Explore the full author lineup for the newest reading festival in town, the 5 Book Dive Summer Reading Splash!
Saturday May 19, 2018
10 AM – 3 PM
@ AISD Performing Arts Center
Geared towards students grades 3-6, but all are welcome!
FREE & open to the public
As part of an initiative to foster literacy and stop the summer slide through a focus on summer reading, BookPeople officially partnered with AISD in 2017 to amplify the Five Book Dive, a citywide reading challenge promoted all summer long through curated reading lists and program bookmarks. This year, we are joining with AISD and Austin Public Library to take it to the next level with a reading festival filled with interactive programming, book signings, and some of your favorite authors, including opening keynote speaker, Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo! We aim to bring together kids from all over the city, offering a dynamic and diverse program that puts the fun in summer reading!
Opening Keynote Speaker
Kate DiCamillo
Elephant & Piggie present: A Special Opening Event
LeUyen Pham
For younger siblings and emerging readers!
Full Lineup
Tracey Baptiste
Rise of the Jumbies
Max Brallier
The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond
Pablo Cartaya
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish
James Crowley
Monsterland
Tara Dairman
The Great Hibernation
Kate DiCamillo
Raymie Nightingale
Xavier Garza
Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel
Gale Galligan
Dawn and the Impossible Three
Karen Kane
Charlie & Frog
Diana López
Coco: A Story About Music, Shoes, and Family
Anna Meriano
Love, Sugar, Magic: A Dash of Trouble
Iva-Marie Palmer
Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook: MVP Summer
LeUyen Pham
The Itchy Book
James Riley
Story Thieves: Worlds Apart
Geoff Rodkey
The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age
Colby Sharp
The Creativity Project
Lauren Tarshis
I SURVIVED series
Judd Winick
Hilo: Waking the Monsters
Jennifer Ziegler
Revenge of the Happy Campers
