Events for Friday, November 22, 2019
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9:00 am
FUN ROOM: Royal Caribbean’s Ocean of Adventures
Upper plaza of Children’s Alley Explore the ocean with Royal Caribbean! Join us for undersea adventures and other nautical fun! Little ones can play, too, with hands-on, ocean-themed activities. Activities all weekend long in Royal Caribbean’s Ocean of Adventures are sponsored by
Find out more »FUN ROOM: The Paintbox: Home is Where the Heart Is
Upper plaza of Children’s Alley Read, imagine, and create! The Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College invites young readers to create unique pieces of art inspired by five delightfully poignant children’s books. Through activity prompts designed to spark their imagination, children will thoughtfully engage with award-winning stories that explore important concepts such as home, empathy, and belonging. Featured Books: La Frontera; ...
Find out more »Fun Room: Healthy Bodies, Happy Kids & UHealth Jackson Teddy Bear Care
Upper plaza of Children’s Alley Want to get healthy and stay that way? You’ve come to the right place! Learn how to get rid of germs, especially on your teeth! You’ll want to show off those pearly whites after dental hygienists and their puppets teach you the right way to brush. Learn about good nutrition so you can grow healthy ...
Find out more »Fun Room: One World, Many Stories
Upper plaza of Children’s Alley Bring your imaginary passports and join us on a literary journey as we read stories about different people who had an impact in history, music, and art. Learn about Betty Mae Jumper, James John Audubon, Harriet Tubman and many more. Featured books: I am Jazz; She Persisted; The Boy Who Drew Birds; Tito Puente, Mambo ...
Find out more »Fun Room: The Rhythm Factory
Upper plaza of Children’s Alley Sing-a-long, move, and groove! Learn about different musical instruments from around the world. Grab your imaginary passport and go on a musical journey that will take you from Brazil to Africa, and as far away as Australia! Featured books: I Love My Baby Berimbau: An Introduction to the Berimbau in Capoeira; Dundun: The Talking Drum ...
Find out more »Fun Room: Tinker, Make, Innovate!
Lower plaza of Children’s Alley The Tinker, Make, Innovate! programming encourages youth to shape the worlds around them with cutting-edge tech tools and maker-centered learning activities. Moonlighter Makerspace will teach kids how to expose light-sensitive paper through different designs based on the characters and themes of the book What is Light, while Learn 01 will teach them how to use ...
Find out more »Fun Room: Tot Time Play and Learn
Sing, dance, learn yoga poses and paint with us and your favorite storybook characters! Arts for Learning (A4L)'s incredible Teaching Artists are ready to take little ones on wild adventures through stories set in jungles, forests, and busy city streets, sparking creative learning and bringing the art of storytelling to life. Featured Books: Abiyoyo; Giraffes Can't Dance; Interrupting Chicken; Life ...
Find out more »9:30 am
Author Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of ...
Find out more »10:00 am
Author Nina Moreno
Don't Date Rosa Santos (Disney-Hyperion) is her first novel. Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother, an ...
Find out more »Author Andrea Beaty
When her Abuelo gets hurt, Sofia asks City Hall to turn the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, only to be told she’s just a kid. Down but not out, she sets out to prove what one kid can do in the Questioneers: Sofia Valdez, Future Prez!
Find out more »Author David Yoon
Desperate to be with his white girlfriend without his Korean parents finding out, Frank fake-dates his friend, who is in a similar bind. But now he’s left wondering whether he really knows anything about love—or himself—in Frankly in Love.
Find out more »Author Liz Braswell
In Stuffed, Clark’s mom attempts to rid the house of stuffies, which protect the house at night. Does Clark’s grandma-made sock animal, Foon, have what it takes to rid Clark’s house of all its monsters?
Find out more »Author Mónica Rodríguez
La tía Clío y la máquina de escribir cuenta las aventuras vividas por una niña cuando sale en busca de un tesoro junto a su tía Clío, una mujer intrépida y un tanto fuera de lo común. Con el apoyo de la Fundación Cuatrogatos, el Departamento de Educación Bilingüe y Lenguas Extranjeras de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami Dade ...
Find out more »Encantos Media
Join Encantos Media to read and color from their various book collections: Emmy-nominated, award-winning baby brand Canticos makes learning fun with bilingual books, digital apps and sing-alongs. Learn about the many cultural wonders of the world through the Tiny Travelers Book Series and their Day of the Dead-inspired collection Skeletitos. Meet Ricky Chickie the Puppet, enjoy a reading from author ...
Find out more »FIU Mobile STEAM Festival
The Florida International University College of Arts, Science & Education Mobile STEAM Festival will spark your curiosity in planets Earth’s greatest stories. Join our Mobile STEAM Festival as we put the spirit of discovery in your hands with activities such as air-propelled rockets, marine-focused VR goggles, human electricity circuits and more!
Find out more »Illustrator Ramón París
Upper plaza of Children’s Alley La caimana, libro álbum con texto de María Eugenia Manrique e ilustraciones de Ramón París, narra la historia real de un hombre que “adopta” a un pequeño caimán en los campos de Venezuela. Cuando el animal crece, forma parte de su familia y los niños del barrio se divierten con él. Con el apoyo de ...
Find out more »National Book Foundation Presents the Teen Press Conference
High school students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools act as journalists, posing questions to the nominees for the 2019 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. Since 1998, the Teen Press Conference has taken place at various literary landmarks in New York, including the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Scholastic Auditorium, Brooklyn Borough ...
Find out more »Stilt Walkers
Look out, or better yet, look up! The ever-fabulous stilt walkers will be making the rounds of Children’s Alley. They really stand out in a crowd! ;-)
Find out more »Teen Poetry Showcase
Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Teen Poetry Showcase featuring the powerful voices of Miami’s best budding new poets AK Kirkland, Kayra Serpenguzel, Christopher Badillo, Nasir Sims, and Lamaria Washington from Dranoff’s Piano Slam and writers from MBF’s Speak Up: Teen Poetry and Performance Program Alexandra Ceballos, Mitch Poole, Jessica Elkins, Jose Arriaza, Maria Arango, Melly Lopez, ...
Find out more »The Busk Stop
Join PATH (Preserving, Archiving & Teaching Hip Hop Inc) for a participatory experience centered around the five main creative elements of Hip Hop: Bboy/Bgirl dance, DJ, Graffiti Art, MC/Rap, and Knowledge. Enjoy a showcase of PATH’s OURstory, a series of creative, site-based art-making experiences that explore the intersection of identity and community through the lens of a city in transition. ...
Find out more »Where’s Waldo?: A Scavenger Hunt at Miami Book Fair!
Join the festival-wide search for the world’s most famous missing person. For the chance to win a deluxe Where’s Waldo? prize pack, pick up a Where’s Waldo? postcard at the Children’s Alley info booth. Use the postcard to record details about where you spot him. Once you’ve located Waldo in all three of his hiding places, write your name, address, and ...
Find out more »10:30 am
Author Maulik Pancholy
When he starts middle school, Rahul’s grandfather gives him advice: “Find one thing you’re really good at and become THE BEST AT IT.” But what if he discovers he isn’t the best at anything?
Find out more »11:00 am
Author Jeffrey Brown
Return to the Darth Vader and Son series with brand-new adventures starring young Rey and Kylo, Finn and Poe, Hux and BB-8, all under the watch of Luke, General Leia, Hann, and Chewie in Rey and Pals.
Find out more »Author Conor McCreery
Juliet Lives! The newest chapter of the award-winning Kill Shakespeare series flashes back to five months after the death of Romeo, where Juliet is mourning yet another loved one – her mother. Now Juliet must discover who the murderer is, lest she becomes the next victim.
Find out more »Author Jason “Rachel” Brown
*Karamo Brown has had to cancel his appearance at the Miami Book Fair. The event will still go on as described, featuring his son and co-author, Jason “Rachel” Brown. I Am Perfectly Designed is an exuberant celebration of loving who you are, exactly as you are. In this empowering ode to modern families, a boy and his father take a joyful walk ...
Find out more »Author John Fitzgerald
El robo real que nunca fue y Qué problema con mi nombre son libros que apuestan por estilos diferentes, pero vinculados por el humor. El primero es una historia detectivesca con personajes animales y el segundo tiene como protagonista a un niño que descubre que un nuevo alumno de su salón de clases se llama igual que él. Con el ...
Find out more »Author Mike Cavallaro
At Vulcan’s Celestial Supply Shop, Nico and his friends provide “legendary service and expertise in all areas of the arcane.” But his latest customer, Eowulf, plans to slay Cerberus, which could accidentally unleash the hordes of the Underworld. Find out what happens in Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades!
Find out more »Author William Lashner
Elizabeth Webster’s lawyer father is missing, and a ghost haunting her friend Harry is asking for her. Elizabeth soon discovers her family’s secret law firm, Webster & Son, Attorneys for the Damned. Demons and ghosts take the witness stand in Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon Pleas.
Find out more »UNISTIQ
Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue Slammin’ sounds from alumni of Miami’s high-impact arts-based mentoring program Guitars Over Guns.
Find out more »11:30 am
Author Aimee Lucido
In Emmy in the Key of Code, coding and music take center stage as twelve-year-old Emmy tries to find her place in a new school and prove that she isn’t a wrong note, but a musician in the world’s most beautiful symphony.
Find out more »Author Brittney Morris
By day, Kiera Johnson is an honors student, math tutor, and one of the only Black kids at Jefferson Academy. By night, she’s secretly the game developer for an online multiplayer Black Panther-inspired video game. In SLAY, she must battle a real-life troll intent on ruining the game. Can she protect her game without losing herself in the process?
Find out more »12:00 pm
Author Naomi Shihab Nye
2019 National Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye has collected one hundred original poems in Voices in the Air, honoring artists, writers, historical figures, and ordinary people who motivate us to live rewarding and graceful lives.
Find out more »Author Stacy DeKeyser
Nick has found his American dream—becoming a batboy for the local baseball team. There are just two curveballs in his way: his hard-working immigrant parents, and Tank, a terrifying 2,000-pound rhinoceros. Nick will need to keep his eye on the ball in The Rhino in Right Field.
Find out more »Authors Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite
When Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended from school, shipped off to Haiti and writing the school report of a lifetime, she finds herself flirting with Tati’s cute intern, experiencing Haiti for the first time, and discovering a family history loaded with betrayals, superstitions and possibly even a family curse in Dear Haiti, Love Alaine.
Find out more »CANCELLED – Author Jamaica Kincaid
Three girls attend a party to celebrate the publication of the first of the Nancy Drew mystery books. There are many distractions at the fancy affair. Suddenly, the oldest girl sees something. The other girl sees it too. The youngest does not, and has a hard time getting anyone to tell her anything in Party: A Mystery.
Find out more »12:30 pm
Author George O’Connor
Thrown from Mount Olympus as a newborn, Hephaistos has an aptitude for forging exquisite gifts and weapons, which earn him a seat back in the heavens. But he is not treated equal. Witness his wrath in Hephaistos: God of Fire as he creates a plan that will win him the respect he deserves.
Find out more »Author Ridley Pearson
In Super Sons: The Foxglove Mission, Jon Kent and Damian “Ian” Wayne, the respective sons of Superman and Batman, are on the run with their new teammate, Candace. While their quests threaten to divide the three of them, it’s only through teamwork and trust that they can succeed. Sponsored by
Find out more »6:00 pm
An Evening With the National Book Awards Winners and Finalists
Miami Book Fair, in partnership with the National Book Foundation and with the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, welcomes the Finalists and Winners of the prestigious National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards. Previous winners of the Award—including William Carlos Williams, Joyce Carol Oates, and William Faulkner—comprise a who’s who of American literature. Following the ...
Find out more »The Lights Go On At The Porch
Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue The Porch opens with music, giant outdoor games, a community coloring wall from The Wynwood Coloring Book, Silent Poetry Disco curated by the Academy of American Poets, an outdoor photo exhibit of South Beach in the 70s as seen through the lens of American photographer Andy Sweet, HistoryMiami’s Miami Stories Recording ...
Find out more »7:00 pm
Exploraciones Poéticas
La poeta y promotora cultural nicaragüense Rubí Arana nos ofrece Homenaje a la tierra (Betania), obra que expresa en lenguaje lírico sus preocupaciones por el mundo en que vivimos. Miguel Falquez Certain, poeta, narrador, dramaturgo y traductor colombiano residente en Nueva York, presenta Hipótesis de un sueño. Antología personal (New York Poetry Press). Jorge García de la Fe es poeta, ...
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