Author and illustrator Katie Bagli has always been a lover of nature and wildlife. On her website, she talks of how as a child, she'd take delight in rearing caterpillars and watching them metamorphose into butterflies. Now, she hopes to extend this experience to children and parents during a day-long event, Joy of Nature, at the NCPA.

Bagli will be conducting a host of activities, including a nature trail and treasure hunt, a storytelling session and a lyrical play, based on one of her books, A Capella Boy. The campus at the NCPA is rich in flora and fauna, says Bagli. "They have a sunken garden, and then, the adjoining garden around Experimental Theatre has a lot of trees. I will be taking the kids through the entire area, while discussing the different kinds of plants found there, the insects and bird that inhabit the trees," she says. "I find it interesting to conduct trails for kids, because they often point out strange things, like a shell on the bark of a tree, or the nursery of a spider. The intent is to get them to appreciate what they see around them."