2020 Book Festival Videos

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A collection of 16 fun and creative activities

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    Cartooning

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    Cat Paper Dolls

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    Coloring

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    Coronavirus

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    Crossword

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    Diagram a Story

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    Draw a Monster

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    Field Trip to the Moon

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    Learn Danza Azteca

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    Learn N8tive Hoop

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    Mad Libs

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    Make a Mini Book

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    Maze

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    Wisecracks

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    Word Scramble

PIC = Picture | ER = Early Reader | MG = Middle Grade | YA = Young Adult | ENT = Entertainer

Please note: Certain videos presented during the Virtual Festival may become unavailable. 

PIC = Picture

ER = Early Reader

MG = Middle Grade

YA = Young Adult

ENT = Entertainer

Please note: Certain videos presented during the Virtual Festival may become unavailable. 

Saturday, September 26

Adam Grant and Kristen Bell | Leif and the Fall and The World Needs More Purple People

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Frans Vischer | Learn to draw Olaf

Frans Vischer | Learn to draw Fuddles

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Gino Campagna | Chef Gino's Taste Test Challenge (Virtual cooking class)

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Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart | The World Needs More Purple People

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Maria Loi | the Greek diet (Virtual cooking class)

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Friday, September 25

MG Mabel Katz | Maluhia, the Happy City

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MG Mabel Katz | Maluhia, the Happy City (Spanish)

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PIC Shellice Beharie | Prince and His Mother's Crown: Tales Within My Mother's Hair

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ER Tresha Wilder Johnson | Adventures of the Hidden Asthma Triggers

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Thursday, September 24

PIC Scott Casperson | In the Dark

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YA Tanya Ross | Rising up

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ER Vicki Tashman | Dash and Victoria Find True Love

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Wednesday, September 23

ER Alice Kalomas | Sir Wrinkles the Bulldog

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MG Kim Steinhardt | Sabby the Sea Otter: A Pup's True Adventure and Triumph

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ER Maureen McCabe | A Christmas Love Story: Nicholas Nutcracker & Brittany Ballerina

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PIC Melanie Lightbourn-Rowe | Am I Daddy's Girl?

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ENT OC Public Libraries | OC Reforma performance (Spanish)

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Tuesday, September 22

MG J.M. Bergen | Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows

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ER Kris Cass | Gravy Boat Birdfeeder

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YA Maureen Johnson | Truly Devious series

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Monday, September 21

ER Cori Doerrfeld | The Welcome Wagon

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MG Eileen Moskowitz-Palma | The Popularity Pact: Camp Clique

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ER Elizabeth "Betty" Johnson | Nobody Knows My Name

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PIC Jaime Langlois | Clara Saint Clair Dominique De La Rue

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PIC Melba Johnson | Twins in Pairs Paris

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Sunday, September 20

PIC Maggie Grinnell | Isabella and Penelope

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PIC Nella Simoni | What Will Baby Be?

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Saturday, September 19

Blue-Ribbon Panels Sponsored by PBS SoCal

Panel | BE THE CHANGE!

Stories to Inspire Social Justice & Action with Jason Reynolds, Kwame Alexander, and Congresswoman Katie Porter


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Panel | Good Grief!

Helping Kids Cope with Sadness & Loss During the COVID Crisis with Anastasia Higginbotham, Patrice Karst, Maggie Grinnell, and Melissa Fisher Goldman, LCSW


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Friday, September 18

PIC C.M. Harris | What If We Were All the Same!

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ER Chloe Stafford | Once Upon a Nothingness

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PIC Helen Jo | How Santa Gets All the Chimneys

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PIC Helen Jo | How Santa Gets All the Chimneys (Korean)

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PIC Natalie Elliott | Peny's Purse

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ENT OC Public Libraries | Storytime

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Thursday, September 17

ER Betty Thomas Patterson | What's College About Anyway?

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Cabrillo Point Academy | Cabrillo students share their experiences

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PIC David Sledge Jr | Thank You Grandma

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PIC Ellen Shane | Emily's Gift: The True Story of Sherlock and Jackson

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MG Steve Clark | I Can Play... Violin

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Wednesday, September 16

PIC Georgeanne Irvine | Saving Moka: The True Tale of a Rescued Tiger Cub

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ER Lorraine Loria | Henry Mozzarella and the Case of the Missing Diamonds

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YA Marisa Reichardt | AFTERSHOCKS

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MG Scott Sussman | Champion of the Marsh

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Tuesday, September 15

MG Amanda Kehoe | The Adventures of TJ and His Wheelable Chair

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ER Barbara Panawa | ABC Fun Phonics

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PIC Cindy Motley | Ann From Japan

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ENT OC Public Libraries| Arts & Crafts

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Monday, September 14

MG Alba Arango | The Magic Sapphire

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PIC Chris Robertson | If I Didn't Have You

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MG Kimberly Horg | ATNAS: Santa's Sister in the South Pole

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YA Nancy Visco | The Fairy Portal

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ER The Story Lady's Magic Book Show | The Little Red Hen

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