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International Children’s Book Festival 2023

2. International Children’s Book Festival

My Book is My Castle – Home in Stories, Home in Books

October 12th – October 22nd 2023

Children love stories. This is what the International Children’s Book Festival wants to celebrate and promote! The goal is to bring children of different nationalities together and to make them experience that books and stories can help us to create home wherever we are. They can be a tent we pitch wherever we go!

The International Children’s Book Festival pitches many tents – for children from Heidelberg and the region, for children from Ukraine and from all over the world. A big celebration of language magic, lots of book people, and a variety of event formats.

For children of different ages, there will be readings in several languages, book parties, writing workshops, crafts and much more – welcome to the realm of words!

Here you can find a program overview:

  • Day 1 – Thursday, October 12th
  • Day 2 – Friday, October 13th
  • Day 3 – Saturday, October 14th
  • Day 4 – Sunday, October 15th
  • Day 5 – Monday, October 16th
  • Day 6 – Tuesday, October 17th
  • Day 7 – Wednesday, October 18th
  • Day 8 – Thursday, October 19th
  • Day 9 – Friday, October 20th
  • Day 10 – Saturday, October 21st
  • Day 11 – Sunday, October 22nd


Day 1 – Thursday, October 12th

From 3:00 pm – Harry Potter Book Day

This year’s International Children’s Book Festival at the DAI Heidelberg kicks off with Harry Potter Book Day, when fans around the world celebrate their heroines and heroes of Hogwarts.

Family program
Language: German/English
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Age recommendation: 5 – 11 years

Info & Registration


Day 2 – Friday, October 13th

3:00 pm – Little Alexander von Humboldt: Everything is connected to everything else

Discover the world with the great naturalist! Interactive book presentation with musical accompaniment.

Reading & Music
Language: German
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Age recommendation: from 4 years

Info & Registration


Day 3 – Saturday, October 14th

From 3:00 pm – Checker day with Julian: ghosts and spirits

Checker Julian from KIKA goes on a search for mysterious spooky creatures with experts.

Family program
Language: German
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Age recommendation: from 8 years

Info & Tickets


Day 4 – Sunday, October 15th

From 2:00 pm – Miriam Tag: LandArt Workshop. Children as artists in nature

LandArt is art in nature and with nature – in this workshop we create large and small works of art from wood, leaves, stones, water, air and earth.

Workshop
Language: German
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Age recommendation: 6 – 10 years

Infos & Tickets

3:00 pm – Eric Carle Collage Workshop

Discovering contrasts, spaces, colors, exploring nature, exploring different materials, telling stories – all this is the focus of this collage workshop.

Workshop
Language: German/English
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Age recommendation: from 6 years

Info & Registration


Day 5 – Monday, October 16th

From 1:00 pm – Hang Out in the Library-Day

We have open house – come by and get to know the DAI library and its diverse program over coffee and tea!

Open Day at the DAI Library
Language: German/English
Opening hours: 1 to 6 p.m.
Age recommendation: children & adults of all ages

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Day 6 – Tuesday, October 17th

Offer for school classes: from 10 am – Laurie Halse Anderson: Speak!
10th grade (Language: English)
Registration for school classes and more information at ies@dai-heidelberg.de.

From 3:00 pm – Italian Book Party: Eataly!

Today it’s all about Italy: stories, crafts, food, drinks and music from the band Amici!

Story Time Country Special
Language: German/English/Italian
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Age recommendation: from 3 years

Info & Registration


Day 7 – Wednesday, October 18th

From 3:00 pm – Agata Loth-Ignaciuk & Bartłomiej Ignaciuk: Into the Eternal Ice. North Pole and South Pole in one year

This book tells a gripping and amazing story about the Arctic and Antarctic – the expressive illustrations let us literally hear the crashing of the shattering ice floes!

Reading & Talk
Language: German/English/Polish
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Age recommendation: from 10 years

More info

8:00 pm – Barbara Yelin: But I’m Alive. Four children survive the Holocaust

Well-known illustrators tell the stories of Holocaust survivors in graphic novels that unforgettably demonstrate what the Holocaust meant – even to children.

Graphic Novel & Talk
Language: German
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Age recommendation: Adolescents 15+ and adults
Note: This program can also be booked as a group course for school classes.

Info & Tickets


Day 8 – Thursday, October 19th

From 3:00 pm – Torben Kuhlmann: Lindbergh, Armstrong, Edison, Einstein & Co. Diving into physics with mice

Travel to the moon with Armstrong, solve the riddle of a lost sea treasure with Edison and go through space and time with Einstein – in the picture book cinema we learn a lot about technology and history along the way.

Reading, talk & picture book cinema
Language: German
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Age recommendation: 6 – 12 years

Info & Tickets


Day 9 – Friday, October 20th

From 3:00 pm – Kathrin Schärer: Brave, brave! Pictures become stories

How does the drawing pencil become a tool for thoughts and can produce so many surprises and amazing things? We learn how stories are created from pictures.

Reading & Talk
Language: German
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Age recommendation: 4 – 7 years

Info & Registration


Day 10 – Saturday, October 21st

From 3:00 pm – Book Picnic

We go for a long walk and take not only our picnic basket, but also a bag full of books.

Hike & Picnic
Language: English
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Age recommendation: children from 8 years & adults

Info & Registration

From 3:00 pm – Manga and Cosplay Day

There will be lots of anime and manga to watch, plus manga workshops and costumes to sew – feel free to come dressed up!

Convention
Language: German/English
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Age recommendation: 12 – 18 years

Info & Registration


Day 11 – Sunday, October 22nd

2:30 pm – Margit Auer: School of Magical Animals

The popular School of Magical Animals series has a new volume: Margit Auer herself introduces the book Ach du Schreck – followed by a Q&A session!

Reading & Talk
Language: German
Age recommendation: 6 – 14 years

Info & Tickets

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