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O.C. Children's Book Festival this weekend

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By MICHELLE FRYER / FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

O.C. Children's Book Festival this weekend

Molly Shannon will appear at OC Children's Book Festival in Costa Mesa.
Molly Shannon will appear at OC Children's Book Festival in Costa Mesa.

Does your child love to read? Not just for school or homework, but for the pure love of reading?

Books are magical. Books can take a child to far off places where their imagination can make anything possible. Books can be educational and help develop a child’s self-esteem.

So imagine the excitement when your child gets the opportunity to meet the author or illustrator who created their favorite book.

This Sunday, Oct. 2, you can make this happen by visiting the 8th annual Orange County Children’s Book Festival.

Located at Orange Coast College, the book festival will include over 100 authors, illustrators, storytellers, and entertainers along with more than 90 exhibitors. There will be booths from local children’s book stores, educational supply stores, non-profit organizations who care about literacy, school programs and more.

One of the best things about going to the book festival is meeting the authors, and from my personal experience, the authors truly enjoy meeting the children who read their books.

This year, the Main Stage will welcome actress, comedian and children’s book author Molly Shannon, who wrote "Tilly the Trickster."

Other authors appearing this year include Heather Brewer, Cindy Pon, Inara Scott, Kami Garcia, Kailin Gow, DJ MacHale, Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan, PJ Haarsma, Mark Jeffreys, Greg van Eekhout, Helen Stringer, Greg Taylor, Cecil Castellucci, Gitty Daneshvari, Heidi R. Kling, Jason Dobkin, Dona Donato & Michael Kobert, Nancy Holder, and Amber Benson.

At the Animal Stage, your child can see real animals that inspired the stories and visit the free petting zoo. You can also visit the Illustrator Stage, where your child can watch their favorite characters come to life, and the Storyteller Stage. There is also a Young Adult Stage for older readers.

OC Children’s Book Festival is from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the campus quad. Admission and parking to the event is free. Parking is located in the lot off of Fair Drive and Arlington Street in Costa Mesa.

For more details visit kidsbookfestival.com or view the official festival guide.


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