A few weeks ago I blogged about Tara Book’s new Book Building. Situated in South Chennai, India, the Book Building not only houses all aspects of Tara Books‘ award winning  publishing business but is a unique cultural space dedicated to exploring the form of the book. Book lovers and visual lovers of all ages are invited to the Book Building to enjoy ongoing exhibitions, watch visual artists at work, participate in workshops, browse though books and art prints in the  bookstore, enjoy specially commissioned wall murals created by a range of Tara Book artists, and more!

A new exhibit has just been launched at the Book Building and we thank Pallavi Vadhia of Tara Books for sending us the details. The Jungle in the Book is an interactive art exhibition which runs until the end of August and aims to promote the joy of  reading, picture books and art to children. The exhibition is accompanied by a series of free events and educational workshops (offered in English and Tamil) for children, their parent and educators. Highlights include:

Saturday, July 21 ~ What is a Picture Book? What can we do with it? An informative workshop showing parents and teachers ways to use picture books. Conducted by Salai Selvam, an education and literacy activist and Tara Books Publisher Gita Wolf,

Saturday, August 11 ~ Look, Read and Think! How pictures communicate ideas – Working with the idea of human rights. Hosted by Salai Selvam.

Saturday, August 18 ~ An Artist at Work: open house event. Watch Sunita an amazing artist from the Meena tribe in Rajasthan.

To see the entire list of events and workshops click here. To see some photos of the exhibit visit Tara Books’ Facebook page.

Exhibit photo courtesy of Tara Books.

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Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre Exhibits and Programs~ Fremantle, Australia

Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Riddells Creek, Australia

Books Illustrated Events and Exhibitions~ Middle Park, Australia

Screenings for Library of the Early Mind: a documentary film exploring childrens literature~ Canada and USA

International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany

Seven Stories (the National Home of Children’s Books in Britain) Events~ Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Discover Children’s Story Centre~ London, United Kingdom

The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibits~ Abilene, TX, USA

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Events

Manchester Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until July 4, Manchester, United Kingdom

London Literature Festival~ ongoing until July 14, London, United Kingdom

Japanese Children’s Literature: A History from the International Library of Children’s Literature Collections~ ongoing until Aug 21, Tokyo, Japan

Museum of Childhood Exhibit: Author and Illustrator Judith Kerr~ ongoing until Sep 4, London, United Kingdom

Meet Your Friends From Japan! An Exhibit at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ ongoing until Sep 20 Amherst, MA, USA

Mirror, an Exhibition by Children’s Author and Artist Jeannie Baker~ ongoing until Oct 11, Ipswich City, Australia

2012 Scholastic Asian Book Award~ entries accepted until Oct 17, Singapore

Once Upon A Wartime: Classic War Stories for Children~ ongoing until Oct 30, London, United Kingdom

The Art Institute of Chicago Presents: Artful Alphabets: Five Picture Book Artists~ ongoing until Nov 6, Chicago, IL, USA

2012 South Asia Book Award~ entries accepted until Dec 31

Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2011 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2012, USA

West Cork Literary Festival Children’s Programme~ July 3 – 9, Bantry, Ireland

NAIDOC Week~ July 3 – 10, Australia

The 20th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature~ July  4 – 8, Brisbane, Australia

Southampton Children’s Literature Conference~ July 6 – 10, Southampton, NY, USA

Tokyo International Book Fair ~ July 7 – 10, Tokyo, Japan

SCBWI Tokyo Presents: Discovering PaperTigers—the Online Forum for Multicultural Children’s Literature~ July 8, Tokyo, Japan

Centre for the Study of New Literacies Annual Conference: New Methods for New Literacies~ July 8 – 9, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) National Conference~ July 8 – 10, Norwood, Australia

Pop Up Festival of Stories~ July 9 – 10, London, United Kingdom

Siragugal Festival~ July 9 – 10, Chennai, India

Artist Talk – David Elliot: The Making of the Word Witch~ July 10, Rotorua, New Zealand

Mock Children’s Literature Class at The Eric Carle Museum of Picturebook Art~ July 10, Amherst, MA, USA

Literature and Translation Conference~ July 11 – 12, Melbourne, Australia

Pan-African Reading for All Conference~ July 11 – 14, Gaborone, Botswana

4th Annual International Conference on Literature, Languages & Linguistics~ July 11 – 14, Athens, Greece

Association for Cultural Studies – Summer Institute on Critical Literacies~ July 11 – 15, Ghent, Belgium

Mazza Museum’s International Art from Picture Books Summer Conference~ July 11  – 15, Findlay, OH, USA

Teaching Writing through Children’s Literature~ July 11 – 15, Cullowhee, NC, USA

Children’s Book Fair~ July 11 – 30, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Graduate Children’s Literature Information Session at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ July 11, Amherst, MA, USA

Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival~ July 13 – 17, Mackay, Australia

Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition: A Centenary Conference~ July 15 – 16, Chichester, United Kingdom

The 47th UKLA International Conference – Empowerment Through Literacy: Literacy Shaping Futures~ July 15 – 17, Chester, United Kingdom

Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Picturebook Picnic~ July 16, Dublin, Ireland

Book Signing and Art Workshop with Christy Hale, author of The East-West House: Noguchi’s Childhood in Japan~ July 17, Laguna Beach, CA, USA

National Children’s Book Day~ July 19, Philippines

Hong Kong Book Fair~ July 20 – 26, Hong Kong

Lima International Book Fair~ July 20 – Aug 2, Lima, Peru

Racial Harmony Day~ July 21, Singapore

Chapter & Verse Meeting (a Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit)~ July 21, USA

2011 WLU Summer Institute: Teachers, Students and Families Together: Nurturing Literate Communities~ July 21 – 24, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature and Knox County Public Library Present:2011 Best of the Best~ July 22, Knoxville, TN, USA

The XI Latin America Conference and II National Conference~ July 22 – 24, Managua, Nicaragua

Tirgan Iranian Festival Literature Events~ July 21 – 24, Toronto, ON, Canada

Series: What’s Happening with Children’s Books in the World? Lecture: What’s Happening with Children’s Books in the Netherlands and Belgium?~ July 23, Tokyo, Japan

SCBWI Eastern Pa’s Festival of Authors and Illustrators~ July 28, Doylestown, PA, USA

100 Years of the Secret Garden~ July 29 – 30, Hanover, NH, USA

Stories of Anansi the Survivor with Storyteller Phyllis Walker~ July 31, Toronto, ON, USA

17th European Conference on Reading: Literacy and Diversity~ July 31 – Aug 3, Mons, Belgium