Welcome to the 2023
Los Angeles Kids Book Festival
West Hollywood Park Lawn
Sunday, September 17th
9:30 am to 4:30 pm
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
9:30 AM - Event opens
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Opening/Welcoming remarks from West Hollywood City Council and LAKBF Founder Bonnie Hyde
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM - Performance from world famous tap dancers Chloé and Maud, accompanied by their youth company, Sole Talk
10: 20 AM - 10:45 AM - Character drawing demonstration with autistic author and illustrator, Alexandra Adlawan (AMAZING ARTISTS)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - Special Performance: The BeatBuds
12:00 - 12:15 - Story time with 3rd grader Ava Trigillio
12:30-1:30 - Special Appearance by Blippis' Meekah! (Book reading & meet-and-greet)
1:40 PM -2:05 PM - Story time with Laura Numeroff (IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE) benefiting It Takes a Village
2:15 PM - 2:30PM - Second performance from world famous tap dancers Chloé and Maud, accompanied by their youth company, Sole Talk
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM - Story time with David Bradley (BIG HEAD BOB)
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM - Story time with Dr. Joy Pillay (IT'S MY WONDERFUL BODY: LIVING AND THRIVING WITH AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE)
3:20 PM - 3:40 - Story time with Ingrid Estrada-Darley & Crystal Hawkins (BLACK GIRL, BROWN GIRL BOOKS)
3:55 PM - 4:30 End of Day Jam with Tara Trudel (FRACTURED: FAIRY TALES REMIXED)
4:30: End of Event
Other activities happening simultaneously around the park:
• Acoustic music with Blake Collins Music
• Face painting: 1:30-4:30
• Balloon Twisting: 1:30-4:30
• Giveaways (Hollywood Pantages, Paw Patrol Movie Activity Sheets, Trolls Merchandse, Black Girl Sunscreen, LAKBF Backpacks, I’m The Chef Too)
• Photobooth
• Arts & Crafts with Roknslime
Brought to you by the City of West Hollywood and the American Born Chinese Foundation
Proud 2023 Partners & Sponsors
Dreamworks: Trolls Band Together
FotoJennik
2023 Exhibitors (in Alphabetical order)
Big Head World
Erica Clare
First Black Girl by Dr. Loretta Johnson-Smith, Ed.D.
James Rauff "Am I Obsolete?"
Little Luna by Jessica Fleischer
Mixed Messages
Mysteries Of The Attic Trunk by Diana Otto
Pool Party
West Hollywood Public Library
2023 Programming (Tentative)
City of West Hollywood Council Member Welcome Attendees
9:30-10:00
Performance from world-famous tap dancers Chloé and Maud, accompanied by their youth company, Sole Talk
10:00-10:15
Story time with and character demonstration with Alex Adlawan (Autistic author and illustrator)
10:20 - 10:45
The BeatBuds Performance
11:00-11:45
Story time with 3rd grader, Ava Trigillio
12:00-12:15
Special Appearance by Meekah! (Book reading and meet-and-greet
12:30-1:30
Story time with Laura Numeroff (IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE)
1:45-2:15
Story time with David Bradley (BIG HEAD BOB)
2:20-2:40
Story time with Dr. Joy Pillay (IT'S MY WONDERFUL BODY: LIVING AND THRIVING WITH AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE)
2:50-3:10
Book Reading with Ingrid Estrada-Darley & Crystal Hawkins (Black Girl, Brown Girl Books)
3:20-3:40
End of Day Jam with Tara Trudel (Fractured Fairy tales)
3:55-4:30
Face painting
1:30-4:30
Balloon Twisting
1:30-4:30
Art and Craft with Roknslime
All day
Music with Blake Collins Music
Various Times
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