Bookaroo wins International Excellence Award at LBF ‘17
Children’s literature festival Bookaroo has won the International Excellence Award in the Literary Festivals category at the London Book Fair 2017. “It is a huge honour and we are so pleased with the recognition that children’s literature has received,” Bookaroo said in a Facebook post.
15 Mar 2017 | 4006 Views | By Dibyajyoti Sarma
Bookaroo, launched in 2008 and organised in different Indian cities, invites speakers from various countries to speak to children to encourage them to read more. The festival holds puppet show sessions, story sessions under a banyan tree and has a doodle wall for children.
The festival also runs an outreach programme called Bookaroo in the City through which book-related activities are conducted in schools across New Delhi.
The current edition of The London Book Fair is being held between 14 and 16 March.