Irvine : Year of Young Reader to Be Commemorated
The city and the Irvine Unified School District will commemorate the nationally designated Year of the Young Reader on Oct. 21 with a “Celebration of Books” featuring varied family activities with a storybook theme.
The nonprofit event will be at Deerfield Community Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will celebrate the works of 20 California authors and illustrators who will sign their books, give readings and demonstrate illustration techniques. Also, there will be a storybook character costume parade led by the Venado Middle School Band, sidewalk chalk drawings, book skits, a reader’s theater, and participation activities such as learning to design pop-up books. There will also be clowns, mimes, magicians, children’s folk singers and storytellers.
Families are encouraged to bring picnic lunches and spend the day.
For information, contact Marge Cass at (714) 551-1464 or Paula Campbell at (714) 857-6985.
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