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!
Please note, we are saddened to share that Kate Messner is unable to join us this year. Our thoughts are with her and her family, and we hope to welcome her in the future.
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!