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CHILDREN'S MULTICULTURAL BOOKFEST IN CAMARILLO

On Sunday, November 4th From 10am to 3pm

By Sharon Rosenthal, www.camarillo.macaronikid.com October 28, 2012
Please join us this Sunday, November 4th from 10am to 3pm at Camarillo Community Center Park as the Camarillo Public Library hosts the Children's  Multicultural Bookfest. A FREE event for children and their families. This event is designed to promote early literacy, and will include various story areas where children can sit and listen to stories from some wonderful children's authors. 

To download a copy of the flyer for this event click HERE and print out to distribute to your friends, class, school or group.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
  • World’s Continents Story Tents with community volunteer readers
  • Peace Pole Dedication at 11 AM - In memory of Mary Anne Vernallis- Strohsahl and George Henry Strohsahl Jr.
  • A Free Book For Every Child
  • Readings in English, Spanish, & Chinese
AUTHORS & SCHEDULE
STORY TENTS
  • Asia—with the VC Chinese Language School
  • Africa—CSUCI students
  • Latin America—Pleasant Valley Neighborhood for Learning
  • North America- Canada, United States, Native Americans with CSUCI students
  • Europe—with Girl Scouts
  • Australia & New Zealand—with Camarillo Library
ENTERTAINMENT
Join the fun as Kindermusik with Katie performs and shares her love of music with the audience. 

Children can to read to volunteers from the Camarillo Library’s PAWs program. Girls Scouts & others will also read aloud to children from a variety of books. Community businesses including Macaroni Kid Camarillo Oxnard Ventura, and Mrs. Figs Bookworm will be particpating in this fun family event.The Camarillo Police Department will offer families a “Kids Prints” service.

Kids that attend will be able to take a free book home. Encouraging all children and their families to read early, aloud and often, First 5 Ventura County and its partners First 5 Pleasant Valley Neighborhood for Learning (PVNfL), the Camarillo Public Library, the John Spoor Broome Library at CSU Channel Islands, and Pleasant Valley School District are partnering up for this fun family event.

For more information, check the Camarillo Public Library website at www.camarillolibrary.org or call 805-388-5222.

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