Native Story Circle
Join us for a special Story Time Circle at the library, where these community members share the rich tradition of storytelling in their cultural circles. This unique experience offers children from all walks of life and backgrounds the opportunity…
Storytime for Littles
Bounce along to lyrical language and festive illustrations in this interactive read aloud for babies and toddlers! Enjoy gentle, rhythmic stories from Diana Farid (Already All the Love) and Aida Salazar (When the Sun Rises and When Moon Blooms)…
Moving House, Moving Place, and Opening Our Minds
Join us for this uplifting read aloud featuring beautiful and heartfelt picture books! Take a peek into Miri’s eventful move into a new apartment, where her grandfathers are waiting with surprises, in Adam Chang and Stephanie Wildman’s Miri’s…
Fighting for What You Love
From education to sports to the environment, we fight for what we love! Learn from three amazing picture books that tell true stories of inspiring people taking a stand against the norm. In Traci Huahn’s Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School,…
Patterns with Kellie Menendez
Join Kellie Menendez in making your own nature-inspired pattern. Simply show up and there will be a collection of leaves, dried flowers, and dry clay for you to create a colorful collage of your own to take home. You can add color by pressing…
Drawing with Shawn Harris (cancelled)
Unfortunately this speaker can no longer attend the Bay Area Book Festival.
Peek behind the scenes of children’s book illustration with award-winning artist and musician Shawn Harris, whose silly picture book, Let’s Be Bees,…
Quiet Voices, Loud Feelings
What do we do when words aren’t enough to express our big emotions? Nidhi Chanani’s Quiet Karima shows kids how to find music in our surroundings instead and listen attentively until they find their own voices. Our bodies can help us communicate…
Play with Your Food!
Whether at the kitchen table or reading circle, these delectably charming picture books are sure to make you smile! Savor the joyful celebration of Asian cultures in SOY SAUCE! by Laura Lee (which was painted with real soy sauce!), cool down…
I’m Awesome, Just the Way I Am
No matter who you are, where you’re from, and how you communicate, you are awesome! If you don’t believe us, turn to these wonderful picture books that feel like a big, warm hug. Just. Like. You. by Meredith Steiner is a rhyming story about…
Bite-Sized Biographies: Picture Books of Resistance and Resilience
Join us in this exciting panel of picture book biographers depicting the lives of influential historical figures whose impacts were anything but bite-sized. Edie for Equality by Michael Genhart narrates the numbers-loving and LGBTQ-rights activist…