Free Two-Day Children's Book Festival

"Plant the Reading Seed & Watch it Grow"
Fairytale Town 's 10th Annual
ScholarShare Children's Book Festival
FREE ADMISSION
Saturday & Sunday, September 25 & 26, 2010
10AM to 4PM

 Cultivate, plant, water and fertilize, then watch them grow! Tend to children the same way you would a garden and watch those kids grow in mind, spirit, creativity and imagination! 2010 marks Fairytale Town's 10th Anniversary of the ScholarShare Children's Book Festival on September 25 & 26.  This two-day festival will feature children's book author and illustrator presentations, storytelling performances, celebrity readers, a book swap, and hands-on literacy activities offered by an array of community-based literacy organizations.  Best of all, admission to the event is FREE. (Adults must accompany children and vice versa.)

This year's line-up of author and illustrator presenters on the Mother Goose Stage include:
Doug Hansen - Award Winning Author of Mother Goose in California
Angela Dominguez - Illustrator of Ava Tree and the Wishes Three, La Noche Buena, Carmen Learns English, and others
Patricia Newman - Author of Nugget on the Flight, Jingle the Brass
Linda Knoll - Author & Illustrator of Over in the Valley
Rachel Dillon - Author & Illustrator of Through Endangered Eyes
David Schwartz - Author of Where Else in the Wild, Where in the Wild, How Much is a Million
Terri Farley - Author of Seven Tears Into the Sea, Phantom Stallion Series
Tolya Thompson - Author of The Smarties Series, including, Wheezing Winona Weatherbee
Lily Toppenberg - Illustrator of Delta & Dawn: Mother & Baby Wahales' Journey

In addition to author and illustrator presentations on the Mother Goose Stage, Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS)  will recite original poems, and Puppet Art Theater will perform puppet shows in the Children's Theater. Just some of the many hands-on literacy activities will be  provided by KVIE, White Stag Press, Sacramento Braille Transcribers and many other local organizations. Children bringing in gently used books may trade them for another one at the Book Swap.

"Its a day full of fun literacy activities and a great way to introduce your child to a variety of books, authors, and children's literature," says Kathy Fleming, Executive Director of Fairytale Town .

The free ScholarShare Children's Book Festival is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors: ScholarShare College Savings Plan, Wells Fargo, The Sacramento Bee, Ronald McDonald House Charities, and IKEA.

For more information, please visit www.fairytaletown.org or call Fairytale Town at 916-808-7462.