This is hands down, one of my family’s favorite events of the year! It combines two of our favorite things…PLAYING AT FAIRYTALE TOWN and BOOKS! To top it off, this event is completely FREE!
The ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival is this weekend, Saturday & Sunday, September 29 & 30, from 10am to 4pm. The Festival features dynamic presentations from children’s book authors and illustrators, storytelling performances, hands-on literacy activities, a book fair, and information booths from literacy and arts organizations.
Featured Authors & Illustrators:
Bob Barner, Felipe Davalos, Dorina Lazo Gilmore, Sandy Lynne Holman, Heather Leigh, Michael Slack, Kenneth Spengler, Bethany Telles, Joanne Je ffers Veeck and Dawn Wynne.
Hazuki Kataoka of Storycard Theater will give a storytelling performance featuring their traditional Japanese picture-card stories called “kamishibai”, meaning “paper theater”. Educator and Sacramento State professor, Francie Dillon, will also be on hand to present read-aloud techniques for parents.
For an entertainment schedule of author and illustrator presentations, click here.
If your kids already love to read or you’d like to help them create a love for reading, this is a fabulous way to do it! Hope to see you at Fairytale Town!
Written by Keilah Woodard
My love for exploring and creating experiences with my three kids led to the founding of SacramentoSidetracks.com in 2009. I realized that Sacramento has so much to offer and I was excited to share my findings with other parents. Besides simply having fun, these are the other positive side effects of taking my kids on outings that I’ve discovered: we have quality time together away from the distractions at home, we cultivate our curiosity, learn new things, conversations are triggered by what we see and do, we connect and bond as a family, and we create new memories. Ready to get sidetracked, too? Let me be your guide!
