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Storytime with Author Rukhsana Khan

in partnership with Words Worth Books

2025-06-28 14:30:00 2025-06-28 15:30:00 America/New_York Storytime with Author Rukhsana Khan For Families Eastside Branch - Program Room

Saturday, June 28
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-28 14:30:00 2025-06-28 15:30:00 America/New_York Storytime with Author Rukhsana Khan For Families Eastside Branch - Program Room

Eastside Branch

Program Room

For Families

About the Event

Get ready for a lively, laughter-filled storytime for the whole family with award-winning Canadian author Rukhsana Khan!

What do lollipops, clever maidens, and the chaos of traffic in Pakistan have in common? They all inspire the funny and imaginative stories brought to life by Rukhsana’s unique voice. During this special event, she’ll read from her picture book Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt!—a colourful, energetic tale that captures the hustle and bustle of the streets of Lahore—as well as other entertaining favourites.

This is a wonderful opportunity to experience stories that celebrate Asian culture with warmth, humour, and heart. After the reading, books will be available for purchase, and Rukhsana will be signing copies.

Presented in partnership with Words Worth Books.

For families with children of all ages and their caregiver(s). When registering please use the guests feature to indicate the number of people in your group that will be attending the event.

About the Author

Rukhsana Khan is an award-winning author and storyteller. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan and immigrated to Canada at the age of three. She grew up bullied in a small town and read books to survive. She has eighteen books published and more on the way. In 2013, her book BIG RED LOLLIPOP was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of the 100 greatest children’s books in the last 100 years. She has appeared on television, radio and been featured at festivals around the world. She lives in Toronto with her husband and family.


Photography Notice: Please note that photographs and videos may be taken at this event and may be broadcast, reproduced, and/or made available in print or online. For individual or small group photos, staff will make attendees aware of their presence and will ask permission before taking photos. 

For larger public events, please note that by attending, you are consenting to the use of your appearance, image, and voice in print or digital productions created by the Waterloo Public Library for promotional use only. Please speak to library staff at the event if you’d like to be excluded from any photo/video. 

Programmer: Ikhlas

Eastside Branch

Phone: 519-886-1310

Hours
Mon, Jun 02 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jun 03 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jun 04 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jun 05 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jun 06 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Jun 07 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Jun 08 Closed

About the branch

Located at the RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex, the Eastside Branch boasts specialized creative spaces, quiet study areas, a nature education space and lots of natural light.

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