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7th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair
May 11, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
7th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair
Saturday, May 11th | 10 am to 4 pm | Free Event
Join us for a fun-filled day focused on kids’ literature about African Americans and people of other ethnicities. Enjoy author readings, illustration workshops, live performances, and art activities. Purchase hard-to-find titles in the Book Village.
About the Book Fair
The Annual African American Children’s Book Fair, is held each year in May, and strives to connect families to high quality books about and for African American children as well as other multicultural populations. We aim to foster a love of reading for families by connecting them with renown and up and coming creators of children’s books.
Let us know you are coming.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
ALL DAY EVENTS – 10 AM to 4 PMBook Village | Make & Take Art and Book Projects | Enoch Pratt Book Mobile | Historical Objects on View |
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| Kids’ Theater Live! | Storytime Corner | Hands-On Workshops | Historical Experiences | |||
| 10 AM | Mary Had a Little Glam Vanessa Brantley Newton (Sing along) |
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| 10:30 AM | ||||||
| 11 AM | Performance: “The Me I See” Culture Queen |
Amari’s Great Adventures Deborah Harris |
Juicing Workshop See a demo, sample a green drink and design a drink recipe. Signing with author Shawna Doyle follows. |
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| 11:30 AM | Going Down Home with Daddy Kelly Starling Lyons |
Harper Counts Her Blessings Kristi Guillory Reid |
Living History feat. Benjamin Banneker | |||
| 12 PM |
Animated Kids Presentation: Fennell Family Adventures | Nerdi Bunny A. Nicole Anderson Toombs |
Illustrator’s Workshop Sketch with Floyd Cooper |
Living History feat. Benjamin Banneker | ||
| 12:30 PM | The Adventures of Zoe Greene with Celebrity Reader Cee Cee Michaela | The Vienna Cake Mystery Charlene A. Joseph |
Living History feat. Benjamin Banneker | |||
| 1 PM | Love Double Dutch! Disney Producer Doreen Spicer-Danelly | African Safari Counting Book Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor |
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| 1:30 PM | Just Us Books: How to Select Children’s Books with Cheryl and Wade Hudson | Meditation Activity: The Adventures of Frankie Fitness Jason Williams |
Comic Book Workshop Making a superhero family team with the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention. |
Living History feat. Harriet Tubman | ||
| 2 PM | Performance: Uncle Devin Drum Tales | I Know I Can Veronica Chapman |
Living History feat. Harriet Tubman | |||
| 2:30 PM | Grandpa Cacao Elizabeth Zunon (Chocolate Tasting) |
Black Girls Shine Shavondra Walker |
Comic Book Workshop | Living History feat. Harriet Tubman | ||
| 3 PM | The Roots of Rap Frank Morrison |
Gary and the Great Inventors Akura Marshall |
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| 3:30 PM | ||||||
| 4 PM | ||||||
Guest Authors and Illustrators
- Celebrity Reader: Actress Cee Cee Michaela of Girlfriends & Author of The Adventures of Zoe Greene
- Disney Channel Producer/Director Doreen Spicer-Danelly & Author of Love Double Dutch!
- Author/Illustrator Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Author Tami Charles
- Illustrator Floyd Cooper
- Just Us Books Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis-Hudson
- Illustrator Frank Morrison
- Author Kelly Starling Lyons
- Author/Illustrator Elizabeth Zunon
Participating Book Vendors
- Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor- Our Legaci Press
- A. Nicole Anderson Tombs – Nerdi Bunny
- Dr. Melissa Munro Boyd- B is for Breathe
- Dr. Kelsi Bracmort – Simone Visits the Museum
- Veronica Chapman – I Know I Can
- Franz Derroncourt – Throrobred Books
- Kimberly Deneen- It’s Only a Flower, I Rather Play Video Games
- Katrina Denise- The Message in The Mirror
- Tonya Duncan Ellis – The Sophie Washington Series
- East Coast Black Age of Comic Book Convention
- The Fennell Kids- Fennell Adventures
- Kristi Guillory Reid – Harper Counts Her Blessings
- Deborah Harris – Amari’s Great Adventures
- Kenji Jackson- Father to Son Books
- Charlene A. Joseph – The Vienna Cake Mystery
- Kugichagulia Book Press
- Sandra Evers-Manly- Raised Up by Mrs. Manly & Her L’s
- Stephen McGill – Mr. Powers
- Glen Mourning- The Crunchy Book Series
- Akura Marshall – Gary and the Great Inventors
- Aisha Smith – Optimistic Olly
- James Tate – Kool Kids and the Land of the Giants
- Shavondra Walker – Black Girl Shine
- Jason Williams – The Adventures of Frankie Fitness
Participating Book Fair Presenters and Partners
- Baltimore Office Promotion of the Arts
- Culture Queen
- East Coast Black Age of Comic Book Conventions
- Enoch Pratt Free Library Book Mobile
- Author and Fitness Consultant Shawna Doyle
- Uncle Devin Drum Tales
- Walters Art Museum
- Printmaking Artist Liz Wolfe
- Storyteller- Bob the Griot
- Living History Performer- Denise Higgs