Lagos · Victoria Island
Book Cafe by Expressions, Victoria Island
Also known as Book Cafe. A bright VI cafe where reading and creating sit side by side.
📍 Victoria Island, Lagos
Inside Book Cafe
A look at the space and recent sessions.
Featured story
Creating art through stories
When children come to KidzPaint with their big imaginations, something special happens.
KidzPaint provides children with necessary tools for their creative expressions: Paint, brushes, and a blank canvas, urging them to dream a little louder, create a little braver, and find joy in the process.
KidzPaint creates spaces for kids that feel like stepping into a story, and opens up their imagination.
Expressions Bookcafe is a calm, warm bookstore meets cafe space which, when curated by KidzPaint, gives kids a chance to slow down, to feel inspired, and to connect their reading with painting. Creating art through stories.
By the time the afternoon ends, they walk out not just with artwork, but with a story they made their own.
About this venue
Expression Cafe, better known as Book Cafe by Expressions, pairs a curated children's and young adult book selection with a warm cafe setting on Victoria Island. Three packages let families pick the mix of art, reading and food that suits the day.
Choose your package
All packages include the art activity, instructor and supplies. Chef adjusts seasoning and spice down for children; portions are child-sized.
Chapter Package
₦35,000/child
- 🍽️ Boba plus a book of their choice from the cafe selection.
- 🥤 Boba included.
- 📝 Includes designing a bookmark and painting on canvas.
Character Package
₦45,000/child
- 🍽️ Pastry included. Books and lunch available to purchase on the day.
- 🥤 One beverage included.
- 📝 Includes tote bag painting.
Collection Package
₦65,000/child
- 🍽️ Lunch included, plus any children's or young adult book of their choice from the cafe.
- 🥤 One beverage included.
- 📝 Selfie painting or lifestyle painting, with tote bag painting available as an optional add-on.
Complimentary add-ons
FREEOptional and included at no extra cost with every Lagos booking. Just let us know which ones you'd like.
- 🎨 Face Painting
- 🎈 Balloon Art
- 📿 Name Bracelets
Activities available here
Canvas Painting uses this venue's price. Other activities use a fixed price (the higher of the two applies).