Children and Youth Activities will be announced closer to the date of the 2024 Kansas Book Festival–Saturday, September 28. Look below for activities from the 2023 Festival

9am-2pm      

Hands-on Activities hosted by Paper June Bookstore—Children’s Activity Tent

9 am     

Topeka Suzuki Strings—Performance Tent

Celebrating 70 Years of The Best Children’s Books—Memorial Union, Kansas Room

First Books for First Readers—Mabee Library, Room 300

10 am   

Childhood Through a Different Lens—Memorial Union, Kansas Room

10 -1 pm

Making bookmarks with artist J. Marable and Mulvane ArtLab—Children’s Tent

10:45 am

Curious George Meet and Greet + Storytime

11:45 am

Curious George Meet and Greet + Storytime

1 pm     

High School Poetry Slam—Mabee Library Lounge

Girl Go-Getters in Middle Grade Novels—Mabee Library, Room 300

2 pm     

Children performers with Librarian/Musician Kyler Carpenter—Performance Tent

Kansas Authors Club Youth Writing Awards—Mabee Library Lounge