May 17 is just around the corner. It's nearly time for the award-winning Children's Festival of Reading! With four stages and 50+ tents, you'll need a plan. Take a few minutes to map out your day. You won't want to miss anything!
Authors & Illustrators
10:15 | Kevin Lewis | book signing at 10:45 and 12:15
11:00 | Join the PARADE OF BOOKS - meet at the parade circle
11:30 | Elliott Smith | book signing in Read City tent @10:00 - 10:45, 12:30 - 2:15
12:15 | Kate Messner | book signing at 10:45 and 12:45
1:00 | Jennifer Nielsen | book signing at 11:45 and 1:30
1:45 | Vivian Vande Velde | book signing at 11:45 and 2:15
2:30 | Aisha Saeed | book signing at 12:15 and 1:30
Music & More
10:00 | WDVX's Kidstuff Live with Sarah Pirkle
11:00 | Join the PARADE OF BOOKS -- meet at Parade Circle
11:45 | Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's Musical Story Time
12:30 | Hominy Mamas
1:15 | Jodie Manross
2:00 | Miss Lynn
Science & Discovery Tent
Presented by ORNL Federal Credit Union
10:15 | Pop-A-Palooza with Hands On! Discovery Center
11:00 | Join the PARADE OF BOOKS - meet at the parade circle
11:15 | Sizzling Science!
12:15 | Going Batty!, Bat Education and Rehabilitation
1:15 | What's Bugging You? | UT Dept of Entomology -- Insect Zoo
2:15 | Birds of Prey with the American Eagle Foundation
Storytelling
10:15 | Sparky & Rhonda
11:00 | Join the PARADE OF BOOKS - meet at the parade circle
11:30 | Bat Storytime, Stellaluna and the premier of Girls Scouting Bats
12:15 | Faye Wooden
1:00 | Take to the Skies with the Civil Air Patrol
1:45 | Knoxville Children's Theatre
2:30 | Puppy Storytime with the Humane Society of the TN Valley
ALL DAY:
Meet storybook friends - character appearances will alternate throughout the day
- Elephant and Piggie
- Mouse Cookie
- Very Hungry Caterpillar!
- Visit Zadie from Work it Out Wombats in the East TN PBS tent
Get Creative in Miss Libby's Arts & Crafts tent
Try your skills with One World Circus
Pick up a Sky Above Us gameboard in the Summer Library Club tent!