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Books by the BanksSaturday, October 28, 2017 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.D U K E E N E R GY C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R • D O W N T O W N C I N C I N N AT I

CINCINNATI REGIONALBook Festival

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Adi AlsaidAdi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City. He is the author of Let’s Get Lost, Never Always Sometimes, and

North of Happy. He really loves the idea of a funny bio, but keeps failing to write one. He now lives and writes in his hometown.

Rick ArmonRick Armon is a staff writer for the Akron Beacon Journal who has covered the beer industry for nearly

two decades. He also is the author of the book Ohio Breweries.

Matt Bellassai*Matt Bellassai is a writer, stand-up comedian, and winner of the 2016 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Social Media

Star. After the success of his BuzzFeed web series, “Whine About It,” Matt embarked on a solo stand-up career, performing to sold-out audiences around the United States and at least one disastrous not-sold-out audience at a casino in Palm Springs, California. He is the host and producer of his new solo web series, “To Be Honest,” and anchor of the forthcoming podcast, “Unhappy Hour.”

Gwenda BondGwenda writes young adult and children’s books. Her work includes the Lois Lane series which brings the iconic comic book char-

acter front and center and the Cirque American series about daredevil hero-ines who discover magic and mystery lurking under the big top. She co-wrote the Supernormal Sleuthing Service with her husband, author Christopher Rowe.

Linda CastilloLinda Castillo is the New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Burkhold-er mystery series, including Sworn to Silence which

was recently adapted into a Lifetime Original Movie. Castillo is the recipient

Featured Authorsof numerous industry awards includ-ing a nomination by the International Thriller Writers for Best Hardcover, the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence, and a nomination for the RITA. She lives in Texas with her husband and is currently at work on her next novel.

Cinda Williams ChimaNew York Times bestsell-ing author Cinda Williams Chima nearly failed first grade because she was always daydreaming

instead of listening. Yet the magic of books took her from first grade failure to first generation college graduate to college professor to the best-selling author of The Seven Realms and Heir Chronicles teen fantasy series. Her latest series, The Shattered Realms, is a spinoff from The Seven Realms.

Fred HerschJazz pianist, composer, activist, and educator Fred Hersch is a ten-time Grammy nominee and the recipient of a 2003 Guggenheim

Fellowship in Composition. He was named a 2016 Doris Duke Artist and has twice been awarded Jazz Pianist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. He concertizes worldwide as a solo artist, as a collaborator, and with the Fred Hersch Trio. He was a longtime member of the Jazz Studies faculty of the New England Conservatory and now teaches at Rutgers University.

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Kate DiCamillo* Kate DiCamillo was born in Phila-delphia, Pennsylvania, raised in Clermont, Florida, and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She writes for both children and adults and likes to think of herself as a storyteller. Here are a few more facts about Kate: She is short. And loud. She hates to cook and loves to eat. She is single and childless, but has lots of friends and is an

aunt to three lovely children and one not so lovely dog. Kate thinks of herself as an enormously lucky person: she gets to tell stories for a living.

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Gretchen Carlson* Gretchen Carlson is one of the nation’s most successful and recognized news anchors and a tireless advocate for female empowerment. Since making the decision to speak up against sexual harassment, she sparked an international con-versation about the pervasiveness of the problem and, in doing so, discovered that every woman has a story. This past year, Carlson graced the covers of both Time and Good Housekeeping magazines and is a marquee columnist for Time’s Motto.

Will HillenbrandWill Hillenbrand is a celebrated author and illustrator whose published works include over 60 books

for young readers. In addition to his own self-illustrated titles, he has illustrated the works of writers and retellers includ-ing Verna Aardema, Judy Sierra, Margery Cuyler, Judith St. George, Phyllis Root, Jane Yolen, Karma Wilson, Maureen Wright, Daniel Pinkwater, Olivier Dunrea and Jane Hillenbrand. Will has lived almost all of his life in Cincinnati.

Lydia KangLydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, poetry, and narrative non-fiction. She is a practicing physician who gained a

reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Great Weather for Media. She believes in science and knocking on wood, and currently lives and practices in Omaha.

Loren LongLoren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture books Otis, Otis

and the Tornado, Otis and the Puppy, An Otis Christmas, and Otis and the Scarecrow. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of Presi-dent Barack Obama’s picture book Of Thee I Sing, the re-illustrated edition of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, and Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna. Loren’s Little Tree is a picture book for all ages.

Rafael LópezRafael López is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. He won the 2016 Pura Belpré medal

from the American Library Association for his illustrations for Drum Dream Girl and the 2010 Pura Belpré medal for Book Fiesta. In 2012, he was selected by the Library of Congress to create the National Book Festival poster. He has been awarded the 2017 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award, three Pura Belpré honors and two Américas Book Awards.

Mike LoweryMike Lowery is the author and illustrator of the Doodle Adventures series. His artwork has appeared in everything from greet-

ing cards to children’s books—and Workman’s Kid’s Awesome Activity Calendar. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and daughter, where he also co-runs Paper Ghost Studio.

Mindy McGinnisMindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning author and assistant teen librar-ian who lives in Ohio. She graduated from Otterbein

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Brian Alexander An award-winning journalist, Brian Alexander has written about American culture for decades. He is a two-time finalist for the National Magazine Award. He has also been recognized by Medill School of Journalism’s John Bartlow Martin awards for public interest journalism, the Association of

Healthcare Journalists, and other organizations. He grew up in Lancaster, where his family’s history is entwined with Anchor-Hocking.

Lauren Oliver Lauren Oliver is the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy. Before I Fall is now a major motion picture and opened in theaters in March, 2017. The sequel to Replica, Ringer, is her most recent novel and will be released in October. Lauren’s novels for middle grade readers include The Spindlers, Liesl & Po, and the Curiosity House series, co-written with H. C. Chester. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms. She divides her time between New York, Connecticut, and a variety of airport lounges.

Stephanie Powell Watts Stephanie Powell Watts is an associate professor of English at Lehigh University, and has won numerous awards, including a Whiting Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Southern Women’s Writ-ers Award for Emerging Writer of the Year. Her debut novel, No One is Coming to Save Us was the In-augural selection by Sarah Jessica Parker for the American Library As-sociation’s Book Club Central and was named one the best books of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly, W Magazine, and The Chicago Review of Books.

University with a degree in English Literature and Religion, and sees nothing wrong with owning nine cats. Two dogs balance things out nicely.

Susannah MaynardSusannah Maynard is a lifelong animal lover, animal rescue advocate, and pet photographer. She has spent the last several

years honing her skills as a pet photog-rapher by photographing hundreds of rescue and client pets. When not out photographing other people’s pets or donating her time to rescue organiza-tions or other pet charities, Susannah spends time with her own pet family of rescue dogs and a rescue cat.

Stepfanie RomineStepfanie Romine is a journalist turned plant-based recipe developer, health coach and yoga teacher who writes about

natural health and wellness. She lives outside of Asheville, N.C., with her husband and their three cats. During Romine’s six years in Cincinnati, she worked as a copy editor and business reporter at the Enquirer. She also spent several years with SparkPeople.com, where she co-authored The SparkPeople Cookbook and The Spark Solution.

Douglas SmithDouglas Smith is an award-winning historian and translator and the author of Rasputin, Former People, and

other books on Russia. Before becoming a historian, he worked for the U.S. State Department in the Soviet Union and as a Russian affairs analyst for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children. Mr. Smith’s appearance at Books by the Banks is sponsored by the Havi-ghurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University.

Louis Stokes Louis Stokes was raised in Cleveland’s projects, the son of a single mother who lost her husband when Louis was three. He was also the

brother of former Cleveland mayor, Carl Stokes, who, before being elected as Cleveland’s first African American mayor, was elected as the first African Ameri-can Democrat in the state legislature. Louis Stokes died at the age of ninety very shortly after finishing this autobi-ography. Angela Stokes, daughter of the Honorable Congressman, will represent her father at Books by the Banks.

Jessica StrawserBy day, Jessica Strawser is the Editorial Director of Writer’s Digest, where she has penned interviews with such luminaries as David

Sedaris, Alice Walker and Anne Tyler. By night, she is a writer with a debut novel, Almost Missed You (named to Barnes & Noble’s March shortlist of “Best New Fiction” and PopSugar’s “Best Spring Reads”), another novel to follow in 2018, and bylines in such fine venues as The New York Times Modern Love. And by the minute, the OU alum is a proud wife and mom of two in Cincinnati.

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Ben Clanton Ben Clanton is the authorstrator of the Narwhal and Jelly early graphic novel series as well as many picture books including It Came in the Mail, Vote for Me!, and Boo Who. He also is an editor-at-large for the Little Bigfoot Imprint of Sasquatch Books. Ben lives in Tacoma, Washington with his wife, son and goldendoodle pup.

Chris Grabenstein Chris Grabenstein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel, The Island of Dr. Libris, Escape from Mr. Lemoncel-lo’s Library, and Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics. He is also the co-author (with James Patterson) of the #1 bestsellers I Funny, House of Robots, Treasure Hunt-ers, Jacky Ha-Ha, Word of Mouse, and many others.

Alan Drew Alan Drew is the author of the literary thriller, Shadow Man, which was published in 2017. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Gardens of Water, has been translated into ten languages and published in nearly two-dozen countries. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he was awarded a Teaching/Writing Fel-

lowship. An Associate Professor of English at Villanova University where he directs the creative writing program, he lives near Philadelphia with his wife and two children.

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More Authors to MeetVisit www.booksbythebanks.org for an updated list.

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FICTIONCara Achterberg, Practicing

Normal Dan Andriacco, Erin Go Bloody David Bell, Bring Her Home Christopher Bennett, Star Trek: The

Original Series: The Face of the Unknown

Rosa Brinkman, Within These Walls

Jessica Brockmole, Woman Enters Left

Linda Castillo, Down a Dark Road Julie Chase, Cat Got Your Cash:

A Kitty Couture Mystery Alan Drew, Shadow Man Alex Erickson, Death by

Vanilla Latte Jacqueline Frost, Twelve Slays of

Christmas Steve Goble, The Bloody Black Flag Dennis Hetzel, Season of Lies Linda Kass, Tasa’s Song Barry Kienzle, The Indian Kristen Lepionka, The Last Place You

Look Maureen Leurck, Cicada SummerBren McClain, One Good Mama

Bone Tiffany McDaniel, The Summer that

Melted Everything Catherine McKenzie, Fractured Rock Neelly, Babylon Blues (Book 3 of

The Purple Heart Mystery Series) C.A. Newsome, Fur Boys David Pepper,

The People’s House Jessica Strawser, Almost

Missed You Stephanie Powell Watts, No One is

Coming to Save Us Heather Webb, Last Christmas in

Paris: A Novel of WWI Kayla Whitaker, The Animators Robin Yocum, A Welcome Murder

TRAVELJeff Alt, Walk for Sunshine:

20th Anniversary EditionKim Dinan, The Yellow EnvelopeScott Stoll, Falling Uphill

POETRYRita Coleman, And YetRichard Hague, Beasts, River,

Drunk Men, Garden, Burst & Light: Sequences and Long Poems

Pauletta Hansel, PalindromeRoberta Schultz, Outposts on the

Border of Longing

NONFICTIONBrian Alexander, Glass House: The 1%

Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town

Jane Ammeson, Hauntings of the Underground Railroad

Rick Bailey, American English, Italian Chocolate

Bob Batchelor, Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel

Matt Bellassai, Everything is Awful*

John Bicknell, Lincoln’s Pathfinder: John C. Fremont and the Violent

Election of 1856 Gretchen Carlson, Be Fierce: Stop

Harassment and Take Your Power Back*

Carla Harris Carlton, Barrel Strength Bourbon: The Explosive Growth of America’s Whiskey

Leslie Clark, Driving in the Dark

Jeff Cole, Ghostly Encounters: Confessions of a Paranormal Investigator

Alice Connor, Fierce: Women of the Bible and their Stories of Violence, Mercy, Bravery, Wisdom, Sex, and Salvation

Mark Dawidziak, Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone

John Wilson Foster, Pilgrims of the Air

Fred Hersch, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz

Bob Hunter, Thurberville Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief

History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Christine Luken, Money is Emotional: Prevent Your Heart from Hijacking Your Wallet

Keith Maginn, (Extra)Ordinary: More Inspirational Stories of Everyday People

Susannah Maynard, Rescue Dogs: Portraits and Stories

Keven McQueen, Horror in the Heartland

Mary Miller, Changing Direction: Ten Choices that Impact Your Dreams

Jim Nunn, It’s Gotta Swing: The John Von Ohlen Story

Carol Peachee, Straight Bourbon Dean Regas, Facts from Space! James Renner, True Crime Addict Jeff Rossen, Rossen to the Rescue:

Secrets to Avoiding Scams, Everyday Dangers, and Major Catastrophes

Roberta Schultz, Outposts on the Border of Longing

Douglas Smith, Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs

Louis Stokes, The Gentleman from Ohio

Amy Stross, The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People

Mark and Mary Willenbrink, Perspective for the Absolute Beginner

LOCAL INTERESTRick Armon, 50 Must-Try Craft Beers

of Ohio Cynthia Beischel, Lost Tea Rooms of

Downtown Cincinnati Teddy Kremer, Stealing First -

The Teddy Kremer StoryJudy Kuhn, The Other UC and Me:

Editing the SixtiesPhillip Obermiller, The Cincinnati

Human Relations Commission: A History, 1943–2013

Rick Pender, 100 Things to Do in

Cincinnati Before You DieRobert Roman, Ohio State Football:

The Forgotten Dawn William Shkurti, The Ohio State

University in the Sixties Jeff Suess, Hidden History of

Cincinnati COOKBOOKSTeeny Lamothe, Teeny’s Tour of Pie:

A CookbookGarin Pirnia, The Beer Cheese

Book Stepfanie Romine, No Meat Athlete

Cookbook

CHILDREN’S FICTION & NONFICTION

Brooks Benjamin, My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights

Emma Carlson Berne, The Lady’s Slipper: A Melody Mystery

Jenn Bishop, 14 Hollow RoadGwenda Bond and Christopher Rowe,

The Supernormal Sleuthing Service: The Lost Legacy

Tamara Bundy, Walking with Miss Millie

Zoe Burke, Charley Harper’s What’s in the Desert?

Leah Busch, Wake*Mary Kay Carson, Mission to Pluto:

The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

Evelyn B. Christensen, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Kentucky

Ben Clanton, Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt

Bill Cotter, Don’t Push the Button: A Christmas Adventure

Debbie Dadey, Ready, Set, Goal! Sally Derby, A New School Year:

Stories in Six Voices Kate DiCamillo, La La La:

A Book of Hope* Shawn Dougherty, Wake*Amanda Driscoll, Wally Does Not Want

a Haircut Jeffrey Ebbeler, Melvin the Mouth Stephanie Faris, Piper Morgan Makes

a Splash Jason Gallaher, Whobert Whover, Owl

DetectiveLaura Gehl, Peep and Egg: I’m Not

Taking a Bath* Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello’s

Great Library RaceNahjee Grant, Where Did My

Dream Go?Mike Grosso, I am DrumsBrett Harper, Charley Harper’s What’s

in the Desert? Jeanne Walker Harvey, Maya Lin:

Artist-Architect of Light and Lines Piper Hawkins, The Puppy

Tooth Fairy Will Hillenbrand, Share,

Big Bear, Share! Michelle Houts, Lucy’s Lab: Nuts

about Science Dr. John Hutton, Cats!* Sarah Jones, Alphabet Family

Band* Cheryl Keely, A Book of Bridges: Here

to There and Me to You

Sharareh Khosravani, Baby Loves to Wiggle Wiggle*

Tara Callahan King, Enemy PieLoren Long, Good Day, Good Night Rafael Lopez, Maybe Something

Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

Mike Lowery, Doodle Adventures: The Rise of the Rusty Robo-Cat!

Jennifer Maschari, Things That Surprise You

Stacy McAnulty, Brave* Emily Hanako Momohara, In Autumn/

En Otono* Gail Nall, Out of Tune Erin Peabody, Behind the Legend:

Zombies Cindy Rankin, Under the Ashes Julie K. Rubini, Virginia Hamilton:

America’s Storyteller Stacy Sims, Baby Loves to Wiggle

Wiggle* Tricia Springstubb, Cody and the Rules

of Life Scott Stoll, Mirabella the Monarch’s

Magical Migration Christina Wald, Denni-Jo and Pinto Adam Watkins, Raybot and Weebot Brian Wells, The League and the

Lantern Kathy Cannon Wiechman, Not on Fifth

Street

TEEN FICTION & NONFICTIONAdi Alsaid, North of Happy Joshua David Bellin, Freefall Chelsea Bobulski, The Wood Skila Brown, To Stay Alive Erica M. Chapman, Teach Me to

Forget Cinda Williams Chima,

Shadowcaster Carey Corp, Forever Doon Kurt Dinan, Don’t Get Caught Geoffrey Girard, Truthers Shari Goldhagen, 100 Days of

Cake Lori Goldstein, Circle of Jinn Emily Henry, A Million Junes Melissa Landers, Starfall Lorie Langdon, Forever Doon Andrew Maraniss, Strong Inside: The

True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball’s Color Line

Kristina McBride, The Bakersville Dozen

Erin McCahan, The Lake Effect Mindy McGinnis, This Darkness

Mine Lauren Oliver, Ringer Nancy Roe Pimm, Bonded by Battle:

The Powerful Friendships of Military Dogs and Soldiers from the Civil War to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Natalie D. Richards, We All Fall Down

Andrew Speno, The Great American Foot Race

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MEET THE AUTHOR• Gretchen Carlson, Be Fierce:

Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back

• Lauren Oliver, Ringer• Kate DiCamillo, La La La: A

Book of Hope• Matt Bellassai, Everything is

Awful BEST OF NEW FICTION

• Linda Castillo, Down a Dark Road

• Alan Drew, Shadow Man• Stephanie Powell Watts, No

One is Coming to Save Us LOST & FOUND CINCINNATI

• Cynthia Beischel, Lost Tea Rooms of Downtown Cincinnati

• Steven Rolfes, Cincinnati Theaters

• Jeff Suess, Hidden History of Cincinnati

BRINGING BOOKS TO LIFE: PICTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS

• Ben Clanton, Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt

• Amanda Driscoll, Wally Does Not Want a Haircut

• Loren Long, Good Day, Good Night

• Rafael Lopez, Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

HAUNTINGS OF THE HEARTLAND

• Jane Ammeson, Hauntings of the Underground Railroad

• Jeff Cole & Johnathan Robson, Ghostly Encounters: Confessions of a Paranormal Investigator

• Keven McQueen, Horror in the Heartland

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS• Emily Henry, A Million Junes• Erin McCahan, The Lake

Effect

• Lauren Oliver, Ringer• Natalie Richards, We All Fall

Down

CELEBRATE JAZZ & SWING• Fred Hersch, Good Things

Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz

• Jim Nunn, It’s Gotta Swing: The John Von Ohlen Story

NEW JUVENILE NONFICTION• Jeanne Walker Harvey, Maya

Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines

• Cheryl Keely, A Book of Bridges: Here to There and Me to You

• Andrew Maraniss, Strong Inside: The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball’s Color Line

• Stacy McAnulty, Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years

THE QUEST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

• Judy Kuhn, The Other UC and Me: Editing the Sixties

• Phillip Obermiller & Thomas Wagner, The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission: A History, 1943–2013

• Angela Stokes, The Gentleman from Ohio

THRILLERS & SUSPENSE: NEW FICTION

• David Bell, Bring Her Home• Kristen Lepionka, The Last

Place You Look

• Catherine McKenzie, Fractured

• Jessica Strawser, Almost Missed You

NEW MIDDLE GRADE FICTION

• Gwenda Bond & Christopher Rowe, The Supernormal Sleuthing Service: The Lost Legacy

• Tamara Bundy, Walking with Miss Millie

• Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race

• Mike Lowery, Doodle Adventures: The Rise of the Rusty Robo-Cat!

BALANCING WRITING AND LIFE

• Jessica Strawser, Almost Missed You

FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP AND OPEN MIC

BOOKS BY THE BANKS 2017 WRITING CONTEST AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT WRITERS READ• Women Writing for (a)

Change

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Concession carts offering beverages, breakfast items, sandwiches, salads, pizza, snacks, etc. will be available during the festival.

Buy a commemorative Books by the Banks posterTara Calahan King, an award-winning children’s book illus-trator, muralist, and designer, created the artwork for the 2017 Books by the Banks poster. Festival attendees may purchase the poster for $15 and get it signed by Calahan King. Previous years’ posters are $10.

Panel &Author Sessions

Educator’s Discount: We have a special treat for our educa-tors attending this year’s Festival. Teachers can enjoy an extra 20% discount on their purchases at Books by the Banks! Please note, teachers must have their Joseph-Beth Golden Apple card or a valid Buckeye Educa-tor’s ID to receive the discount.

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This year, the Kids’ Corner is going down to the farm! Join us for your traditional favorites, like author visits and fun crafts, while enjoying literacy-based activities and prize opportunities!

INTERACTIVE AUTHOR EVENTS• VIP Meet & Greet: Up close and

personal round table discussions with teen authors about their work and writing processes. Win a free signed copy of the authors’ books!

• Outburst!: Authors and a team of teens will try to guess the top ten answers for a variety of topics ranging from pizza toppings to cartoon cats.

• Taste of YA: Hear brief passages from the authors’ books and dive further into their books in a contemporary author panel.

ACTIVITY TABLES· Paper circuits· Soldering station· Unicorn head bands· Alcohol ink tiles· Juggling eyeballs

MORE FUN STUFF• Photo booth• H.I.V.E.13 Soldering Station • Henna tattoo artist• Stage makeup instruction• Pumpkin art contest

Teen Scene

Kids’ Corner

VISIT WITH CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHORS

• Jason Gallaher, Whobert Whover, Owl Detective

• Laura Gehl, Peep and Egg: I’m Not Taking a Bath

• Sarah Jones, The Alphabet Family Band

• Loren Long, Good Day, Good Night

MEET BOOK CHARACTERS AND LIBRARY MASCOTS

• Biscuit• Clifford• Froggy• Paddington Bear• Peter Rabbit• Browser• Rufus the Reading Dog• Shakespurr the Library

Lion

MORE FUN STUFF• Performance by

Playhouse in the Park• Storytimes with your

local librarians• Farm animal crafts• Sensory exploration

stations• Word Wall for

literacy play• Bingo Board Challenge• Balloon twisting• Face painting

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Ohio Humanities proudly supports programs that inspire real

conversations about real issues.Real Issues

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