| Show Children s Book Festival teams up with the Utah Humanities Council to bring books and artwork to children By Crystal Karpakis Editor This week Salt Lake Community College will welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come The Utah Humanities Council and team up to host the first Childrens Children's Book Festival for kids ages 4 and up The Childrens Children's Book Festival is a segment of The Great Salt Lake Book Festival dedicated entirely to kids The Book Festival will give giver 1 r kids the opportunity to create their own books and decorative paper operate a letterpress learn of ancient bookbinding participate participate participate pate in storytelling and read personal personal personal per per- poetry Childrens Children's Authors including Laura Allen Say Dean Hughes Carol Lynch Williams Bruce Hucko and Michael Tunnell will assist the children in workshops and will present some of their own work r I Ic c The Utah Humanities Council presenter of The Great Salt Lake Book Festival and a nonprofit organization has enriched peoples people's peoples people's peoples people's peo peo- ples lives through school programs programs programs pro pro- grams civic organizations museums and hundreds of educational educational educational edu edu- programs for local libraries The mission of The Utah Humanities Council is to Promote lifelong learning using the humanities as a process of reflection conversation and action In the belief that the humanities are essential to individual individual individual indi indi- vidual lives and to society as a whole purpose is to increase public appreciation and understanding of the humanities throughout Utah The Childrens Children's Book Festival is new this year to the Utah Humanities Council Over 40 authors and presenters will open the festival along with many vol vol- vol- vol It is free admission and promises to provide a fun learning learning learning learn learn- ing environment for children hildren The Childrens Children's Book Festival will be held at two Salt Lake Community College Campuses on September The South City Campus 1575 South State Street will welcome the festival from 9 am a.m. to noon and will carry on at pm p.m. to pm p.m. at the Jordan Campus West South The I Childrens Children's Book Festival will then merge again with The Great Salt Lake Book Festival and will continue until September at Westminster College 1840 So 1300 E Individuals interested in the Book Festival orThe orThe or orThe The Utah Humanities Council may call or check out their at RG for more information Experienced exhibitors book booksellers booksellers booksellers sellers literary organizations publishers and independent authors wanting to present at the Great Salt Lake Book Festival are also invited to call Jean Cheney at or email email email e- e mail at Or perhaps you would just like to volunteer If you are a student and want to assist with the Childrens Children's Book Festival and work with various authors and presenters you may do so by calling the Thayne Center at or mail e-mail Melissa at Melissa C |
