Our Fabula Summer Activities have now finished. We hope they encouraged you to read this summer. If you are looking for other activities and events, go to visionrcl.org.uk/events.
What was on Summer 2024
1-7 July
8-14 July
15-21 July
22-28 July
29 July-4 August
5-11 August
One-Button And The Sea – Storytelling with Sara Stanley
Join Sara Stanley, author and children’s story player for a fun retelling of family stories in your cardboard box boats.
Listen to the story of her new picture book, One Button and the Sea, and create your own story with paper planes.
Wanstead Library
Tuesday 6 August
2pm-2.50pm
Suitable for children 3-7yrs and their families.
12-18 August
Storytelling with Marjoke Henrichs – Detective Catz and the Missing Nut
Join author and illustrator Marjoke Henrichs for a fun storytelling and drawalong event based on her new book Detective Catz and the Missing Nut.
You might even get the chance to become a detective yourself!
Gants Hill Library
Tuesday 13 August
2pm-2.50pm
Suitable for children 3-7yrs and their families.
Who Wants to be an Olympian by Pākiki Theatre
Could YOU be a medal winner?
Do you know your GOALBALL from your GOGGLES?
And just WHAT is a runky fap?
Qualify, win team medals and be in your very own Olympic ceremony in this theatre show. Celebrate Olympics and Paralympics past, present and future in perfect time for Paris 2024!
Ideal for ages 5+ and their families.
Booking essential
£3 per child
Thursday 15 August
Redbridge Central Library
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Wanstead Library
2.30pm – 3.30pm
STEM Week – Lab Central (Redbridge Central Library) 12-18 August
19-25 August
Make A Zine with Patchlarks
Create a brilliantly expressive mini book – called a ‘zine’. Drawings, collages and words collide in this joyfully creative craft session with a narrative flare. Aimed at all humans aged 6+.
Spaces limited, booking required.
Costs
Child – £2.00
Parent/Guardian – Free
Tuesday 20 August
Hainault Library: 10.30am – 11.30am
Fullwell Cross Library: 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Wednesday 21 August
Keith Axon Centre: 1pm – 2pm
The Patchlarks Storytelling Show
Dive into a world of cunning characters, exciting antics, and animal magic in this storytelling show. Oliver Wallace brings his rambunctious style to fairytales and folktales for all ages.
For children 3+ and their families.
Free, drop in, no need to book
Tuesday 20 August
Fullwell Cross Library
3.15pm-4.15pm
Wednesday 21 August
Keith Axon Centre
3pm – 4pm
South Woodford Book Swap
We’re celebrating Fabula Festival with a very special Book Swap At South Woodford Library! Bring along books you want to swap, have a browse and find a new favourite. There’ll be loads of storytelling, colouring and crafts to join in with throughout the day as well.
Saturday 24 August
South Woodford Library & Gym
10:30am – 4:30pm
Free, Drop-In
26 August-1 September
Polly Bee Makes Honey – Storytelling and Craft with Julia Groves
Join children’s book illustrator Julia Groves for storytelling and a fun collage activity all about honey bees. We will read Julia’s book Polly Bee Makes Honey and find out where bees live and how they make honey!
Goodmayes Library
Tuesday 27 August
2pm-2.50pm
Suitable for children 3-7yrs and their families.
How to Catch a Book Witch by Coppice Theatre
Follow a little girl called Kira as she tries to find out why all the words are starting to vanish from the books in her local library. It is a race against time to find out what is happening. Could there be a Book Witch stealing the stories?
Explore the importance of libraries, sharing stories and not judging people. The show features live music, puppetry and storytelling. Created with inclusion and accessibility in mind and including key word signing and integrated captions.
Booking essential.
Ideal for ages 5+ and their families.
Booking essential
£3 per child
Thursday 29 August
Redbridge Central Library
11am – 12noon
Wanstead Library
3.30pm – 4.30pm
2 September – 14 September
Family Book Day at Wanstead Library
To celebrate the end of the Fabula Reading Challenge and as part of the Wanstead Book Festival, join us for a day of fun, stories and books for families, including author events and craft activities running throughout the day.
Saturday 14 September
Schedule:
11:30 – Tola Okugwu – Bekah and the Moon
13:00 – Joseph Elliot – Nora and the Map of Mayhem
15:00 – Discover – Supertato
…plus drop-in craft throughout the day
