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Storytelling & book events for kids in the Netherlands

Voorlezen — being read to — is something of a national habit in the Netherlands, with its own Voorleesdagen in January and a Kinderboekenweek in October. This page collects the sessions: weekend storytime at children’s bookshops such as De Kinderboekwinkel in Amsterdam, reading mornings at library branches, author and illustrator visits, and the occasional book-launch morning where somebody draws while they read. Sessions are usually short, often free or a couple of euros, and almost always drop-in. Best for roughly two to six, though a good reader will hold a wider room than that.