Top 5 kids shows at Edinburgh Book Festival 2010

This article is from 2010.

The festival’s last lap features some iconic characters, authors and places

Julia Donaldson
Along with Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, JD’s first event contains an impressive amount of songs, stories and drawings, while event number two is a solo affair in which she will regale the nippers and their guardians with a tale of a hairy mammoth and a cheeky baby going on a thrilling ride.
28 & 29 Aug, 10am, £4.

Exploring Neverland/Peter Pan
A pair of events connected by JM Barrie’s most famous creation. Exploring Neverland is an interactive workshop run by Rachel Hazell that takes us deep into a world of wildness and lagoons while Peter Pan has Julie Dawson helping kids create their own illustrations of this 150-year-old story.
27 Aug, 5.30pm/30 Aug, 12.30pm, £4.

Young Sherlock
So, what was the world’s greatest-ever sleuth like as a teenager? You have to imagine he was pretty precocious. Author Andrew Lane hosts this elementary discussion into Holmes’ past.
28 Aug, 10am, £4.

David Almond
The author of Skellig and The Fire Eaters launches My Name is Mina and chats about his inspirations before making his contribution to the Book Festival’s Elsewhere concept alongside Elizabeth Laird.
29 Aug, 3pm, 6pm, £4.

Francesca Simon
What is it about Horrid Henry that makes him so, well, horrid? Why can’t he be more like Perfect Peter? Then again, that might make for pretty dull storytelling, something which is utterly alien to Francesca Simon.
29 Aug, 1.30pm, £4.

This article is from 2010.

More: Books, Andrew Lane, Axel Scheffler, Book Festival, David Almond, Edinburgh Festivals, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Elizabeth Laird, Francesca Simon, Horrid Henry, JM Barrie, Julia Donaldson, Peter Pan, Young Sherlock

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