The Penguin Kids Festival occupies the Cinema São Jorge, in Lisbon, on November 22, 2026, from 10am to 7pm. There will be more than twenty activities for children and families. Among the proposals are two sessions of O Bando das Cavernas, a theatrical adaptation of O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima and the screening of The Wild Robot. The online ticket office indicated that the festival was sold out on November 14th. Penguin Books Program · Official ticketing page
O Bando das Cavernas goes from reading to a workshop
At 10 am, Nuno Caravela presents the collection in Room 3 and explains how one of the books is born. At 3 pm, on the foyer of the first floor, the work changes hands. The workshop proposes children to invent an adventure companion for the characters of the Band. The two sessions are recommended from the age of five and last 45 minutes. Schedules of Nuno Caravela sessions
In October, Booksmile published Calendário dos Infernos, the volume 50 of the collection, for readers from the age of seven. In history, the arrival of a new student at the school of Pedras Novas puts the group to organize a surprise party. The two sessions of the festival present the characters to an audience who may not yet be old enough to read a 128-page volume by himself. Those who already know the collection can work with the author about the world he found in the books. Publisher’s page for Calendário dos Infernos
What’s on stage and on screen
At 11am, the Teatro dos Aloés presents an adaptation of José Mauro de Vasconcelos’ novel in Sala 2. The company takes O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima to schools and describes his work as a way to tell the story on stage, with the actor taking over the voices of the characters. For the festival session, Penguin indicates a recommended age from the age of six. At noon, in the Sala Manoel de Oliveira, the collective Balleia combines dance, music and theater from a book by Olivier Tallec on friendship. Presentation of the show by the Teatro dos Aloes · Organisation of sittings
At 3:00 p.m., at the same time as Caravela’s workshop, Room 3 receives The Wild Robot. DreamWorks adapted Peter Brown’s illustrated novel, originally published in 2016. In the film directed by Chris Sanders, Robot Roz arrives on an island, learns to live with animals and ends up taking care of an orphaned goose. The projection is scheduled until 4:45 p.m. A family who wants to see the entire film can watch the Bando session in the morning. The Wild Robot on DreamWorks · Penguin Kids Festival Program
What to do between sessions
The programming begins, for younger children, with story time led by Estrela Lourenço. Throughout the day, Room 2 has a space of ZigZag, RTP, to listen to stories with headphones. There are also drawing and painting tables on the first floor and a CTT postbox where you can leave postcards addressed to authors or characters. The cinema provides two backstage visits, at 11am and at 4pm. Activities per room and floor in the programming
At 5 p.m. there are two workshops, one with Sara Paz and another with Maria Inês Almeida. The second draws on Diário de uma Miúda Como Tu and revisits an exercise that Penguin proposed in competition in 2025: write the first page of a diary. The contest asked for the text to be sent to the publisher. At the festival, the starting point is the same and the work takes place in the room with the author, for 45 minutes. Writing contest of 2025 · Workshop program in 2026
Tickets, location and re-entry
The festival takes place on Avenida da Liberdade, 175. The prices announced are €4 for visitors over 12, €2 for ages 3 to 12, and free entry for children aged 2 and under. Cinema São Jorge confirms that visitors can leave and return during the day, with the same ticket. Each activity has limited capacity, so the entrance to the grounds does not guarantee place in all sessions. Cinema information São Jorge · See availability in BOL