BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Oakland: literary\, next 7 days (Thu Sep 17 to Wed Sep 23\, Am erica/Los_Angeles). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subsc ribe rather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (http s://caldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0 . SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/oakland-ca/next-7-days-literary.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Oakland: literary\, next 7 days (Thu Sep 17 to Wed Sep 23\, A merica/Los_Angeles). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subs cribe rather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (htt ps://caldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1. 0. X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland · literary · next 7 days · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Children's Book Festival DTSTART:20260919T170000Z DTEND:20260919T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T120812Z UID:10008835-1789812000-1789833600@fairyland.org CATEGORIES:family,festival,literary DESCRIPTION:Fairyland’s Annual Children’s Book Festival returns!  \nJ oin us for a day where the Bay Area’s most talented kid-lit authors\, il lustrators\, publishers\, sellers\, and educators come together to celebra te the magic of BOOKS! \nJust announced: Mychal Threets joins Book Fest!\n Beloved librarian\, author\, and host of Reading Rainbow will be a feature d guest speaker at this year’s event! \n\nMeet 30+ kid-lit book creators ready to inspire.\nEnjoy captivating stories read aloud by the authors th emselves.\nWatch talented illustrators bring stories to life before your e yes.\nCheer on the remarkable 8-12 year olds from our Youth Writers’ Wor kshop.\nShop for books by all the participating book creators with Books o n B\nEnjoy play-based and educational activities provided by our community partners.\nCheck out the family literacy resource fair\nHosted by Oakland ’s beloved educator\, Mr. Limata\n\n\nGuest Speakers for 2026 Children ’s Book Festival: \n\nCátia Chien\, illustrator\, 2026 Caldecott Medal Winner and a Golden Kite Award winner\nJoanna Ho\, author\, recipient of t he Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature Honor\, a Gold en Kite Award and more\nCindy Derby\, illustrator\, and recipient of a 202 1 Caldecott Honor and Golden Kite Award honor\nRandy Ribay\, author\, co-w inner of the Michael L. Printz Award and winner of the Asian Pacific Ameri can Library Association Medal\nMychal Threets\, author\, librarian\, and h ost of television series\, Reading Rainbow\nYouth Writers Workshop \n\nWe are so thrilled to spend a day in celebration of books\, literature\, lit eracy\, and learning with our beloved community! \nPRESENTATIONS AT THE EM ERALD CITY STAGE\n10:30  Joanna Ho\n11:30  Catia Chien\n12:00  Randy Ri bay\n1:00  Cindy Derby\n1:30  Fairyland Youth Writers\n2:30  Mychal Thr eet \nPRESENTING BOOK CREATORS’ MEET AND GREET IN THE MERRY MEADOW\n11:0 0-12:00   Joanna Ho\n12:00-1:00  Catia Chien\n12:30-1:30  Randy Ribay\ n1:30-2:30  Cindy Derby\n3:00-4:00  Mychal Threets \nACTIVITIES\n11:00 P uppet Show The 3 Little Pigs in the 1920’s at the Puppet Theatre\n11:00- 2:00 Literacy Community Resource Fair\n2:00 Puppet Show The 3 Little Pigs in the 1920’s at the Puppet Theatre\n4:00 Puppet Show The 3 Little Pigs in the 1920’s at the Puppet Theatre \nMEET AND GREET IN THE MERRY MEADOW \n10:00-11:20\nSandhya Acharya\, Claire Bobrow\, Lisa Brown\, Kalen Chock\ , Steph Lau\, Fateme Mokhles\, Sendy Santamaria\, & Michael Slack \n11:20- 12:30\nJerrold Connors\, Sophie Diao\, Tiffany Golden\, Bo Liu\, Helen Tay lor\, Maggie Tokuda-Hall\, & Claudia Walker \n12:30-1:40\nFairyland Youth Writers\, Monisha Bajaj\, Alexandria Boiger\, Maya Cameron-Gordon\, Michae l Genhart\, Isabella Kung\, & Shruthi Rao \n1:40-2:50\nFairyland Youth Wri ters & Natasha Tripplett\, Jasmine Fang\, Sara Andrea Fajardo\, Mike Jung \, Sonali Patodia\, & Deborah Underwood LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T120812Z URL:https://fairyland.org/event-calendar/childrens-book-festival/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Children's Fairyland X-SOURCE-URL:https://fairyland.org/upcoming-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Literacy Fest DTSTART:20260919T180000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T070009Z UID:90329@510families.com CATEGORIES:family,festival,literary DESCRIPTION:Come to the Literacy Festival to celebrate the act of reading. \n\nLearn more about Education and Literacy Services\, receive a free book \, and enjoy learning games and activities. This event is free and for all ages.\n\n Storytime\n Book Giveaways (while supplies last)\n Snacks\n Literacy skill resources\n Learning Games and Activities\n\nSwag from Va lkyries’ and Warriors’ Read to Achieve program (while supplies last) LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T070009Z LOCATION:Fremont Main Library\, 2400 Stevenson Blvd\, Fremont\, CA\, Unite d States URL:https://www.510families.com/calendar/literacy-fest/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:Summer Fairs and Festivals for Bay Area Families X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.510families.com/free-museum-days-bay-area END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lemons & Literacy DTSTART:20260919T210000Z DTEND:20260919T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T001300Z UID:1462@temescaldistrict.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Grand Finale of Memorial Tabernacle's Lemon & Literacy! From reading circles & literacy games to book giveaways and more ~ come join the fun!\n\nSaturday\, September 19th\n\n2:00 - 3:30PM\n\nMem orial Tabernacle Church 5801 Racine Street\, Oakland California\n\nLearn M ore: https://www.memorialtabernacle.org/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T001300Z URL:https://temescaldistrict.org/events/lemons-literacy-2/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=oakland-ca X-SOURCE-NAME:The Annual Taste of Temescal Culinary Tour X-SOURCE-URL:https://temescaldistrict.org/temescal-events/tasteoftemescal END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR