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Book It! Children's Book Festival

Oct 2009 (annual)

Running alongside the adult event, the Book It! Children's Book Festival in Cheltenham brings together favourites, old and new, for the delight of kids (and their parents).

While the grown-ups take part in their own activities, kids can enjoy a programme devoted to the needs of book-lovers from the age of three upwards. Parents are invited to the family events, which feature some of the country's enduringly popular children's novelists, but events devoted to favourite characters are for children only.

The likes of Paddington, Peter Rabbit, the Flower Fairies, Spot, Barbie and Mog are all brought to life at readings, with the added bonus of a special goodie bag for well-behaved listeners (under eights must be accompanied by a parent). Older children can enjoy design and magic workshops.

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