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EVENT DETAILS🗓 Saturday 11.4.2026
⏰ 13:00–18:00
📍 Oodi Library – Children’s Area (3rd floor)
🎟 Free entry
No registration required!
🔗More informations: https://tinyurl.com/childrens-book-day-2026
Join us for an afternoon filled with stories, music, and languages from around the world!
This year’s program brings together multilingual storytellers, musicians, and families to celebrate children’s literature and the joy of reading across cultures.
READING TOGETHER PROGRAM 👇🏽
1:00– Opening Concert 📍 Main Stage
International Kids Choir
Teacher: Myra Owens Piano: Abigail Wiegand
2:00–4:00 — Multilingual Reading Nests (with live music):
2:00– Italian📍Main Carpet
Stories: Tania Carluccio Music: Constanza García Correa
2:00– Tatar & Swedish 📍 Balcony
Stories in Tatar: Venera Mustonen In Swedish: Frida Vuorio
2:00– Hindi 📍 Tove Jansson Carpet
Stories: Arti Sudhindraa Music: Paudel Apeal
2:00– Finnish and English 📍 Purple Table
Stories in Finnish: Marjo Räti, In English: Wende Luvinga
3:00– Ukrainian 📍 Balcony
Stories: Nadiia Fedorova
3:00– Portuguese📍Tove Jansson Carpet
Stories: Luciana Faria & Adriana Minhoto Music: Dickson Uthui
3:00– Arabic📍 Main Stage
Music and songs: Nisreen Alhalabi, Set Alsham R. & Arada Shamia
3:00– Latvian 📍 Purple Table
Stories and music: Zane Uitto piano and ukulele
4:00– Spanish📍Main Carpet
Stories: Martha Vera Music: Yoandy Jimeno
4:00– Bosnian–Croatian–Montenegrin–Serbian 📍Tove Jansson
Story: Dušica Božović
4:00–5:00 — English 📍Balcony
Stories: Myriam Munezero Music: Humphrey Mbaruku
4:00–5:00 — Farsi 📍Purple Table
Stories: Banafshe Eshraghi & Masha Khoshnejadrezaie (IR)
5:00–6:00 — Closing Event in Swahili — 📍Main Stage
“Hadithi za Pwani” (Stories from the Coast)
Musicians: Baraka Issabu, Humphrey Mbaruku, Arman Soltani
🫱🏾🫲🏼 In cooperation with
Oodi Library, Multilingual Library, Global Music Department (UniArts Helsinki), International School of Music, Ad Astra, APPF, ANAR Ensemble, Brazilians in Finland, Croatian–Montenegrin–Serbian Club, Circolo degli Italiani in Finlandia, Suomen Italian Opettajien Ry, Istituto Italiano di Cultura a Helsinki, Saksham, Familia ry, Finnish–African Society, Association of Ukrainians in Finland, Think Africa ry, White Hands ry.
Supported by the City of Helsinki, Svenska Kulturfonden, and TAIKE.
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Event Venue
Keskustakirjasto Oodi, Töölönlahdenkatu 8, FI-00100 Helsinki, Suomi, Helsinki, Finland
Tickets
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