Fairy tales possess a magical charm that ignites imagination and curiosity within.

As July approaches and summer vacation begins, the 2024 Shanghai Fairy Tale Festival is set to open, featuring nearly 200 reading activities.

This year's Shanghai Fairy Tale Festival, themed "Reading Adventures", will offer a range of engaging activities, including children's lectures, storytelling sessions, exhibitions, and art classes. 

Public libraries, schools, families, and community organizations from various districts, as well as 48 new children-friendly urban reading spaces across the city, will participate in the festival. They aim to provide an enriching reading experience for children and teenagers.

 

Shanghai Children's Library

Shanghai Children's Library. [Photo/VCG]

Lecture: How to Write About Nature

Date: July 13

Location: New Shanghai Children's Library (near Changfeng Park), Lecture Hall, 1st floor of Building B, No 2500 West Guangfu Road, Putuo district 

Contact number: 021-31063800-8853 

 

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Bilingual story-telling: Guess How Much I Love You  

Date: Aug 10

Location: New Shanghai Children's Library (near Changfeng Park), 2nd floor, No 2500 West Guangfu Road, Putuo district 

Contact number: 021-31063808-8851

 

Jing'an District Library 

Jing'an District Library. [Photo/VCG]

Activity: "Traveling Through the Galaxy" astronomy class 

Time: Once a week throughout the summer vacation, 9:30 am

Locations:

Jing'an District Youth and Children's Library, No 28 East Kangding Road

Jing'an District Library, No 2 Middle Tianmu Road 

Jing'an District Library (Wenxi Road Branch), No 800 Wenxi Road 

Contact number: 021-62581211, 021-63072951-113, 021-66823666-2018

 

Hongkou District Library 

Students try their hands at paper quilling. [Photo/VCG]

Activity: Paper quilling 

Date: July, specific date to be determined

Location: Hongkou District Library, No 1412 Shuidian Road, Hongkou district 

Contact number: 021-33623984

 

Reading party: Too Much Evolution Leads to Distinction?

Date: July, specific date to be determined

Address: Hongkou District Library, No 1412 Shuidian Road, Hongkou district 

Contact number: 021-33623900

 

A girl puts on a shadow puppet show − Calabash Brothers. [Photo/VCG]

Shadow puppet show: Calabash Brothers

Date: August, specific date to be determined

Location: Quyang Branch of Hongkou District Library, No 572 Quyang Road, Hongkou district 

Contact number: 021-65553603-804

 

Peace Library of Hongkou district. [Photo/thepaper.cn]

Lecture: China in Idioms

Date: July 27

Location: Peace Library, inside Heping Park, Hongkou district

Contact number: 15710121020

 

Yangpu District Library

Children's Library of Yangpu District Library. [Photo/thepaper.cn]

Activity: Exploring the beauty of traditional Chinese architecture

Dates: July 14, Aug 25

Location: Children's Library of the Yangpu District Library, No 38 Nenjiang Road, Minxingercun

Contact number: 021-65566376

 

Children's Reading Room of the (Yangpu District) Xinjiangwancheng Subdistrict Library. [Photo/VCG]

Activity: Music summer camp

Time: July to August (six sessions)

Location: Children's Reading Room of the Xinjiangwancheng Subdistrict Library, No 700 Guoxiu Road, Yangpu district 

Contact number: 021-65557509

 

Jinshan District Library 

Jinshan District Library. [Photo/Dazhong Dianping]

Activity: Children's book illustration class

Time: June 23 to July 14

Location: Jinshan District Library, No 280 North Mengshan Road 

Contact number: 021-57932817-15

 

 

Huangpu Mingfu Library

Activity: Explore Shikumen through reading

Time: July to August (one session each month, dates and start times have yet to be determined)

Locations: Huangpu Mingfu Library (outdoor locations: Alley 1192 Old Shanghai Street, the Bund)

Contact number: 021-64370875-818

 

Baoshan District Library 

Baoshan District Library. [Photo/WeChat account: shanghaifabu]

Lecture: China in Children's Books

Time: July to October (one session each month, dates and start times have yet to be determined)

Location: Baoshan District Library, No 600 Haijiang Road 

Contact number: 021-36515119

 

Minhang District Library 

Minhang District Library. [Photo/VCG]

Story-telling: How to Communicate with Your Child

Date: July 27

Location: 7th floor of Minhang District Library, No 85 Mingdu Road

Contact number: 021-54604660-2212

 

If you want to learn more about the upcoming reading activities, feel free to visit the official WeChat account of Shanghai Children's Library to check the latest information.  

 

Source: "Shanghai Children's Library" WeChat account