Wristbands and Butterflies at Shankarapuram…

Sat 27th Jan 2007 at 4 pm: Making Tri colour Wrist Bands (for age group 3 to 6 years) Interested to make your own wrist bands? Bhargavi aunty wis here to help you make one for yourself. Sun 28th Jan 2007: A visit to the Butterfly park at Bannerghatta National Park ( all age groups) We leave for the Butterfly […]

Stick ’em up for Republic Day

27th Jan’07, Saturday at 11:30 am: Republic Day Craft (Ages 6 & above) Ever thought beads & safety pins could make exciting craft? Well, here’s news for you, they do! So come over and make your own Tricolour with Geetha Aunty! 28th Jan’07, Sunday at 11:30am: Stick ’em up! Craft with match & craft sticks (Ages 5-7) Matchsticks & craft […]

And the Newbery goes to…

…one Lucky Winner! Susan Patron was awarded the John Newbery award for her book The Higher Power of Lucky. Announced just yesterday by the American Library Association, this is a huge deal because the Newbery and Caldecott awards are considered the Oscars of children’s literature. In fact, the Newbery award was the first ever award to be instituted for children’s […]

This weekend at Shankarapuram

Saturday 20th January 4pm: Rasgarba (Ages 6 and above) Here’s a great opportunity to shake a leg Gujarati-style! Meenu aunty is visiting us to show us how. Sunday 21st January 11 am: Story Time (Ages 3-5) Uma aunty is back to regale us with stories. And this time she has chosen the all time favourite, Winnie the Pooh. So come […]

Extra! Extra!

Hippocampus Experience Center is all set to produce a grand musical production for children, by children! Jack o’ Lantern scripted and directed by Chennai’s popular theatre-director, Krishna Kumar, will be staged at the Alliance Française de Chennai on the 19th and 20th of January 2007. The production includes a cast of 30 children from schools across Chennai, and is suitable […]

This weekend at Koramangala

Saturday 20th Jan ’07 at 11:30 am: Storytime with HOO – Its read-aloud time with Pranali aunty! (Ages 2 to 4) This Saturday Pranali Aunty tells you a story on the colorful life of a “Butterfly”! You also get to make and take home a beautiful Butterfly mask! Sunday 21st Jan ’07 at 11:30 am: Look to the skies (All […]

Feluda comes alive on radio

If you have read and enjoyed this super detective and his adventures, here’s some news for you! Rahul Bose (as Feluda) and Anupam Kher (as Lalmohan Ganguly) will feature in a dramatisation of Feluda: The Golden Fortress on February 10th thanks to the BBC World Service. Feluda has been created by Satyajit Ray who wrote some 35 adventure stories starring […]

This weekend at Koramangala…

Saturday 13th Jan’07 at 11:30 am (Ages 3 to 6) HOOPLA – Fun’n’Games time for toddlers with Rachna Aunty This Saturday get set to VROOM… VROOM…… VROOM……… with Rachna Aunty because the theme for this session is “Transport”. Aunty will help you fly paper airplanes & float paper boats. And if it’s a transportation party, then why shouldn’t your toys […]

Ramayan in a New Avataar

This five part series by Virgin Comics, like nothing you’ve seen before! The last book of the series is scheduled for release this month. More details on www.virgincomics.com/ramayan.html

This weekend at Chennai

Saturday, 6th Jan’07 at 11:30am: Release of books with a reading session (All are Welcome) Sandhya Rao, a popular children’s writer and Tulika’s senior editor will be here to release 25 new books published by Tulika at Hippocampus. Intersting picture books, bilingual picture books and paperbacks are being released with an interactive reading session by the author. Please be here […]