure, dastardly deeds, powerful sorcerers, terrible monsters, heroes, villains and tricksters.
Ages 8-80 Amphitheatre

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!
Registrations closed
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!
Online registrations closed. Please contact registration desk at venue to check availability of seats.
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)
Online registrations closed. Please contact registration desk at venue to check availability of seats.
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
Online registrations closed. Please contact registration desk at venue to check availability of seats.
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! Amit Tayal
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
Online registrations closed. Please contact registration desk at venue to check availability of seats.
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

Programmes may be subject to change.

Note: You could also mail us your choice of programmes at registrations@bookaroo.in