Govanhill Children’s Book Festival
Tuesday 9 August, 2022 – Online Event
Event by Govanhill International Festival and Carnival and Govanhill Community Development Trust
A day of stories and learning as they are joined by some of Scotland’s most acclaimed Children’s authors and young people’s fiction writers.
Suitable for all ages.
Use the link below for a guided story telling, which will count towards 3 of your 6 books for ‘First Minister’s Reading Challenge’
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84493653258
Let your host Loraine, know your children’s details on the day, so they can receive their certificate.
Videos of each story will be posted and available to watch independently.
What will we be reading?
Go-Go – by Selly Mack, tells the story of a lonely little dragon – Will he be able to make some new friends?
Discover the delights of ‘Granny’s big Secret Garden’ by Katie Pavey
Listen to the story of Mavis’s Shoe, a war time memoir – by Sue Reid Sexton

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