City of Las Vegas, NV
10/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/02/2024 13:13
Las Vegas Book Festival Will Provide Free Books And Activities For Children Saturday, Oct. 19
Young Readers Can Enjoy Storytime With Authors As Well As Acrobatic Performances
LAS VEGAS (Oct. 2, 2024) - The Las Vegas Book Festival, now in its 23rd year, will feature a variety of children's programming Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The free annual event is held in downtown Las Vegas at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., and is open to all ages.
To make reading accessible, the Las Vegas Book Festival will continue to provide free books to its youngest attendees. There will be a large selection of books, comics and more for readers to select from and bring home.
Artist Robin Slonina will create the new Kids Zone, an exciting interactive area that will be home to author readings and performances by Acrobatics Gymnastics Circus Las Vegas.
Additional activities include:
- a storybook walk across Mount Olympus, where attendees can discover the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology;
- hands-on activities with Rainbow Company Youth Theatre;
- a scavenger hunt, lawn games and chalk art, courtesy of the city of Las Vegas; and
- creating a hand-made postcard or flip-book story with Nevada Humanities.
The Las Vegas Book Festival is the largest literary event in Nevada, produced by the city of Las Vegas and Nevada Humanities, along with many sponsors and supporters, including News 3, Audacy Radio, Las Vegas Review-Journal/Las Vegas Sun, NV Energy, The Mayor's Fund for Las Vegas LIFE, Nevada Public Radio, Spread the Word Nevada, Nevada Center for the Book and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This year's headliners are John Waters, Tracy Wolff and Nicola Yoon. View the full list of participating authors.
A schedule of activities that includes panel discussions, book signings, workshops and more will be shared closer to the event. For updates and information, visit lasvegasbookfestival.com.
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