WE MAKE READING FUN! Meet Your Favorite Author or Illustrator!
Main Event Stage Grand Reading Room, 2nd Floor
In the Rotunda Main Floor
11:00am
Acclaimed Illustrator of Click Clack Moo
10:30am & 12:30pm Adam the Juggler 11:30am & 1:30pm Magician Arthur Atsma
12:00pm
If You Give series Author
1:00pm
BabyMouse & Squish Author
In the Auditorium Main Floor
2:00pm
Author of Rebound & The Crossover Kwame Alexander with Randy Preston
3:00pm
Musical sensation
Betsy Lewin
Laura Numeroff Jennifer Holm
Kitty Kapow & Professor Whiskers
Dr. Franklin J. Star Donor Advised Fund Autograph Central Grand Reading Room, 2nd Floor Authors and Illustrators will sign autographs immediately following their presentations.
10:30am & 12:30pm All Hands Productions Puppet Theatre
Billy Goats Gruff & Other Stuff
Synovus Meeting Rooms Main Floor 10:00am -4:00pm 1:30am & 1:30pm 3:00pm
Aflac Children’s Department – Storytime Room Main Floor 10:30am & 12:30pm 11:30am & 1:30pm
Teen Area • Main Floor
Craft-O-Mania Animal Adventures with Robin Kitty Kapow & Professor Whiskers
BabaTunde the Griot
Fiddlin’ Dan the Mountain Man
High Tech crafts and activities! Thru the day
Character Greetings Aflac Children’s Department
Galactic Quest Comics
10:30am, 12:30pm, & 2:30pm
Pratt & Whitney’s Makes-To-Take
Comic Books Galore for sale! Thru the day
Friends of Libraries Festival Bookstore 2nd Floor We have hundreds of Books available by our Festival authors! Buy a Bunch! They make great gifts!
Pancake Pig & Cookie Mouse Llama Llama & Babymouse 11:30am & 1:30pm
Ruth Brooks Yancey Garden Simple Steps Garden Activities Fun reading and games for ages 0-5.
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September 15th • 10am - 4pm • Columbus Public Library
Meet Your Favorite Author or Illustrator! Betsy Lewin
Kwame Alexander
#1 NY Times bestselling illustrator of Click, Click, Moo: Cows That Type and its many quirky farmyard sequels.
APPEARING AT 11:00am
APPEARING AT 2:00pm
RANDY PRESTON
Laura Numeroff
Kitty Kapow & Professor Whiskers
Laura Numeroff is the author of the beloved If You Give series that gave us the marvelous mayhem of Mouse, Pig, Dog & Moose.
APPEARING AT 12:00pm
APPEARING AT 3:00pm Synovus Meeting Rooms
Jennifer Holm Newberry-winning author and collaborator of the BabyMouse and Squish graphic novel series.
APPEARING AT 1:00pm
Kwame Alexander is the author and poet of the Newberry Medal-winning The Crossover and it’s sequel Rebound. His verse and raps inspire children and teens alike. Appearing with Mr. Alexander will be musician
Wrap-up the day with the musical duo sensation for families that mixes hilarity and audience interaction into their performances.
Great Entertainers & More! BabaTunde the Griot
Scheduled Performances : 10:30am & 12:30pm Fasten your imaginary seatbelts as BabaTunde entertains and educates featuring characters found in traditional African tales.
Adam the Juggler
Scheduled Performances: 10:30am & 12:30pm This juggler extraordinaire will captivate and amaze with his mind-boggling feats and tricks. All Hands Productions Puppet Theatre
Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stuff
Scheduled Performances: 10:30am & 12:30pm See what happens when three billy goats try to cross over a bridge belonging to a greedy troll! Come be a part of the fun.
Magician Arthur Atsma
Scheduled Performances: 11:30am and 1:30pm Columbus’ favorite magician returns with death-defying feats of sleigh-of-hand demonstrations and tricks.
Fiddlin’ Dan the Mountain Man
Scheduled Performances: 11:30am and 1:30pm Fiddlin’ Dan presents music, stories, and non-stop fun for kids. There will be fiddlin’, singin’, dancin’, and clappin’ in this interactive program.
Animal Adventures with Robin
Scheduled Performances: 11:30am and 1:30pm Meet fabulous animals, small and large, and explore interesting biofacts from around the word with animal trainer Robin Pressley.
Throughout the Day!
Festival Bookstore * Autographs * Food Vendors Craftomania * Makes-to-Take Ruth Brooks Yancey Simple Steps Garden
Join us in the garden where children can take their first steps into reading. There will be lots of fun activities highlighting the five simple steps you can do to help your child become a strong reader.
Galactic Quest
Welcome to the greatest comic book store on earth with Herocats creators Kyle Puttkammer and Marcus Williams. Their outstanding collection of comic books and graphic novels will be for sale!
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