The pavilion devoted to children within the International Book Fair of Venezuela (2015 FILVEN) rises just in the middle of that big drawn star in the Museum Square of Caracas, where all the lighting and perpetual energy of hundreds of children will converge as they have the opportunity, during the following ten days, to leave their imagination fly under that dome and discover the infinite worlds reserved to them by literature, in that space full of magic, thoroughly conceived by the National Book Center every year to attain a special place in the memory of the little ones, whose visit is one of the most expected by the organizers of the fair. Not for nothing the FILVEN has prepared, for this edition, workshops on literary creation and handicrafts, storytellers, songs, games, book stands and the projection of movies for children; all these thought to sow love and curiosity for words in children from their first years; to educate and give shape to the future readers, who fortunately increase every year thanks to the tireless work developed by the Ministry of Culture and its ascribed bodies devoted to books. Those future readers will never forget that Saturday afternoon when they watched, with amazed eyes, many for the first time ever, the movie The Little Prince: The Planet of the Firebird, from the classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: that cute blonde-hair little boy, whose adventures made them laugh, yell and jump in their seats. Parents of these children also remember with special affection that stubborn “Little Prince”, who resists abandoning the house of soul once he visits it, and therefore, they also thank the opportunity to see their children experience the same excitement, and play, and enjoy the weekend rest in an environment always full of new and refreshing activities to offer. Paola, a bright eight year-old little girl, watched the FILVEN publicity on TV, and quickly asked her mom to take her “to see the funny clown who told funny stories last year in the park Los Caobos”. This time, Paola could join the Little Prince in his inter-space adventure in the darkness of a usually silent Cinemateca Nacional, which yesterday filled up with joy, excitement and cries of “Mommy, look!”
