Book On Over to Bookamania Tomorrow (Saturday)

Bookamania 2010

Calling all children, ages 3 to 10, and their families to celebrate — BOOKAMANIA!!

ChiIL Mama, Du-Jay and Sagezilla have gone to Bookamania every year since the kids were toddlers.  Every child gets a free book.   There are strolling storybook characters come to life.   Loads of authors are present to do book signings.   There are fun, book based crafts to make, and entertainment all day long.    Check it out.   It's free and fun! 

Saturday, November 19, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Chicago, Illinois 

Check out the ghosts of BOOKAMANIAs PAST.    Click the year for our photo filled features, right here.  

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At ChiIL Mama, we're all about books and reading.   In celebration of Bookamania, this month we'll be featuring a number of book reviews and give aways for all ages, from pre-schoolers to adults!   So check in with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.

Here's what we've got coming up soon.   The red ones with asterisks are reviews & give aways, too!


Kids:

Middle Grade Fantasy:  Tragonia--The Sunbow Prophecy & The Ember Rune by K.S. Krueger 

**American Girl-Lend a Hand:   Girl Sized Ways of Helping Others


**MP3/Book Combos by Kindie Rockstar, Caspar Babypants (Presidents of the United States frontman, Chris Ballew) and his wife, Kate Endle:

•      Bunny Rabbit in the Sunlight (infant to 5)

•      My Woodland Wish (3 and up)

The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson

Reckless by Cornelia Funke


Peter Pan's NeverWorld by Peter Von Brown (We gave away two signed copies of this one along with NeverWorld T-Shirts, earlier in the year, but absolutely want to add it to our holiday book list, too.)


 

Adults:

**Chicken in the Car and the Car Won't Go--Nearly 200 Ways to Enjoy Chicagoland With Tweens and Teens by Melisa Wells (2 signed copies)

**This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman 

**Strawberry Recipes for Everyday

Cinderella Ate My Daughter (We gave away 3 copies to readers earlier this year, but this one's fantastic and we want to revisit/repost this right before the holidays.  Highly recommended!) 

I Want It Now:  A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory by the original Veruca Salt

 BOOKAMANIA SCOOP:

Join us November 19, 2011 for Bookamania! Last year, 4,000+ children and parents came to the Harold Washington Library Center to:

• Meet authors and illustrators
• See performances
• Hear storytellers and musicians
• Create crafts related to books
• Meet favorite book characters
• Schedule of 2011 events 

• Join us at the Chicago Public Library for a free celebration of children’s books!
  
  Meet some of your favorite storybook characters:
  
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Froggy
• Maisy
• Tacky the Penguin
• Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
• Mother Goose
• The Storybook King and Queen
• The Library Owl

Pose for a photograph with Arthur or D.W. and great strolling puppets throughout the building.
Talk with authors and illustrators and make crafts related to their books:

• Eileen Christelow, author of Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed, the signature art of Bookamania 2011
• Nina Crews, author/illustrator of The Neighborhood Sing-Along
• Robert Burleigh, author of The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn
• Arthur Dorros, author of Mamá and Me

Book sales by Sandmeyer’s Bookstore in Printers Row.

Enjoy a variety of performances throughout the day:
Auditorium
Jabberwocky Marionettes presents: Urban Animals and Aquatic Tails

• Performances from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Reception Hall

• Participate in Goodnight Moon Early Literacy Activities with the Chicago Children's Theatre

Main Stage

• 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Master of Ceremonies Chris Fascione
• 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Jim Gill's Family Room Tour
• 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Linda Gorham, storyteller - Folktales and Fairytales: Fractured, Twisted and Updated with Attitude
• 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts
• 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Juggling Funny Stories with Chris Fascione

Thomas Hughes Children’s Library

• 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.: Jan's Clan Puppets
• 12:00 p.m.-12:50 p.m.: Lenny Marsh - Rhythm Circle
• 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.: Jasmin Cardenas - Cuentos Aqui, Bilingual Stories
• 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.: Linda Robertson - Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Lobby

• Sean Masterson - Magic Up Close
• YOUmedia
• Storybook King and Queen with the Fairytale Guest Book

State Street Entrance

• Jason Trusty – “Puppet Bike”

 

Bookamania 2010--Bookalicious Fun For All

We had a book-lovin' blast at Chicago's annual big book bash, Bookamania!   We especially liked the book characters come to life and thought it was very cool Bookamania had a darker skinned Pippi and Hispanic looking Wizard of Oz Dorothy.   


We had a great time with all the creative book related craft projects, too.   All kids who completed 7 activities got to choose a free book.   Du-Jay chose The Order of Odd Fish by Chicagoan James Kennedy.   Sagezilla chose The Eagle and the Rainbow--Timeless Tales from Mexico by Antonio Hernandez Madrigal.


We also bought Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, a Newberry Honor book, by author and illustrator Grace Lin.   The kids got their copy signed by Grace who personalized it with both of their names and wrote, "May all your moons be full of happiness."   At Grace's book station, the kids also enjoyed making rabbit lanterns with a chop stick hanger and glow stick inside, for light.


Grace's sister, Beatrice, lives in Chicago and let us know that she'll be doing a book reading for home schoolers and anyone else who wants to come.  (Buy your books now and bring them to have her autograph!)

When: Monday Nov 22
Time: 1-3 pm
Where: Blackstone Library auditorium

Grace Lin is the  author/illustrator of numerous children's books such as Dim Sum for Everyone, Seven Chinese Sisters, The Year of the Dog, and Newberry Honor winning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.  

Bookamania and Win 5 Books Wednesday from Picture Window Books

Bookamania 2009

One of our favorite annual events is coming this Saturday.  It's time for Chicago's Bookamania!   Click HERE for ChiIL Mama's prior Bookamania coverage.




Calling all children, ages 3 to 10, and their families!
Join us at the Chicago Public Library for a free celebration of children’s books!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Chicago, Illinois
Meet some of your favorite storybook characters:

• Llama Llama Red Pajama
• Frog and Toad
• Pippi Longstocking
• The Storybook King and Queen
• The Library Owl

Celebrate Pat the Bunny’s 70th birthday and Lyle, Lyle Crocodile’s 45th birthday by posing for a photograph with one of them! And greet strolling puppets throughout the building.
Talk with authors and illustrators and make crafts related to their books:

• Laura Numeroff: author of The Jellybeans and the Big Book Bonanza, with the signature Bookamania art by Lynn Munsinger
• Grace Lin: author/illustrator of Thanking the Moon and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
• Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy: authors of ¡Muu, Moo!
• A. G. Ford: illustrator of Goal!

Check the Bookamania! site for performance times and details.

We know reading rocks, so ChiIL Mama is giving away 5 excellent, hard back children's books from Picture Window Books, a capstone imprint.   We'll be reviewing a book a day for the 5 weekdays that bookend Bookamania, beginning today and ending with 5 big winners on Wednesday, November 24th.

Enter here later today to win, and check back daily for a new review.