In order to promote books and reading habit among school children,\u00a0 National Centre for Children\u2019s Literature, a wing of National Book Trust, India is holding a 3-day Children\u2019s Literature Festival during the ongoing Jaipur Book Fair at SMS Investment Ground from 10-12 October.<\/p>\n
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Besides a range of book-related activities for the children, a panel discussion on \u201cDo today\u2019s Children like to read folktales and fairytales?\u201d for all those interested in making and dissemination of children\u2019s literature would also be held on 11th October evening.<\/p>\n
The festival begins at 10 am on 10 October with\u00a0 Smt Kshama Sharma, Executive Editor of leading children\u2019s monthly magazine \u2018 Nandan\u2019 and Shri Prempal Sharma, noted litterateur telling stories and interacting with children. The same evening children will recite poems in the presence of Shri Prempal Sharma\u00a0 who will also discuss the art of poetry recitation with children.\u00a0 A session on enacting a story has been scheduled on 11 October which\u00a0 would be conducted by noted children\u2019s author and dramatist Smt Sangeeta Sethi. On 12 October Shri Manish Kumar Chaudhary, Sub-Editor, Balhans, a popular children\u2019s fortnightly published from Jaipur and Shri Dwijendra Kumar, Assistant Editor, Readers\u2019 Club Bulletin, a monthly magazine for school children published by National Book Trust will jointly hold a session on how to prepare a children\u2019s magazine. Participation in these programmes is open to all school children.<\/p>\n
In the panel discussion on\u00a0 children\u2019s literature to be held at 4 pm on 11 October, the speakers include Shri Prempal Sharma, noted litterateur, Ms Charanjeet Dhillon, Director, Bal Bhawan, Jaipur, Ms Ruchi Singh,\u00a0 Nepali and Hindi\u00a0 author, Ms Kalpana Jain, editor, Bachchon Ka Desh, a children\u2019s monthly magazine published from Jaipur and\u00a0 Shri Chandidutt Shukla, feature editor, Aha! Zindagi. This session will be moderated by Shri Manas Ranjan Mahapatra, editor and head, National Centre for Children\u2019s Literature.<\/p>\n
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