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