This year’s Comic Arts Fest will feature story times, workshops, photo-booth fun, button making, and hands-on activities that reflect the creativity and spirit of San Francisco’s arts communities.
Marta will bring her book, Golden Gate Park: An A to Z Adventure, to life with puppets, photos, and stories to introduce kids and all ages to the park. This interactive story time will be held next to the historical carousel.
Join us for the annual Richmond Literacy festival! This year’s event features an engaging, kid-friendly talk from author JaNay Brown-Wood (including free books and an author book signing!), bookmaking with Ecostorybuilders, music, and food.
The Children’s Creativity Museum is proud to present our behind-the-scenes workshop, Storytelling in Animation with Eric Darnell (Director of Antz! and the Madagascar series) and Osnat Shurer (Producer of Moana and Raya and the Last Dragon).
Join us for a special event celebrating internationally acclaimed author Kate DiCamillo and her highly acclaimed works Ferris & Because of Winn-Dixie (20th Anniversary Edition).
Join us March 20th at 4PM on Zoom for a fun read-aloud! We’ll be reading a children’s book about Angel Island and answering any questions participants might have.
Join Petaluma's own author Teri Roche Drobnick in Petaluma for the launch of her brand new picture book - Moving Day!
Join us for hands-on art making inspired by our Get in the Game exhibition. Invent and make your own mascot in January, and then in March get inspired by Gene Luen Yang, author of Dragon Hoops and creator of the Bay Area Hoops mural on Floor 2!
Local author Karen Wang Diggs presents The Book of Awesome Asian Women: a book that brings much-needed attention to the underrepresented stories of Asian women throughout history. In conversation with Zeien Cheung, the co-founder of Asians Are Strong.
Judd is such fun, and such a treat - and to celebrate the new book, we will have treats to eat!
Join beloved author and illustrator Shawn Harris in Petaluma for the unveiling of his new picture book - Let's Be Bees
Dav Pilkey is hitting the road for his exciting “Celebrating Heroes Around the World” tour!
SF Sketchfest: The San Francisco Comedy Festival presents 3 weeks of non-stop live sketch, improv, stand-up, podcasts, reunions, and more!
Join us for a magical afternoon as we wrap up the holiday season!
Join us for a reading a playful discussion of the children's book Nana's New Soul Food by Will Power, with MoAD's original Chef-in-Residence Bryant Terry who contributed a recipe to the book. A book signing and kid- and adult-friendly food to follow! Copies of Nana's New Soul Food will be available for purchase at MoAD's Bookstore.
Chiaki will show you how to use pompom makers to create perfect pompoms!! Then you can make super cute Snow People Pompom ornaments and BIG colorful Pompoms for festive decorations.
Storytime + Book Signing with Award-Winning Author Maria Castellucci Moore.
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist, author, and illustrator James Burks, creator of the graphic novel series Agent 9 and Bird & Squirrel. Burks has also worked on animated feature films and television shows for Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network.
Renown Surf artist Robb Havassy leads young students through basic wave painting techniques on beautifully grained wood cuts sourced from our Garden.
Kellie Menendez, author of Patterns, Patterns Everywhere will help children to create their own patterns in Woset soil (dry clay) by pressing in dried flowers, other natural elements, and by drawing with markers directly on their sculpted piece.
Thinking about starting your own graphic novel? This class will help you get started!
Join us between 6:30 - 8:05 am on Tuesday, December 3rd, BEFORE SCHOOL, for a release party with coffee (for parents) donut holes (for kids and parents) and an opportunity to purchase the new Dog Man book, Big Jim Begins, and get a photo with Dog Man himself! And we'll have the new Keeper of the Lost Cities Unraveled on hand for you, too!
Our FREE INDOOR 8th Bay Area Kids' Book Fair is the Nov. 2-3 weekend.
FREE INDOOR 8th Bay Area Kids' Book Fair returns Nov. 2-3 weekend with famous costume characters, authors, storytime and more.
Join co-authors Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard in conversation about their new book What Jewish Looks Like—a children’s book that explores the unlimited and diverse ways to look and be Jewish.
Lowrider Takeover at Children’s Discovery Museum!
Families will enjoy all the Museum has to offer, along with celebrity and author story readings, hands-on activities and art projects, and family friendly entertainment.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur offers a behind-the-scenes guide to the International Space Station in this virtual author talk. Dr. Levasseur will discuss what astronauts do once they make it to the space station, science experiments, station repairs, and more.
Join this year's winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Dan Santat, as he inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels in this virtual author talk. His book, A First Time for Everything, is a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.
In this virtual author conversation and Q&A, bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo will provide a reading from her National Book Award-winning novel-in-verse, The Poet X.
Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? Join us to talk with New York Times bestselling author Max Brallier about The Last Kids on Earth, both the book series and the animated series on Netflix.
Ronnie's Awesome List, The Ultimate Kids Events Round-Up In Marin And Beyond.
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