Children's Weekend: Children’s Book Bash

Mark your calendars! WeeGee is here to bring cheer to your November days with a children’s literature event on Sunday 22 November. Come spend a fun day with workshops, performances, and more! All programme is included in the price of the museum ticket.

Schedule on 22 November More details on the programme below!

11:00–17:00 Children’s book market / Lobby

11:00–17:00 Book swap / Lobby

11:00–17:00 Library bus Välkky / Yard

11:00–17:00 Colouring corner / Ruusuvuori

11:30–13:30 Workshop: Bookmark from recycled materials / KAMU

12:00–16:00 Meet Herra Hakkarainen and Tatu and Patu / Around the building

12:00–12:30 Pikkuli’s song and play show / Aitio

13:00–13:30 Emma’s birthday adventure – a performance tour for children / Collection kakkonen

14:00–14:30 Emma’s birthday adventure – a performance tour for children / Collection kakkonen

15:00–15:30 Pikkuli’s song and play show / Aitio

Programme details:

11:00–17:00 Children’s book market / Lobby

Giggles and fun or emotional skills and sympathy? You will surely find all this in these wonderful books. Come meet Etana Editions, Aurinkokustannus, and Orava-kirjat at the Book Hullabaloo - this is also a great opportunity for some Christmas shopping!

11:00–17:00 Book swap / Lobby

Bring children’s books you have already read and swap them for new ones at the book exchange. You can also find discarded ex-library books from the Tapiola Library. -

11:00–17:00 Library bus Välkky / Yard

You’re never too young for a library card. If your family’s littlest members don’t have one yet, the Välkky staff can help you! Of course, the bus is loaded with the most wonderful new and classic children's book.

11:00–17:00 Colouring corner / Ruusuvuori

The Ruusuvuori room on the bottom floor of Exhibition Centre WeeGee is hosting a colouring corner where children can pick from various colouring pages, featuring Tatu and Patu, Pikkuli, and Herra Hakkarainen - and many more! The colouring corner is open all day.

11:30–13:30 KAMU workshop: Bookmark from recycled materials / KAMU

Come and craft a cool bookmark! The workshop is located in the KAMU premises.

12:00, 14:00, 16:00 Tatu and Patu / Around the building

These brothers from Outola have been a favourite for children for years. In Outola, things are often done differently than in the normal world, so come to the Book Hullabaloo and you’ll see what kinds of situations Tatu and Patu will find themselves in!

13:00 and 14:00 Emma’s birthday adventure – a performance tour for children

Where is Emma’s birthday gift? Or Emma’s favourite cup? Do you have a moment to help Illusia and Onerva organise a birthday party for their big sister? Things have been all over the place and even the invitations are missing! Help theatre director Marko Kokko and the sister of the birthday girl, Onerva, solve these tricky birthday quest puzzles.

The tours are appropriate for all ages. Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult. The tour lasts about 30 minutes.

The team behind this fun adventure is children’s and YA author Siri Kolu and theatre director Marko Kokko, who created the tour as a part of the Collection Kakkonen exhibition with puzzles that visitors can solve while exploring the exhibition. Addition: There is space for a maximum of 15 children and their adults. First come, first served.

Performances at 12:00 & 15:00: Pikkuli’s song and play show / Aitio

Pikkuli’s song and play show is a joyful, exciting performance where you get to hear what kinds of friends Pikkuli has and what they like to play and sing together!

This performance encourages reading and is suitable for all ages - and who wouldn’t want to meet Pikkuli himself after the show? So, come enjoy fairy tales, songs, and play!

The performance lasts about 30 min, after which you have the chance to meet Pikkuli.

The event is part of the programme of Children's weekend in Espoo. You can find all the events on this page.

Tapahtuma on osa Espoon Lasten viikonlopun ohjelmaa.