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SUMMARY:Word Up at Inwood Hill Park: Uptown Kid Lit
DESCRIPTION:Uptown Kid Lit—Word Up’s book festival for kids—is back on Sunday\, September 7\, 2025 at Pat’s Lawn at Inwood Hill Park! \nJoin Word Up Community Bookshop in celebrating the magic of children’s literature and the back-to-school season at the premier Uptown children’s book festival. Young readers will have the opportunity to meet beloved local authors and illustrators as they present new books\, lead story times and activities\, readings and discussions\, workshops\, games\, and more. Plus\, FREE books and school supply giveaways to all registrants. Register today! \nFeatured authors & artists:\nSelina Alko (C is for Camp)\nEthan T. Berlin (The Journal of Nonsense)\nHilda Eunice Burgos (Bodega Cats: Pawsome Pals)\nCynthia Carrión\nCodeSpeak Labs\nRio Cortez (The Blue Velvet Chair)\nEdwidge Danticat (Watch Out for Falling Iguanas)\ntasha dougé\nOlivier ThePlace (with Drag Artists For Expression NYC)\nJames Kwan (I Come from Another Galaxy: A Picture Book)\nAllegra LeGrande\nJenan Matari (Everything Grows in Jiddo’s Garden)\nClaribel Ortega (House of Elephants (Witchlings 3))\nJasminne Paulino (The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez)\nAlyssa Reynoso-Morris (Bold\, Brilliant\, and Latine: Meet 52 Latine and Hispanic Heroes from Past and Present)\nNeela Vaswani (This Is My Eye: A New York Story)\nJamia Wilson (Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked Change)\nTanya Wright (The Great Birthday Surprise! (Hairiette of Harlem))\nIbi Zoboi (First Day Around the World) \nCOMMUNITY RESOURCE TABLES\nNew York Restoration Project\nThe Cat Collective Team\nUptown Stories\nHOPE\nLiterary Freedom Project / Sak Pasé\nDrag Artists for Expression NYC\nFamily Connectors\nFACE\nSugar Hill Children’s Museum\nDominican Writers Association/Lil Dominican Readers\nParents Supporting Parents\nDyckman Farmhouse\nFriends of Inwood Hill Park\nLINC \nSCHEDULE UPDATES ON WordUpBooks.com/UKL \nWord Up launched Uptown Kid Lit in 2019 as a one-day festival for our communities in Washington Heights\, Inwood\, Harlem\, and the Bronx. After two years of virtual/hybrid programming in 2020 and 2021\, UKL returned in person in 2022 with a focus on comics as part of the three-day Uptown Comics Fest. Each year has garnered a unique and vibrant group of local authors\, illustrators\, educators\, publishers\, editors\, craftspeople\, artists\, and community organizations—all to support and celebrate our neighborhood’s youngest readers and families. We hope you’ll join us in 2025 at Inwood Hill Park! \nWe are committed to keeping admission to the festival free. Producing a multi-faceted outdoor festival requires a lot of resources. We are grateful for the grant funding we have received\, which helps offset Uptown Kid Lit expenses\, but this funding doesn’t cover all our costs\, especially during this year of budget cuts across nonprofits. In order to keep Uptown Kid Lit a yearly neighborhood event\, please consider registering at one of the ticket levels\, ranging from $5 to $50. \nLOCATION: Pat’s Lawn is located at the northwest corner of Inwood Hill Park off of Indian Road and 218th Street in Inwood\, NYC. You can take the A to 207 St.\, the Bx7 to 218th St.\, or the M100 to Broadway and W 220 St. \nACCESSIBILITY: The closest entrance to the venue at 218th Street and Indian Road is wheelchair accessible. The event is on a grass lawn. \nSPONSORSHIPS: If you would like to be a sponsor of this event\, please email us at UptownReads@WordUpBooks.com. Sponsors will be featured in our promotional materials. \nUptown Kid Lit 2025 is made possible in part with funds from UMEZ Arts Engagement\, a regrant program supported by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ)\, and administered by LMCC. Uptown Kid Lit is also supported\, in part\, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council\, and by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Word Up Community Bookshop’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \nADDITIONAL THANKS TO:\nBlick Art Materials\nPenguin Random House\nSimon & Schuster\nMacmillan\nCandlewick Press / Holiday House Publishing\, Inc. / Peachtree Publishing\, Inc.\nRealengo Studios\nJuan Pablo Duarte Foundation\nDominican Women’s Development Center
URL:https://heightsites.com/event/word-up-at-inwood-hill-park-uptown-kid-lit/
LOCATION:Inwood Hill Park\, Pat’s Lawn\, Enter at W. 218th & Indian Road\, New York\, NY\, 10034\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sugar Hill Kids' LIT!
DESCRIPTION:Sugar Hill Kids’ Lit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Wrapped in Pride with My Kente!\nDora Owusu\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special reading and performance with children’s author Dora Owusu. Through her work\, Dora aims to educate young readers about the significance of African history and culture. Children will have the opportunity to explore African traditions through various art forms\, including storytelling\, dance\, music\, and art\, all inspired by her book\, I’m Wrapped in Pride with My Kente!\n\n\n\nSunday\, August 17th\n12pm
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LOCATION:Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling\, 898 Saint Nicholas Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10032\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids Activities,Written Word
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