12:45 - 1:15Liesl Shurtliff

1:15 - 2:00 Matt de la Peña

1:30 - 2:00 Suzanne Kaufman

1:45 - 2:15 Story Pirates

2:15 - 2:45 Jacqueline West

2:45 - 3:15 Jennifer Swanson

MEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY

9:30 - 10:15 Sergio Ruzzier

Comic Books Are Books! Ages 3+

10:00 - 4:00Drop-in activity: Make an Out Of

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Journey Beyond Borders (bilingual)All Ages

12:30 - 1:15 Matt de la Peña

Writing Books or Plagiarizing the World

Ages 11+

2:00 - 3:00Out of This World Middle Grade

Authors Stacy McAnulty, Josephine

Cameron, and Jon EtterAge: 10+

1:00 - 1:45 Story Pirates

Mystery Creation ZoneAges 8+

12:45 - 1:30 Suzanne Kaufman All Are Welcome

Ages 3+

1:15 - 2:00Shannon Schuren

Out of this World Stories - Real-World Inspiration

Ages: 12+

2:00 - 2:45 Jennifer Swanson

Astronaut/Aquanaut? You Decide! Ages 7+

9:30 - 10:15Janet Wong

5 Fabulous Ways to Become the Best Writer You Can Be

Ages: 8+

8:45 - 9:15 Join the Parade of Book Characters including Baby Mouse, Bruce the Bear, Elephant and Piggy! The parade will start at Mead Library. See other side for details.

11:00 - 11:45 K.G. Campbell

A Small Zombie ProblemAges 8+

12:00 - 12:45 Liesl Shurtliff

Some Fairly True Tales All Ages

10:30 - 11:15 Matt de la Peña

The Story Behind the Story Ages 3+

10:15 - 11:00 Liesl Shurtliff

Mind Benders! Ages 10+

1:30 - 2:00Meet Baby MouseBook Character

RoccaMeeting Room Story Garden

TEEN BOOK FESTMaas Teen

Learning Center

10:15 - 10:45 Janet Wong, Sergio Ruzzier

11:00 - 11:30Liesl Shurtliff

11:15 - 11:45 Matt de la Peña

11: 45 - 12:15 K. G. Campbell

12:15 - 12:45 Mister G, M. T. Anderson

3:00 - 3:30Josephine Cameron, Jon Etter,

& Stacy McAnulty

2:00 - 2:30Shannon Schuren

Book Signing AreaLoft Room/3rd Floor

3rd Floor Children’s Room

11:30 - 12:15 M. T. Anderson

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

Ages 11+

1:30 - 2:15 Jacqueline West Writing Magic: Middle Grade and Young Adult Fantasy, Mystery, and

ThrillersAges 8+

BOOKWORM GARDENS

5:15 - 6:00Suzanne Kaufman

10:45 - 11:15Meet Hedgie Book Character

11:45 - 12:15Meet Hedgie Book Character

2:15 - 2:45Meet Hedgie Book Character

10:45 - 11:15Jennifer Swanson

4:30 - 5:15Suzanne Kaufman

100 Bugs!Ages: 3+

12:30 - 1:15Janet Wong Poetry Suitcase

Ages: 5+

1:30 - 2:15Mister G

Señorita Mariposa: A Journey Beyond Borders

All Ages

Most presentations are 45 minutes. Illustrator art-making studios are 60 minutes. Book signing times vary. All events are � rst come, � rst served. Seating is limited.

10:00 - 10:45Jennifer Swanson

Science All Around YouAges: 5+

11:00 -11:45Bob Barner

Dinosaurs in the Garden!Ages: 4+

11:45 - 12:15Bob Barner

1:15 - 1:45Janet Wong

2:15 - 2:45Mister G

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ABOVE & BEYOND

JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER

12:00 - 1:00In the Art Studio with Sergio

Ruzzier: Look Under the Bed for Poetry, or How to Think Like an

IllustratorAges: 6+

10:30 - 11:30In the Art Studio With Suzanne Kaufman: How to Draw Your

FriendsAges: 3+

10:30 -11:30In the Art Studio with K.G. Campbell: How to Draw

ZombiesAges: 6+

11:00 -11:45Josephine Cameron

Songwriting with Fairy Tale CharactersAges: 6+

10:30 - 11:15Jacqueline West and the Story

Pirates Digging Up Danger & The Mystery Creation Zone

Ages: 8+

2:30 - 3:15 Matt de la Peña

My Journey from Reluctant Reader to Author

All Ages

6:30 - 7:15 Mister G Bedtime Concert and

Sing-alongAges: 3+

Lower Level Art Studio Theatre/Matrix

11:15 - 11:45Jacqueline West & Story Pirates

11:30 - 12:00Suzanne Kaufman

5:30 - 6:30Drop-in activity: Make an Out

Of This World journal. All Ages

10:00 - 4:00 Drop-in activity: Make an Out Of This World journal.

All Ages

5:30 Information Desk: Pick up free Mr. G Bedtime Concert tickets.

First come, fi rst served.

6:00 - 6:30 & 7:15-7:45 Meet Bruce the Bear

Book Character

Atrium

11:30 - 12:00Meet Bruce the Bear Book

Character

11:30 -12:00K.G. Campbell11:45 - 12:15

Josephine Cameron

1:30 - 2:30In the Art Studio with Bob Barner:

Collage WorkshopAges: 4+

7:15 - 7:45Mister G

Book Signing Area – Matrix

1:00 - 1:30Sergio Ruzzier

11:30 - 12:00Meet Bruce the Bear

Book Character

1:00 - 1:30 Meet Bruce the Bear

Book Character

2:30 - 3:00 Bob Barner

10:00 - 10:30 Meet Bruce the Bear

Book Character

3rd Floor

9:30 - 10:15 Out of This World Picture Book Authors Stacy McAnulty, Dean Robbins & Stef Wade

Ages 3+10:15 - 10:45

Dean Robbins, Stef Wade, & Stacy McAnultyBook sales/signing

All Ages

10:15 - 10:45Meet Baby Mouse Book Character

3:15 - 4:00Matt de la Peña

The Secret Garden

Amphitheatre

Throughoutthe Gardens

Barn inthe Farm Garden

Book Signing area - Hansel & Gretel Learning Cottage

The Secret Garden

Matrix

Theatre

Theatre

11:00 - 11:30 Meet Baby Mouse Book Character

12:00 - 12:30 Meet Baby Mouse Book Character

1:30 - 2:00 Meet Baby Mouse Book Character

OCTOBER

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JOHN MICHAEL KOHLERARTS CENTER608 New York Ave., Sheboygan920-458-6144 • www.jmkac.org

MEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY710 N. 8th., Sheboygan920-459-3400 • www.meadpubliclibrary.org

BOOKWORM GARDENS1415 Campus Dr., Sheboygan920-287-7895 • www.bookwormgardens.org

ABOVE & BEYOND902 N 8th St, Sheboygan920-458-4263 • www.abkids.org

SPECIAL EVENTS

FREE! Friday Bedtime Concert and Sing-along with Mister GThis is a free concert in the Matrix at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, however admission tickets are required. Free tickets will be handed out at the Information Desk beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, October 11. Tickets are fi rst come, fi rst served.Before the concert, the ARTcafe will offer a bedtime milk and cookie special. 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

NEW! Parade of Book Characters to Kick Off the Festival on Saturday!Dress up as your favorite book character and join our fi rst-ever parade of book characters including Baby Mouse, Bruce the Bear, Elephant and Piggy. The Saturday parade will start at Mead Library at 8:45 a.m., cross the City Green to John Michael Kohler Arts Center then return to the library. In case of inclement weather, we’ll parade inside Mead Library.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES(See other side for times and locations.)

Collectible Author & Illustrator Trading Cards Pick up trading cards at each author/illustrator presentation. Collect them all and get them autographed!

Journal Making Make your own Out of this World journal!

Book Sales Book sales and signing events will follow author/illustrator presentations. The Reader’s Loft Bookstore will donate a portion of festival book sale proceeds to benefi t future book festivals. Your purchases help keep this annual community event free and open to all!

REFRESHMENTS John Michael Kohler Arts Center:

Enjoy the cuisine of the ARTcafe at the Kohler Arts Center. Open daily 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Mead Public Library: Toppers Pizza will be selling slices of pizza and soda from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the Library’s fi rst fl oor café.

Bettersweet Bakery Cupcakes: See our website for details.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

Alliant Energy • Ann Schroeder, in Memory of Olivia Anderson • Bank First National • Bemis Family Foundation • Friends of Mead Public Library • Friends of Sheboygan Falls

Memorial Library • Garton Family Foundation • Green Bay Packers Foundation • HM Graphics • Kohler Foundation, Inc. • Random House Children’s Books • The Reader’s Loft Bookstore • Vollrath Company • WE Energies Foundation

Bruce the Bear Hedgie Baby Mouse

M.T. ANDERSON | AuthorThe Assassination of Brangwain Spurge; Feed; Fatal Throne; The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 2; Landscape with Invisible Hand; and Thirsty

BOB BARNER | Author & IllustratorAnts Rule; Dinosaur Bones; The Day of the Dead; Fish Wish; Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!; and Dem Bones

JOSEPHINE CAMERONAuthor & Songwriter Maybe a Mermaid

K.G. CAMPBELL | Author & IllustratorA Small Zombie Problem; Flora & Ulysses; Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters; The Mermaid and the Sea; Dylan the Villain; and Aliens Get the Sniffl es Too

MATT DE LA PEÑA | Author We Were Here; Superman Dawnbreaker; Mexican White Boy; Ball Don’t Lie; Last Stop on Market Street; Love; Carmela Full of Wishes; and Infi nity Ring series: Curse of the Ancients and Eternity

JON ETTER | AuthorA Dreadful Fairy Book

MISTER G | Author and MusicianSeñorita Mariposa

SUZANNE KAUFMANAuthor, Illustrator & Animator All Are Welcome; Confi scated; I Love Monkey; Take Your Pets to School Day; 100 Bugs; Naughty Claudine Christmas; and Samanthasaurus Rex

STACY MCANULTY | Author Brave; Beautiful; Max Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert; The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl; The World Ends in April; and the Goldie Blox chapter book series

STORY PIRATES | Performers/StorytellersStuck in the Stone Age; and Digging Up Danger

DEAN ROBBINS | AuthorThe Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean; Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing; and Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

SERGIO RUZZIER | Author & IllustratorFox + Chick series: The Party and Other Stories andThe Quiet Boat Ride; This Is Not a Picture Book!; Two Mice; Good Boy; and A Letter for Leo

SHANNON SCHUREN | Author The Virtue of Sin

LIESL SHURTLIFF | Author Time Castaways series; and (Fairly) True Tales series

JENNIFER SWANSON | AuthorAstronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact; Save the Crash-test Dummies; Spies, Lies and Disguise; Absolute Expert Dolphins; and Dr. E’s Super Stellar Solar System

STEF WADE | AuthorA Place for Pluto

JACQUELINE WEST | Author & PoetThe Books of Elsewhere series; The Collectors; Digging Up Danger; Dreamers Often Lie; and Last Things

JANET S. WONG | Author & PoetA Suitcase of Seaweed; Minn and Jake; Twist; Apple Pie 4th of July; Me and Rolly Maloo;and Buzz

BOOK CHARACTERS

AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS & PERFORMERS

Say hello and take a photo! See other side for times and locations.

The 10th Annual

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Illustration by Sergio Ruzzier. © 2019

WISCONSIN’S ONLY CHILDRENAND TEEN’S BOOK FESTIVALThe Sheboygan Children & Teen’s Book Festival is presented in partnership with community volunteers and local organizations that believe in the transforming power of reading and the literary and visual arts. The SCTBF is a program of Sheboygan County Reads!, a 501(c)(3) non-profi t organization.

The Festival extends its thanks to:

• the sponsors and volunteers who make it happen!

• Sergio Ruzzier for providing us with a fantastic illustration that’s perfect for our book festival!

LOVE THE BOOK FESTIVAL? HERE’S HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED!Join the team of volunteers that plans and presents the annual Sheboygan Children & Teen’s Book Festival. We welcome those who share our passion for connecting kids with authors & illustrators. We are especially seeking new volunteers with a background in one or more of these areas: children’s books and authors; grant writing; project organization; marketing; and/or event planning.

Contact us atinfo@sheboyganchildrensbookfestival.org

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