Category Archives: Sharjah Children Reading Festival

Young artists create a legion of new comic characters at SCRF 2025 Wooden Comics workshop

Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival sees children reimagine superheroes, dragons, and fantasy characters in a hands-on comic mask workshop blending art, craft, and storytelling


Sharjah, May 2, 2025

Young comic lovers swapped pens for paintbrushes at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2025), transforming blank wooden blocks into vibrant cartoon-inspired faces as part of a creative “Wooden Comic” workshop on innovative art and craft.

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Stories as a gateway to children’s hidden talents: Authors at SCRF 2025

At the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, authors, educators and storytellers
discussed how reading fosters talent, self-expression, and resilience in children

Sharjah, May 2, 2025

In a powerful and wide-ranging discussion at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) 2025, international authors, academics, and publishing professionals explored how reading can reveal children’s hidden talents and help them navigate the complexity of identity, culture, emotion, and ambition.

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الجائزة الدولية لأدب الطفل العربي تطلق نسختها السابعة عشرة وتدشّن موقعها الإلكتروني الجديد

خلال مشاركتها في مهرجان الشارقة القرائي للطفل

الجائزة الدولية لأدب الطفل العربي تطلق نسختها السابعة عشرة وتدشّن موقعها الإلكتروني الجديد

الشارقة، 2 مايو 2025

أطلقت الجائزة الدولية لأدب الطفل العربي المقدّمة من “إي آند”، والتي ينظّمها المجلس الإماراتي لكتب اليافعين، نسختها السابعة عشرة والموقع الإلكتروني الجديد للجائزة، وذلك خلال مشاركتها في فعاليات الدورة السادسة عشرة من مهرجان الشارقة القرائي للطفل، الذي تنظّمه هيئة الشارقة للكتاب في مركز

إكسبو الشارقة، ويتواصل حتى مساء الأحد المقبل.

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Sandro Cleuzo inspires next-gen illustrators with his winningsecrets behind expressive characters at SAC 2025

Acclaimed animator guides participants through expressions, poses and shape theory, offering a rare glimpse into the process of crafting memorable characters

Sharjah, May 2, 2025 

The opening day of the 3rd Sharjah Animation Conference (SAC 2025) lit up with the creative spark and seasoned insights of Disney veteran Sandro Cleuzo, at his workshop, “Character Design Essentials: From Concept to Final Illustration”.

Addressing a full house, the acclaimed animator, known for his work in Mary Poppins Returns (2018), The Iron Giant (1999) and Nimona (2023), shared a masterful breakdown-technique of his character creation process. “Designing characters is like directing actors – you have to know who they are, how they move, and what they’re feeling”. 

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AI could help rebalance global storytelling in children’s media: Experts at Sharjah Animation Conference

Creators from Africa to France discussed how artificial intelligence could rebalance the storytelling ecosystem – if used ethically, thoughtfully, and locally

Sharjah, May 2, 2025

Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the future of children’s content and empower storytellers from underrepresented regions, said leading global creators who gathered at the 3rd annual Sharjah Animation Conference (SAC 2025) for a panel discussion ‘The Future of Kids’ Content and AI’, on Thursday.

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