The Emirates Literature Foundation is collaborating with Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) and The Green Planet, Dubai\u2019s only indoor rainforest, to hold an exciting three-day children\u2019s interactive \u2018edutainment\u2019 themed around learning to make our world a better place. The \u2018Tales of The Green Planet\u2019event will take place from 19-21 August.<\/p>\n
Fun activities for children aged 3-10 include a scavenger hunt, arts and crafts, lively storytelling from authors and illustrators, and a letter-writing corner where children can send notes to their favourite animal \u2013 and receive a reply back by email. All activities will be free for The Green Planet ticket holders on a \u2018first come, first served\u2019 basis.<\/p>\n
AhlamBolooki, festival director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, the Emirates Literature Foundation\u2019s flagship event, said: \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be able to combine our mission to celebrate books and reading whilst helping to raise awareness of conservation and sustainability. These issues are close to our hearts, so this is a natural collaboration for us. Children are going to love the range of activities on offer, and it\u2019s a great way for them to learn more about these topics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ahmed Al Khaja, CEO, Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), said: \u201cOur partnership with the Emirates Literature Foundation and The Green Planet showcases the wide range of events and activities that are on offer during this year\u2019s Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS). Edutainment activities are an important part of DSS, and the three-day event that will be held at The Green Plant is a great opportunity for everyone to learn more about our world and how we can take care of it; all while exploring one of the city\u2019s most unique landmark destinations at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u2018Tales of the Green Planet\u2019 event will be brought to life by storytelling from top authors, illustrators, and performing artists Ebtisam Al-Beiti, Maitha Al Khayat, Noura Al Khoori, Stephanie Robert, LamyaTawfik, SimarHalwany, YousheyZakiuddin and Magic Phil with his special brand of interactive magical colourful storytelling featuring camels and other animals.<\/p>\n
Victoria Lynn, General Manager- Attractions, Dubai Holding, said: \u201cThe Green Planet is all about people of all ages stepping out of their everyday lives into an adventure filled with tropical plants and animals and gaining a greater understanding of the importance of caring for our environment. Tales of the Green Planet will encourage children to get creative throughout the three-day event while opening their imaginations to a tropical animal filled world! We can\u2019t wait for all of our visitors to be a part of it!\u201d<\/p>\n
The activities will take place from 19 August between 2-6pm and on 20-21 August from 11am until 6pm. Restricted numbers will be allowed for each session to comply with Covid 19 protocols.<\/p>\n
More information about Tales of the Green Planet can be found\u00a0here<\/a>. Keep up to date with news from the Emirates Literature Foundation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Emirates Literature Foundation is collaborating with Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) and The Green Planet, Dubai\u2019s only indoor rainforest, to hold an exciting three-day children\u2019s interactive \u2018edutainment\u2019 themed around learning to make our world a better place. The \u2018Tales of The Green Planet\u2019event will take place from 19-21 August. Fun activities for children aged 3-10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40594,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40592\/revisions\/40594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}