The Club Petit Pierrot invites you to join this fun and creative workshop exploring the wonderful interactive book Rapido’s Next Stop by Joëlle Jolivet and Jean-Luc Fromental. Curious young readers can develop their reading and speaking skills in French, using visual and reading clues to discover the vibrant and bustling everyday life in big cities.
Join 2022-2024 Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho in this exciting story telling workshop based on Relic Hamilton – Genie Hunter. He will take you on a journey through London with Relic Hamilton, a young teen who discovers that not only are genies real, but the evil King of all genies is loose and causing havoc. With the help of the Hermitic Sodality of Genie Hunters, some pirates, a high-tech jet, a talking bike and his own new superhero powers, Relic must save the day. Follow his adventures, and, why not, add to the plot!
France | 2020 | 60 mins | Dir: Wilson Dos Santos | in English | rec 3+
Enjoy this programme of 5 short animated films following the summer holidays of Nicholas and his joyful gang as they build sandcastles, explore new playgrounds and go treasure hunting! They will catapult you into a charming world filled with mischief and adventures.
How do you feel when you meet a dog? What about the dog? Bridget Marzo, illustrator of Mo’s Best Friend, A Stone Age Story, will show you how in a live reading session with interactive sound effects. Learn to better understand others’ emotions and express your feelings in a healthy way.
Voted best event of the South Ken Kids Festival for years, Impro! gathers guest illustrators Axel Scheffler, Joëlle Jolivet, Bridget Marzo, Amandine Piu, Beatrice Rodriguez, Chloe Savage and awesome jazz musicians John Edwards (double bass) and Caroline Kraabel (saxophone) on stage for a wild and joyful evening of live creation. Enjoy this fabulous drawing jam.
Father of the Gruffalo and Pip and Posy, Axel Scheffler will cross paintbrushes with French illustrator Joëlle Jolivet whose Miss Cat: The Case of the Curious Canary was just published in the UK. Both friends of the festival, they will mix their universes and characters on stage for a unique and fabulous drawing duo projected on the cinema screen.
Fearless artists! Grab your pencils, pen and even india ink to draw woodland animals of all kinds with Béatrice Rodriguez, the illustrator behind Barnaby Is Not Afraid and The Chicken Thief.
Let’s all draw a jellyfish with illustrator Chloe Savage! After a special reading of her critically acclaimed illustrated book, The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish, she will present her creative process when drawing sea creatures and help the children draw their own jellyfish.
