Celebrating

Years!66 The 6th Annual

ORANGE COUNTY

Sunday, October 4th9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Orange Coast College2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

(Fairview and Arlington Entrance)

FREE AdmissionFREE Parking

THE BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD!Join thousands of families for a fun-filled day celebrating READING!

You Will Enjoy: Authors and Illustrators • Book Signings • Exhibitors • Entertainment • Wild Animal Arena

Literacy Resources and Events • Train Rides • Costume Book Characters • Games, Food and FUN!

KidsBookFestival.com • 714.838.4528

children's book festival

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WELCOME TO THEORANGE COUNTY CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL

How to Find Us

Celebrating

Years!66

The Sixth Annual

Orange County Children's Book Festival

From I-405 North

What’s Inside ...

promises a full day of fun, author and illustrator presentations, storytellers, books to buy,

entertainment and much, much more. Join us as we inspire all the communities of Orange County tobecome more aware of the world of books and to

experience the joy of reading.

Exit on South Coast Dr./ Fairview Rd./ Harbor Blvd.Take the Fairview Rd./ Harbor Blvd. ramp.

Take the Fairview Rd. ramp.Turn LEFT onto Fairview Rd.

Turn RIGHT onto Arlington Dr.

From I-405 SouthExit on Fairview Rd.

Turn RIGHT onto Fairview Rd.Turn RIGHT onto Arlington Dr.

The Main Entertainment Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Health Screenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3FREE Train Rides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Kids Craft Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4Orange Coast College Family Health & Wellness Stage . . . . Page 4South Coast Storytellers Guild Storyteller Stage . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4Giggling Gorrilla Productions Live Animal Stage . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5Grandparents Rock Illustrator Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5Thanks to Festival Sponsors and Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6Orange County Children’s Book Festival Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . Page 7Orange County Children’s Book Festival Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8

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The Main Entertainment Stage

Festival FoodYummy! There will be a variety of healthy

food choices available in the OCC Food Courtarea and several vendor refreshment stands

will be located throughout the Festival grounds.

Free Health ScreeningsSee Better – Read Better!

Take time to check your child’s vision, hearing and dental health. Thanks to The Southern

California College of Optometry, The Lions Club,Providence Speech & Hearing Center andHealthy Smiles for OC Kids, you can get a

FREE check-up for your child.

Model Trains & Train RidesCheck out the really cool interactive model traindisplay set up by the Southern Pacific Division of

the Toy Train Operating Society of OrangeCounty. Then catch a ride around the campus

on one of the OCC Trains! EVERYONE RIDES FOR FREE!

THE WONDER PETS! as voiced by Sofie Zamchick (Linny the

Guinea Pig), Teala Dunn (Turtle Tuck)

and Danica Lee (Ming-Ming Duckling)

Illustrator of the“Fancy Nancy” Series

From Storytime on OCFamily.com

RobinPreiss-Glasser

Author and Golden Globe Award

nominated movie producer of “There’s Something About Mary”

Kristen SchottSinger and Songwriter

Aja AlyceanFrank Beddor

• Taiko Drummers• Audri's School of Performing Arts

• Company Kids from the OC Song & Dance Company• The Claddagh School of Irish Dance

• Southern California Children's Chorus • Tierrita Flamenca

• The Raymies

Other Main Stage Entertainment Will Also Include:

Featured Performers:

Live Performance - 1:15 p.m.Autograph Signing to follow - 1:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Meet the Voice Talent who bring Nickelodeon’s hit series

LIVE from the

Main Stage

THE WONDER PETS! to life!

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Author and Storyteller Presentations

Schedule of appearances and performances may be subject to change.

Family Health &Wellness Stage

Morning Presentations:

Afternoon Presentations:

Kids’ Craft Corner

Storyteller Stage

Featuring Authors, Entertainment and Food Demonstrations

• Roberto Diaz – My Surf Lesson

• Helaine Becker – Laughter is Good for Your Health

• Cathy Thomas: Cooking Demonstration• Slim Goodbody – Musical Health Show

• Dr. Ed Abramson – It’s NOT Just Baby Fat

• Nanciann Horvath – Interactive Dr. Seuss Readings

• Allyson Ames – It’s Wonderlicious

• OCC Drama – Stone Soup

• Kid Instrumentalists:Lawson Madlener – violin/Howard Wu – saxophone

• Toothena – The Tooth Fairy

• Danielle Rocheford – Mommy I Feel Funny

• Kids Imagine Nation – Kids Music Sensation

Morning Presentations:

Afternoon Presentations:

• Storyteller: Mary Ann Newton• Author: Karean Chapman –

Northern the Moose and a Dragon Named Zeus

• Storytellers: David Whiting and Dianna Spirithawk• Author: Mr. Mike – Beetle Bug Books

• Storyteller: Adrienne McMillan• Storyteller: Erin Lightfoot – The Real Story of the 3 Pigs

• Barbara Saltzman – The Jester Has Lost His Jingle

• Shelly Moore Thomas – The Story Queen (Good Night, Good Knight)

• Storyteller: Doris Hand• Author: Etan Boritzer – Veronica Lane Books

• Author: Alva Sachs – Circus Fever

• Storyteller: Mary Ann Newton

Slim Goodbody

CALLING ALL CRAFTERS! You can have a great time creating your own personalized bookmarkand make a cape of your favorite Wonder Pets character. Come over to the Kids’ Crafts Corner, located on the patio next to

the entrance of the Student Center. Our gifted crafts instructors, Gayle and Aileen, will help you use your creativity.

Make your cape and wear it to the Main Stage presentation of THE WONDER PETS!And take your bookmark home and use it to start reading your favorite book.

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Animal Shows and Illustrator Demonstrations

Schedule of appearances and performances may be subject to change.

Live AnimalStage

Morning Presentations:

Afternoon Presentations:

With Special appearances by the Disney Tropical Birds,

Wilma the Giant Python, and other exotic animals

• Julianna Cruz – The Tale of Tommy and Teresa Trout

• Jason Dobkin – Snobbles the Great

• Dawn Kelsey – Flippy Goes on a Road Trippy

• Christina Das – Munchy Mouse

• Michael Kobert & Dona Donato – Who Goes with That Nose?

• Sylvia Lieberman – Archibald’s Swiss Cheese Mountain

• Margaret Hyde – Mo Smells Green

• James P. Connelly – Where is Eleanor?

• Steve Allgeier – Christmas with Norky

Grandparents RockIllustrator Stage

Morning Presentations:

Afternoon Presentations:

• Larissa Marantz – Sponge Bob Square Pants, Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys

• Steve Gray – Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows

• Jim Gilbert – The Cartoon Factory

• Kathryn Hewitt – Multiple award-winning illustrator

• Paul Brewer – You Must be Joking

• Diane Adams – Salty• Larissa Marantz – Sponge Bob Square Pants,

Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys

• Jim Gilbert – The Cartoon Factory

• Kathryn Hewitt – Multiple award-winning illustrator

• Kevin Tseng – Ned’s New Home

• Steve Gray – Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows

Kids will learn todraw with famous

illustrators and cartoonists!

Be sure tovisit the Animal

Petting Zoo!

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Thank You to Our Sponsors and Volunteers!

A Special Thank You to our host sponsor Orange Coast College andespecially the Foundation Department and Board. It is through the use oftheir beautiful campus and their generosity that the Orange CountyChildren’s Book Festival continues and celebrates its 6th year. THANK YOU!

Terrific Sponsors, Committee Members and Volunteers …

Sponsors: Target, ocfamily.com, southwest.com, Orange County Department of Education, Orange County Public Libraries, RIE Register In Education, KOCE-TV, Time Warner Cable, Radio Disney AM 1110, Discovery Science Center, The Frugal Frigate, Rainforest Cafe, JacketFlap,Grandparents Rock, Coast to Coast Productions, Gayle Ackerman Communications, The OC Guys, Giggling Gorilla Productions, Skool ofMusic, South Coast Storytellers Guild and Kiwanis.

The endless giving and support from the aforementioned organizations andpeople have brought the Festival from a dream to a reality. THANK YOU!

We would also like to thank the Timeless Learning, Inc. Board and Orange Coast College faculty, staff, students and its Foundation Board.

Organizing Committee: Barry Ackerman, Phil Battaglia, Doug Bennett, Pat Burns, Georgianna Chapman, Dave and Kathy Cichelli, Julie Clevenger, Barbara Front, René Kinn, Sharon McCubbin, Mary Ann Newton, Sandy O’Connor, Karen Robinson, Mary Roda and Beverly Spencer.

And Special Thanks to: The Orange County Department of Educationand teachers and the Orange County Public Libraries’ librarians fordistributing over 200,000 bookmarkers for the Orange County Children’sBook Festival. The Southern California College of Optometry, The LionsClub, Providence Speech & Hearing Center and Healthy Smiles for OC Kidsfor providing free screenings at the Festival. Also to Gayle Ackerman andAileen Betts for the Kids Crafts Corner; Richard Greninger of Coast to CoastProductions for audio visual equipment and Stu and Joyce Eriksen, PeterMontoya & Associates and the Kiwanis Club of Huntington Beach for theirfinancial support. Paul Stamat, Ryan Ackerman, Terry Ruetten and ArtHovsepian for production assistance. Thanks to Greg Ackerman for gettingus on Twitter and Facebook and to Brandon Norton for helping update ourwebsite. Our continued thanks to Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis for makingpossible the train and balloons décor; and, to Fran Bangert from OnSpecial Assignment for PR and all community calendar on-line listings.

And to all the hundreds of Festival Day Volunteers:Kiwanis Clubs, Circle K, Key Clubs, Kiwins, Cal State Fullerton's JumpstartClub, teachers, parents and all other individual and group volunteerswho helped to make this day possible. You are fantastic!

A special note to our other supporters that went into action after this publication went to press. We appreciate all of you!

We appreciate everyone’s support in helping us createTHE BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD!

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Thank You to All of Our Exhibitors!AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS

3-D Digital PhotoBarry Rothstein, author3ddigitalphoto.com

AHAH PressGlorianne Hesse, authorLaguna Niguel, CAahahpressbooks.com

AuthorsDen.comMatt Miller, presidentRamona, CAauthorsden.com

Bonnie TrueAnaheim, CAbonnietrue.com

Karean L. Chapmanauthor Laguna Niguel, CA northernandzeus.com

Clyde San Juanauthor and illustratorNewport Beach, CAifreelance.com/pro/67534

Concepcion PleitezauthorMontclair, CAcmpleitez.com

Edward AbramsonauthorLafayette, CAdredabramson.com

Flippy & FriendsDawn Kelsey, authorEl Segundo, CAflippyandfriends.com

Fun Places PublishingSusan Peterson, authorLakewood, CAfunplaces.com

GamadinTom Kirkbride, authorOceanside, CAgamadin.com

Giggling Gorilla ProductionsDona Donato and Michael Kobert, authorsPoway, CAjuicycoppertoes.comGigglingGorillaProductions.html

Mr. Mike – Beetle Bug BooksSan Clemente, CAbeetlebugbooks.com

Marlayne GironauthorMission Viejo, CAthevictorbook.com

Grandma LightDiana D. Light, authorIrvine, CA

Grandparents RockPat Burns, authorNewport Beach, CAgrandparentsrock.com

Hatching Inspirations PublishingJulianna Cruz, authorRiverside, CAhatchinginspirations.com

JacketFlapTracy Grand, founderBel Air, CAjacketflap.com

Jaye SalvinauthorLaguna Hills, CAgrookcookbook.com

The Jester & Pharley PhundBarbara Saltzman, The Jester’s MomPalos Verdes, CAthejester.org

Kevin Tsengauthor & illustratorLos Angeles, CAkevintseng.com

Knowledge Power BooksWilla Robinson, authorValencia, CAknowledgepowerinc.com

Mo’s NoseMargaret Hyde, authorSanta Monica, CAmosnose.com

MyJPConnelly, Inc.James Pearse Connelly, authorLos Angeles, CAmyjpconnelly.org

Olas Surf/Skate BooksRoberto Diaz, authorDana Point, CAolasbooks.com

Mary PetersonillustratorLos Angeles, CAmarypeterson.com

Smith, TowerRoger Olsen, authorFullerton, CAcastlepress.net/olsen

Snobbles the GreatJason Dobkin and Erika Gragg, authorsLos Angeles, CAsnobbles.com

Stafford HouseTeresa Anne Power, authorstaffordhousebooks.com

Yale Stromauthor & musicianSan Diego, CAyalestrom.com

Susan StiffelmanMalibu, CApassionateparenting.net

Sunrise House BooksDawn Williams, authorSeal Beach, CAsunrisehousepublishers.com

TeaChild MathEugenia Francis, authorIrvine, CAteachildmath.com

Three Wishes PublishingAlva Sachs, authorCalabasas, CAalvasachs.com

Samantha VamosauthorKirkland, WAsamanthavamos.com

Faye WatersauthorLake Park, MNfayewaters.com

The Wheel of NuldoidRuss Woody, authorStudio City, CAnuldoid.com

BOOK SELLERS, BOOKSTORES AND PUBLISHERS

Acorn NaturalistsJenny Rigby, ownerTustin, CAacornnaturalists.com

Ecky Thump Books, Inc.Glendale, CAsecretsofachristmasbox.com

Empyrean Hill BooksSusanne Castelein, publicistAlamo, CAempyreanhillbooks.com

The Frugal FrigateBrad Hundman, ownerRedlands, CA frugalfrigate.com

Kids for Kids PublishingLinda Warkentin, presidentTrabucco Canyon, CAlindasfreelibrary.com

Martinez BookstoreRueben Martinez, ownerSanta Ana, CA latinobooks.com

Memory JoggersDonnalyn YatesIrvine, CA memoryjoggers.com

Mr. ToastDan Goodsell, ownerLos Angeles, CAmistertoast.com

Red Ant PublishingGina Anaya, co-founderLake Arrowhead, CAredantpublishing.com

Quiet Time TalesBrad Juhasz, V.P. of marketingStudio City, CAquiettime.com

Sing2LearnAnthony Chang, general managerChino, CAsing2learn.com

Usborne BooksPat Vacio, supervisorAlpine, CAmybooksrcool.com

Veronica Lane BooksEtan Boritzer, authorVenice, CAveronicalanebooks.com

EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS,SCHOOLS & MOTIVATIONAL

GROUPS

California Virtual AcademySimi Valley, CAk12.com/cava

ClipaTrish SweeneyIrvine, CAclipa.us

CM School SupplyJeff Rajcic, managerSo. Cal. Locationscmschoolsupply.com

Discovery ToysTina Mowrer, independent group managerMission Viejo, CAtina4toys.com

Fairmont Private SchoolsDanyelle KnightAnaheim, CA fairmontschools.com

Girls, Inc. of Orange CountyKimberly Harnish, coordinatorCosta Mesa, CAgirlsinc-oc.org

Kiwanis Clubs of Orange Countykiwanis.org

KOCE-TVHuntington Beach, CAkoce.org

Main Street FairLisa Porter, CEORancho Santa Margarita, CAmainstreetfair.com

OCDE Media ResourcesCosta Mesa, CAocde.us

OC Family and OCFamily.comNewport Beach, CAocfamily.com

Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, CAorangecoastcollege.edu

Orange County Department of Education Costa Mesa, CAocde.us Orange County Public Librariesocpl.org

Personal Family LawyersDarlynn Morgan and Peter SahinNewport Beach, CAmorganlawgroup.comsouthcountyLG.com

The Prentice SchoolSanta Ana, CAprentice.org

Radio Disney AM 1110 radio.disney.go.com

Reach Out and ReadIrvine, CAreachoutandread.org

Scholarshare College Savings PlanSamantha Evans, coordinatorSacramento, CAscholarshare.com

South Coast Storytellers GuildDana Point, CAstoryguild.org

Time Warner Cabletimewarner.com

Whisper Words (Reading Buddies)Michael Anella, ownerSan Diego, CAwhisperwords.com

HEALTH, NUTRITION AND LEISURE

Cascadian FarmLos Angeles, CAcascadian.com

CHOC/UCI Neurodevelopmental Programspediatrics.uci.edu/divisions/neurocenter/neurocenter.html

Discovery Science CenterLeslie Perovich, V.P. of marketingSanta Ana, CAdiscoverycube.com

Farm Fresh to YouJenni Chapman, marketing asst.Capay, CAfreshfarmtoyou.com

Grand Pacific ResortsCarlsbad, CAgrandpacificresorts.com

LarabarLos Angeles, CAlarabar.com

Milepost 38 Model TrainsAnaheim, CAmilepost38modeltrains.com

Pretend CityIrvine, CApretendcity.org

Providence Speech and Hearing CenterOrange, CApshc.org

RainForest CaféSouth Coast PlazaCosta Mesa, CArainforestcafe.com

Sea & Sage Audubon SocietyHelen NicholasIrvine, CA seaandsageaudubon.org

So. Cal. ChiropracticDr. Ace ThayerCosta Mesa, CAsocalchiropractic.com

The Tooth Fairy Children’s FoundationCalgary, AB, Canadatoothfairykids.org

Wonderland BakeryAllyson Ames, author & chefNewport Beach, CAwonderlandbakery.com

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