Children's Festival of Reading 2024

overview photo of outdoor festival with colorful tents, dragon balloon arch, large crowd, and fountain in the background
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The 18th Children's Festival of Reading on Saturday, May 18, 2024 was an epic day full of stories, games, crafts, superheroes, princesses, monsters, and so much more! Countless families came out to greet One Book Read City author Ashlyn Anstee, as well as authors and/or illustrators Alan Gratz, Gale Galligan, Deb Pilutti, Antwan Eady, and Cozbi Cabrera. 

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young Black girl wears a tiara and holds a sign of the book Old Rock with her smiling grandparents

Zoo staff member holds a snake while a toddler gently touches it

author gestures animatedly in front of an illustration on an easel pad

young girl points to a dragon on a large gameboard reading Quest for Knowledge

spiderman character "shoots a web" with two kids

young girl points to a picture of a literary character on a board that reads Vote for Your Favoriate

author Alan Gratz stands in front of a microphone

presenter in tie-dye coat enthralls a crowd seated under a tent

kids stamp a strip of film between two large reels

dad and two children stand in front of a dragon balloon arch with the word READ

author Cozbi Cabrera holds a microphone

woman kneels in front easel pad where she's drawing a silly cartoon

four kids stand behind a table selling lemonade with hand-drawn Menu poster in front

woman dressed as pirate reads a book to children with a mast and sail in background

author Antwan Eady reads from his book Nigel and the Moon

woman holds up a paper craft windsock

author Deb Pilutti reads from one of her books

young boy holds up paper craft binoculars