Colombia's national library set aside a free room for children

The National Library of Colombia was set to open a new children's room on Saturday, November 7. El Tiempo reported the plan on November 6, 2026. Entry is free. The Sala Infantil is for children from the first months of life through age 12, under the motto "Lee, juega y deja huella" — read, play, and leave a mark. Director Julia Daza Noguera said introducing a child to a book opens a door to the world, not only a reading lesson.

The room includes work by Colombian authors and publishers, a show of posters by pioneering Colombian children's illustrators from the second half of the twentieth century, and Rafael Yockteng's mural "La contemplación del perezoso." The paper said play, sound, images, and objects sit alongside the books.

The November schedule, all free, runs most weekdays at 10 a.m. Creative Saturdays for ages 3 and up are November 7, 14, 21, and 28. Story hour, where children from age 3 choose the books, is Mondays the 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th. Baby sessions for ages 0 to 3 are Tuesdays the 10th, 17th, and 24th. "Toca, mira, mueve, escucha y descubre," for ages 3 to 6, is Wednesdays the 11th, 18th, and 25th. The Liga de lectores, ages 7 to 12, meets Thursdays the 12th, 19th, and 26th at 3 p.m. "La historia de los objetos," for teachers, mediators, and families, is Fridays the 13th, 20th, and 27th. The news is this room and that calendar. El Tiempo wrote before Saturday's opening, so this account does not add what happened after the doors opened.