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KidLITapalooza 2024
KidLITapalooza: a mini book festival for all school-aged kids in grades 1-8 and their grownups*!

Bring your favorite notebook that you love to write or draw in and join us for an afternoon of book joy and creation! All kids will work with a beloved creator of children's literature and meet their favorite authors at a book signing! (*All attending kids must be accompanied by a supervising adult.)

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Who's coming to KidLITapalooza?

Keynote Speaker: Loren Long

Middle grade authors: Chris Grabenstein, Sayantani DasGupta, Kekla Magoon & Cynthia Leitich Smith, Mae Respicio, Jasmine Warga, John David Anderson, Rex Ogle, Elly Swartz, Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, Esme Symes-Smith, Sheetal Smith, Jessica Burkhart
Graphic novel creators: Matt & Jenni Holm, Nathan Hale, Jarrett Lerner, Jarrett & Jerome Pumphrey, Colleen AF Venable, Johnnie Christmas, Jamar Nicholas, Kate Hannigan, Lily LaMotte, Sarah Sax, Jana Tropper 
Early readers/chapter book creators: David LaRochelle, Cale Atkinson, Ben. Clanton, Nidhi Chanani, Kaz Windness, Vicky Fang, Valerie Bolling, Rekha Rajan, Blythe Russo 
Picture book creators: Minh Lê, Josh Funk, Michael Rex, Cori Doerrfeld, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Bethany Barton, Kari Lavelle, Tadgh Bentley, Ashley Belote, Alan Katz, Katherine Roy, Barb Rosenstock, Jean Reidy, Vera Ahiyya, Andrew Hacket, Lisa Katzenberger, Refe and Susan Tuma, Ruth Spiro

... and more to come!

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Schedule
2:00pm: Check-in & shop 
2:30pm: Opening Ceremony 
3:00pm: Transition 
3:15pm: Creator/Kid Workshops 
4:00pm: Book Signing 

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For more information and directions, go to our website: https://litapalooza.weebly.com/kidlitapalooza.html

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