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Reading Together returns to Oodi Library (Helsinki) on 11.4.2026 to celebrate the International Children’s Book Day. This wonderful event will feature storytelling and live music in 14 languages.   This year’s program includes stories and songs in Arabic, Bosnian – Croatian – Montenegrin – Serbian, English, Farsi, Finnish, Hindi, Italian, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Ukrainian, and Tatar languages.  For the first time, the Opening will start with children’s voices: International Kids Choir by International Scholl of Music (ISM), conducted by Myra Owens, and accompaniment by Abigail Wiegand in piano. And for the second year in a row, […]

The Program for Enriching the Collection of Spanish & Portuguese Children’s Literature in Finland’s Public Libraries is celebrating its 2026 edition! Thanks to the participation of various institutions and Embassies, 153 new children’s titles will be added to Helmet’s libraries and the Multilingual Library. Since it began in 2016, we have delivered over 700 books with the help of Embassies, authors, book institutions, and publishers. Through this

Kulttuurikeskus Ninho ry invites professional artists, educators, storytellers, and musicians to be part of our upcoming KABOOKS! 2026 season. We are looking for storytellers and musicians who can perform musical-multilingual storytelling sessions to children aged 6 months – 2.5 years old years old. What is KABOOKS!? KABOOKS! is a interactive multilingual, musical story time journey

PICNIC 2026 Spring Season is here! If you are looking for Spanish-speaking families with children, come along! PICNIC weekly encounters are designed as peer-support spaces, where you can meet other Spanish-speaking families, play, sing, learn together, and enjoy a safe-gathering while exploring the Spanish children’s literature collection at Helmet.  Spanish-speaking family’s gatherings in Helsinki and Espoo  PICNIC 2026 will keep offering its weekly family meetups at Pasila Library (Helsinki) and we’re excited to announce the new group

Don’t miss this special PICNIC opening with a fun KABOOKS! session in Spanish. To kick the Autumn 2025 PICNIC season off, Alicia Sevilla will be sharing playful and engaging stories, with live guitar music by Manuel Rosales.

Don’t miss live music merged with storytelling sessions in Albanian, Arabic, Farsi, Portuguese, Spanish & Turkish.

Meet lovely Spanish speaker families and enjoy 3 free yoga sessions with your baby at Pasila Library!