Kids Program
Craft
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Connection
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Joy
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Grief
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Rage
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Legacy
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Possibility
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Family
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Reflection
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Friendship
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Redemption
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Wonder
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Craft • Connection • Joy • Grief • Rage • Legacy • Possibility • Family • Reflection • Friendship • Redemption • Wonder •
Saturday 01 November
Katoomba Library
Whether your kids love art, science, monsters or superheroes, they’ll love coming along to Katoomba Library for readings, activities and a Halloween-themed costume parade! Pay what you can for events with beloved children’s authors, then grab a stack of books from Megalong Books (or the library) and find a quiet spot to read.
WHAT'S THAT SPLAT?
11:00-11:45Am | Katoomba Library
Ages 3+
“Sometimes a splat is just a splat, but sometimes a splat is much more than that!”
“What is a dot when a dot is not? Is it a swish? A sweep? Or a swirl? Is it a scurry? A wave? Or a pearl?”
Join Johanna Bell for a lively exploration of finding wonderful stories in abstract images and making art from anything. Chat to Johanna about her wonderful books for children, including Cheeky Dogs, Digger Digs Down and Searching for Treasure, and enjoy hands-on creative play that ignites the imagination. What will your splat become?
SQUIDS, TURTLES AND TARDIGRADES
12:00-12:45Pm | Katoomba Library
Ages 4+
Join zoologist and science communicator James O’Hanlon for a fun exploration of flora, fauna and biodiversity. James writes, draws, paints, tells stories and does science for a living, and through his beloved kids books, Tilly the Tardigrade, Mystery of the Missing Turtles and Sid the Missing Squid, he inspires budding young naturalists to care for the world around them. Celebrate the critters who don’t always get to star in their own stories, and enjoy the playful rhymes, bright illustrations and humour James brings to his work.
Nightmare League
1:00-1:45pm | Katoomba Library
Ages 6+
Maxwell Pidgeon thinks monsters only exist in nightmares. Then he's invited to join the Nightmare League — a top-secret organisation that protects the world from the creatures lurking in the dark. As an agent-in-training, Max must prove he has what it takes to keep the monsters at bay.
Join author Reece Carter and be inducted into the Nightmare League, where you can design the monster of your (bad) dreams and play the game Max and his friends enjoy, inventing your own monster-trading cards and sharing your creations with your fellow top-secret heroes.
Dress up as your favourite storybook monster, and then at the end of the session, stick around for a Halloween book parade with prizes for the best dressed!
The Kids Program at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival is presented in partnership with the Blue Mountains City Council and Katoomba Library.
