Kids say A.F. Harrold is very funny and he is which is why Andover Poetry café asked him to be the guest of the 1st Andover kid’s poetry café on August 10th at Long Meadow Centre in Cricketers Way.
“At the beginning a lot of parents asked if they could bring their kids to the poetry café,” said co-organiser Cat Randle. “So we decided to have a café in August just for kids and their grownups.”
As well as A.F. Harrold showing off and waving his beard about, there will be games like hunt the alphabet for the little kids, a quiz with prizes for the big kids and kids at heart AND Ivor will show all the children how to make up songs. There is a break for tea and cake half way through the fun times.
“Audience members have always had a lot of fun at our poetry cafes. Now we want to make the kid’s café even better,” said co-organiser Ivor Bundell. “Most grownups would miss out on seeing A.F.Harrold because the children see him during school visits. Now they can have some quality time laughing with their kids.”
The sponsors Big Up Words are all about having fun with words and the café organisers wanted to show the kids how much fun you can pack into one afternoon.
“We deliberately kept the costs down thanks to the help we’ve got from Andover Family and Learning. The adults are £2.00 but ALL the kids go free. I remember the holidays when as the parent who looked after the kids it was good to be able to go somewhere we could both enjoy at a reasonable cost,” said Ivor.
Kid’s poetry café will start at 1pm on Saturday August 10th at Long Meadow Centre Cricketers Way, Andover SP105 DE.

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