Saturday, May 19th from 10 AM to 3 PM
5 Book Dive Presents: The Summer Reading Splash!
feat. Kate DiCamillo as Keynote Speaker
at AISD Performing Arts Center
As part of an initiative to foster literacy and stop the summer slide through a focus on summer reading, BookPeople officially partnered with AISD in 2017 to launch the Five Book Dive, a citywide reading challenge promoted all summer long through curated reading lists and program bookmarks. This year, we are joining with AISD and Austin Public Library to take it to the next level with a reading festival filled with interactive programming, book signings, and some of your favorite authors, including opening keynote speaker Kate DiCamillo! We aim to bring together kids from all over the city, offering a dynamic and diverse program that puts the fun in summer reading! This festival is May 19, 2018 and FREE and open to the public. This event is geared towards readers in grades 3-6, but all are welcome. Stay tuned for more schedule details!
Opening Keynote Speaker: Kate DiCamillo, Raymie Nightingale
Elephant & Piggie Present a Special Opening Event with LeUyen Pham and The Itchy Book *Younger siblings and emerging readers, this one's for you!*
EXPLORE THE FULL SCHEDULE HERE!
Full author lineup:
Tracey Baptiste - Rise of the Jumbies
Max Brallier - The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King
Pablo Cartaya - Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish
James Crowley - Monsterland
Tara Dairman - The Great Hibernation
Kate DiCamillo - Raymie Nightingale
Xavier Garza - Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel
Gale Galligan - Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #5)
Karen Kane - Charlie & Frog
Diana Lopez - Coco: A Story About Magic, Shoes, and Family
Anna Meriano - Love, Sugar, Magic: A Dash of Trouble
Iva-Marie Palmer - Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook: MVP Summer
LeUyen Pham - The Itchy Book
James Riley - Story Thieves: Worlds Apart
Geoff Rodkey - Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age
Colby Sharp - The Creativity Project
Lauren Tarshis - I SURVIVED series
Judd Winick - HILO: Waking the Monsters
Jennifer Ziegler - Revenge of the Happy Campers