Valdepeñas is celebrating the Book Week with various activities, and the Municipal Library ‘Ana de Castro’ awarded the prizes of the XXV Bookmark Contest on Monday, where 1,017 bookmarks made by children from different educational centers in the locality were submitted.
«It is a success in terms of participation because it involves the educational community, to whom I want to express my gratitude, as well as the involvement of families and students,» said Vanessa Irla, Deputy Mayor of Culture, during the awards ceremony. She added, «In the end, these types of initiatives are more successful when all parties are involved, and this is an example of that, where bookmarks also enhance and develop the creativity of the little ones.»
The winners of the first prizes in the contest were, in the Special Education category, Pablo Santos Agudo; in Early Childhood Education, Álex Fernández García; in the First Cycle of Primary Education, Noa Sánchez Moraleda; in the Second Cycle of Primary Education, Paula Roxana Rusnac; and in the Third Cycle of Primary Education, Irene Atienza García. The winning bookmarks, along with a selection of a total of 130 works, can be seen at the public library ‘Ana de Castro’.
The awards ceremony concluded with a storytelling performance for children and families titled ‘Greek Myths’, presented by Héctor Urién.
Other activities
Additionally, Valdepeñas’ Book Week continues on Tuesday, April 22, with an activity arranged with ESO students at ‘La Confianza’, where the workshops ‘History of Libraries: from tablets to e-books’ will be conducted by CSIC, as part of the Ciudad Ciencia program. In the evening, at 8:30 pm, the Inés Ibáñez Auditorium will host an oral storytelling show for adults titled ‘Living to Tell’, presented by Aldo Méndez.
On Wednesday, April 23, a theater performance titled ‘To Glory with Gloria Fuertes’ will be presented to primary school students by the Teatro de Malta company. On the same day, at 8:00 pm, ‘La Confianza’ will offer a talk on ‘Don Quixote: an ingenious exercise in logic’, presented by Santos Neira.
On Thursday, April 24, ESO students will attend the presentation of the book ‘Salumbi’ by Ana Amalia Rivas Orejón, and in the afternoon, at 6:00 pm, a ceramics workshop for children aged 8 to 14 titled ‘Create your bookend pair’ will be conducted by Julieta García, with prior registration required.
On Friday, April 25, at 5:30 pm, the Story Time activity ‘Maisy and the Red Great Ball’ by Kids&Us will be held for children aged 1 to 3, with accompanying adults, with prior registration. At 7:30 pm, a cardboard bookmaking workshop for adults will be conducted by La Alegría de la Huerta Manchega, with prior registration required.
The Book Week will continue on Sunday, April 27, at 1:30 pm, in Plaza de España with the family magic show ‘The Wizard of Books’ by Luigi Ludus. And on Monday, April 28, at 11:30 am, families in the baby area will participate in the activity ‘Farm Tales for Little Socks: accompanying early childhood’ by Rosa María Moreno Zapero. This activity will be repeated in the afternoon at 5:00 pm for children aged 2 to 4, with accompanying adults, with prior registration.
The culmination of the activities will be on Monday, April 28, at 8:00 pm, with an author encounter. It will take place in the auditorium of the La Confianza Cultural Center with the presentation of the book ‘The Earth Beneath Your Feet’, the 2024 Azorín Novel Prize by the writer Cristina López Barrio, a finalist for the 2017 Planeta Prize.