The Objective of this Book Festival is to promote literacy among children and bring back our reading and writing culture which is scarily almost dead.
A
celebration of children's literacy and the joy of reading, the Akada
Book Festival is thrilled to welcome some of Nigeria's most renowned
children's book authors, illustrators and story tellers to its first
ever book festival.
Clever Clogs Books announces the Akada Children's Book Festival (ACBF), happening on the Saturday, 27th of April.
The
festival which is set to be a fun literacy initiative will be hosted on
the British Council premises in Ikoyi, Lagos. Clever Clogs Books is
responsible for the popular children's picture books ‘Diary of a
Toddler', Kobold the Antelope; Tobi Visits the Conservatory and the
soon-to-be-launched 'Why You Do You Wash Your Hands?'.
Akada
Children's Book Festival (ACBF) is targeted at children, parents,
teachers; children's book authors and illustrators. The aim of the ACBF
is to spark and sustain a healthy literary lifestyle from childhood and
encourage literary creativity in Nigeria.
In
making a cognizant effort to the lives of our future leaders, the
highly anticipated festival will be of great significance to the
children, their guardians, teachers and caregivers, thus, acting as a
stepping stone towards an intellectually sound society. One of the
highpoints of the Festival will be the official launch and public
reading of the book 'Why You Do You Wash Your Hands?' authored by
Olubunmi Aboderin Talabi. 'Why You Do You Wash Your Hands?' is a
creative and engaging children's picture book that encourages simple yet
effective hygiene tips. The book will be published in a combo set of
four languages: English; Yoruba; Hausa and Igbo, so as to promote
indigenous language usage in children's literature. It is also the first
Nigerian children's picture book to contain stickers in four languages.
On
its first edition, the Akada Book Festival is set to be a day-long fun
family events that encourages a love of books and makes reading
attractive.
The name "Akada" is the Yoruba translation for a "lover of literacy and
books" hence the festival is expected to get children excited about
literature, literacy and creativity while giving them ample tools to
create bright futures and to live their dreams through the power of
reading and writing.
