9/10/10, 9/11/10 + 9/12/10 Brooklyn Book Festival

Note: The main book festival is on Sunday, Sept. 12th, but there are also interesting events happening on Sept. 10th and 11th.

Brooklyn Book Festival
Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 10am to 6pm

ALL EVENTS FREE
Programs taking place in the Brooklyn Borough Hall Courtroom and St. Francis College Auditorium are ticketed.
Free tickets will be distributed one hour before the start of the program from the Brooklyn Book Festival Information Booths

Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Events
On September 10, 11 and 12, celebrate all weekend with parties, music, film screenings, children’s theatre, literary games and author appearances at the Brooklyn Book Festival’s Bookend Events.

SEPTEMBER 11th at various locations

Making Books Sing: A Warm-up for the Brooklyn Book Festival. In 1929, New York’s first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, transformed her East Harlem library into a welcoming community center for all. Through a blend of storytelling, music, and puppetry, young audiences will learn about Puerto Rican folklore and the library’s important role in the community. Kids sing along and become puppeteers as Pura’s stories unfold. Followed by a bookmaking workshop.
Location: Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza (at Flatbush Ave.)
Time: 11am – 1pm
Price: FREE

Books to Film for Children. A series of short films based on children’s books for ages 2–6, followed by Q&A with Brooklyn Book Festival participants Jon Scieszka (with the film The True Story of the Three Little Pigs) and Chris Raschka (with the film Yo! Yes?).
Location: BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave.
Time: 10:30am
Tickets: $12 (adults) / $9 (children under 13)

Robin Hood: Prince of . . . MONSTERS! Mainspring Collective and the Irondale Center present Monster Literature, written and conceived by Daniel John Kelley, an action-packed and hilarious live theater series that celebrates great works of children’s literature that kids can read now. For details and advance tickets, visit www.monsterliterature.com.
Location: Irondale Center, 85 S. Oxford St.
Time: 2 & 4pm
Price: $5 (advance) / $7 (door)

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SEPTEMBER 12th at the Book Festival’s Target Kids Area:

10:30 Tad Hills (How Rocket Learned to Read; Duck & Goose)
11:00 Michael Rex (Goodnight Goon)
11:30 Mac Barnett, (Oh No!)
12:00 Nina Crews (Sky-High Guy; The Neighborhood Mother Goose)
12:30 Artie Bennett (The Butt Book)
1:00 John Rocco (Fu Finds the Way; Moonpowder)
1:30 Sergio Ruzzier (Amandina; Hey, Rabbit!)
2:00 Judi Barrett, (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs; The Marshmallow Incident)
2:30 Chris Raschka (Big Black Crow; Peter and the Wolf)
3:00 Brian Floca (Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11; The Racecar Alphabet)
3:30 Matthew Reinhart (Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods and Heroes)
4:00 Michelle Knudsen (Library Lion; The Dragon of Trelian)
4:30 Nancy Krulik (Katie Kazoo series)

Youth Workshops at the Workshop Tent (next to the Youth Stoop)
Workshops are first come, first served and limited to 12 participants

12:00pm
Make a Snake Book with Esther K. Smith, Purgatory Pie Press. Magic Books & Paper Toys, How to Make Books and The Paper Bride author will show you how to make two simple books. Make three folds in a square of paper—fold a few and glue one way, it’s a star or flower; glue the other way, a snake—or, if you prefer, a lovely garland! How long will our snake grow? That’s up to you!

1:00pm
Where I’m From: Exploring Brooklyn through Poetry. Teachers & Writers Collaborative presents a poetry-writing workshop for elementary school-aged children using Wallace Stevens’ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird as a writing prompt. An experienced T & W teaching artist will lead participants in writing short poems about Brooklyn, including ways of “looking at” their hometown. The children will also write individual poems about their neighborhoods. Led byMelanie Maria Goodreaux, poet, playwright, actress and director who is originally from New Orleans.

2:00pm

Behind the Book Presents a Cartooning Workshop with Alex Simmons. Hone your drawing skills at the Behind the Book Cartooning Workshop with Alex Simmons, creator or the Kids Comic Con, author of graphic novel Blackjack, and a writer for DC Comics, where he has collaborated on Batman, Superman, Scooby-Doo and, most recently, Archie Comics.

3:00pm

The Comic Book Project presents When Commas Meet Kryptonite with Michael Bitz, Director of the Center for Educational Pathways. Join us to dream, design, and draft an original comic book. Transform ideas to ink and star in your own superhero story! (Ages 8-16).

http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BrooklynBookFestival/events.html