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3nd Annual KidLITapalooza: a mini book festival for kids in grades 1st - 6thÂ
and their grownups*!
Calling all bookworms going in to grades 1st - 6th! KidLITapalooza was created just for you. Anderson’s Bookshop offers rising 1st - 6th graders an opportunity to celebrate children’s books by learning and doing what makes them great: Words + Pictures + Imagination = Books!
We’ll take a journey through each of these elements, with three grade-appropriate sessions on each element, led by teacher tour guides and supported by authors.  Kids will be divided up into three groups (A/B/C) within each grade level (1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th), so not all kids will experience the same sessions, but by the end of the day, each will play with words, pictures, and imagination.
This is not a drop-off event; all kids must be accompanied by an adult! Our goal is to offer activities that kids can do on their own, but if your child would benefit from a parent or adult staying with them the entire time, we welcome that plan. Otherwise adults are welcome to attend book talks and shop our pop-up bookstore.
Please note that this event is for children. The activities are all specific to those entering grades 1 - 6. Educators who love children's literature are invited to attend LITapalooza the day before!
ScheduleÂ
8:30 am: check in, shopÂ
9:00 am: Fun, high-energy welcome activity for all attendees and authors
9:45 am: Break to find your first session
10:00 am:Â session 1: A=words, B=pictures, C=imaginationÂ
10:30 am:Â 15 minute movement break
 10:45 am: session 2: B=words, C=pictures, A=imagination
11:15 am:Â 15 minute movement break
11:30 am:Â session 3: C=words, A=pictures, B=imaginationÂ
12:00pm:Â Book signing begins
1:00 pm:Â Go home and read!
Who’s coming to KidLITapalooza:
Mia Araujo, Jeffrey Brown, Michael Buckley, Carolyn Crimi, Maddie Frost, Chrystal D. Giles, Brian Gordon, Gia Gordon, Micah Johnson, Keenan Jones, Laurie Keller, Ron Keres, James Kochalka, Peter Kujawinski, Trudy Ludwig, Mari Mancusi, Sarah J. Mendonca, Miranda Paul, Julia Riew, Brandon James Scott, Emma Steinkellner, Colleen AF Venable, Alex Willan, Jarrett Williams
Session programming:  Each session will include several authors
Grades 1-2 WORDS: Take a visual journey through famous landscapes and then use words we know and words we create to describe it all!
Grades 1-2 PICTURES:  Identify hidden shapes in everyday objects.
Grades 1-2 IMAGINATION:  Create your own character using different parts of different creatures.
Grades 3-4 WORDS:  Arrange word cards to create your own poem!Â
Grades 3-4 PICTURES: Practice your drawing skills to create your own best friend book characters, like Frog and Toad, Pizza and Taco, or Elephant and Piggy!
Grades 3-4 IMAGINATION:  Start with a box, and let your imagination do the rest!
Grades 5-6 WORDS:  Dun, dun, duuuuun!  Learn to write great suspenseful stories.
Grades 5-6 PICTURES:  Picture this – listen to an author read from one of their books and draw what you see in your mind.
Grades 5-6 IMAGINATION: World building – work with authors to create specific pieces of your own made-up world.
A sample schedule for a 3rd grader:
Session 1 - Words (group A)
Session 2 - Pictures (group A)
Session 3 - Imagination (group A)
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