The Monroe Children’s Book Festival is a city-wide celebration of stories, imagination, and the community that blooms out of both.
This FREE EVENT will take place on Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. We’ll have family-friendly activities and events for bookworms of all ages.
The Lineup
Authors and Illustrators Ann Braden, Bo Burnette, Gabrielle Balkan, Jessie Sima, Joanna Ruth Meyer, Jonathan D. Voss, Karen Strong, Laura Weymouth, LK James, Lisa Lewis Tyre, Rebecca Ross, Shanda McCloskey, Ginger Johnson, Crystal Swain-Bates, Bart King, Jacob Wenzka, and Shelli R. Johannes will be joining us for this year’s festival.
Events
BOOK SIGNINGS:
Guests will get the opportunity to meet the authors in the Celebration Room or the Wardrobe at The Story Shop.
We will have the authors’ books on sale in the room at the time of the signing, as well as in our online shop.
In order to reserve a space in the signing line, guests must purchase the author’s book(s) from The Story Shop.
Pre-orders encouraged to guarantee a spot in the signing line. Pre-orders also get a privileged spot in line.
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS:
Many of our authors will give fun, interactive presentations at the Wayfarer Music Hall.
Author panels will be in the Wayfarer Sunroom, where authors will discuss their books and their writing process.
We will have two additional community panels involving the students of the Georgia Writer’s Project, as well as local teachers and librarians!
Story times will be in the Wardrobe at The Story Shop,
Don’t miss Indie Author Alley near the Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts. Many great indie authors will be set up there - stop by and meet them!
At noon, the Storybook 5K & fun run will begin at Childers Park followed by a costume contest at 2pm at the Historic Courthouse.
There will be plenty more fun events, such as puppet story time at the library at 11am, the Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts writing contest participants on display, photo ops with On Stage’s Peter Pan characters at the MWCA from 10am-12pm, opening day for the farmer’s market, the cow train, food trucks, bouncy houses, and more!
We can’t wait to see you there!
