Humboldt County Children's Author Festival
October 16 -19, 2019
DIVE INTO BOOKS!
AWARD WINNERS!
We are pleased to accept the 2019 CATE (California Association of Teachers of English) Award of Merit. This award recognizes outstanding contributions of organizations toward the improvement of teaching English/language arts in California. The statewide award will be presented at the February Annual Convention in Los Angeles!
Welcome! The Humboldt County Children's Author Festival began in 1975 to bring well-known published authors to Humboldt County and arrange visits to schools where they could talk with students about their love of reading, the craft of writing, and to reinforce the idea that people create books, and that children and students can also write and illustrate books.
Though the original goal was to host a one-time festival, its popularity with children, parents, teachers, librarians, and the general public was such that the festival evolved into a biennial event.
Honoring our Authors!
One way we honor our authors is to host a dinner where they have an opportunity to see their books performed. And now you may enjoy Director Dr. Jean Bazemore and students of the Northcoast Preparatory Academy "Readers Theater" perform a sketch from four of the 25 books from the 25 national authors in attendance.
Proclamation Day
Oct 1, 2019. Proclamation Day @ the city of Eureka. Featuring Committee members and Mayor Susan Seaman.
For Full Proclamation GO HERE
Morris Graves Author/Illustrator Exhibit
Featuring:
Caroline Arnold, Bob Barner, Erik Brooks, Bethanie Murguia, and Jackie Urbanovic. And more!
Children are always free accompanied by an adult.
Morris Graves Museum
636 F Street, Eureka
Hours: Weds. - Sun. 12pm - 5pm
2019 Event Schedule
Oct 17-18
60 Schools throughout Humboldt County receive an author visit!
Friday Oct 18th
Author Banquet
All 25 Authors will be honored at a banquet; a limited number of tickets may be purchased to attend.
Saturday Oct 19th
Book Sale & Author Signing & Prize Drawing
Humboldt County Library, Eureka.
Authors on site to sign your purchases!
1:30 PRIZE DRAWING. Tickets $1 each
Grand Prize: 25 Autographed Books - one from each author! 10 second prizes: one Autographed Book for each winner!
Raffle!
Books & Quilts
Raffle Ladies are getting their goods ready for next year! Thank you Open Heart Quilters for donating this Black & White and Read All Over quilt!
Author fest 2019 Business Ad PDF.pdfWould you like to become a Business Sponsor or Adopt An Author?
Click HERE!
Book Clubs can adopt an author, too.
Thanks to our Community of Partners and Sponsors
Our Partners
Friends of the Redwood Libraries
Humboldt County Office of Education
Our Sponsors
Anderson, Lucas, Somerville & Borges, LLP
The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
Community Credit Union of Southern Humboldt
Central Office—THE COPY CENTER
Leslie M. Kurasaki
MapleService Plumbing & Heating
Redwood Coast Financial Partners
Schmidbauer Family Foundation
Tucker & Tucker Pediatric Dentistry
Tri Counties Bank
GO HERE for our current Volunteer Spotlight.
Author Festival Committee
Becky Giacomini & Linda Lorvig, Chairpersons
Janine Randall, Secretary
Byrd Lochtie, Treasurer
Ann Wieland & Diane Larkin, Fundraising
JoAnn Bauer, Author Selection
Lucy Quinby & Peg Gardner, School Liaisons
Marsha Mielke, Web Coordinator
For full listing of Committee Members, Go HERE