Celebrate FOLD Kids Book Fest at Gore Meadows with a day of storytelling magic on our Storyteller Stage, where books come to life through laughter, music, and imagination! Enjoy live interactive storytimes presented by authors and special guests, followed by authors signings and photos. Designed for ages 4 – 10.
10:30 AM | Farida Zaman
11:30 AM | Julien Chung
2:00 PM | Sophia Robinson
3:00 PM | Suharu Ogawa
Author / Illustrator
Author / Illustrator
Julien Chung is an award-winning Montreal-based picture book illustrator. His latest book as an author and illustrator is Chicka Chicka Peep Peep.
Sophia Robinson
Sophia Robinson is a mom, teacher and author who lives in Ottawa, ON. Beautiful Black Boy, illustrated by Ken Daley, is Sophia’s first picture book.
Author / Illustrator
Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based author, illustrator, and educator originally from Japan. Oto and the Little Yellow Train is her latest picture book.
Educator
Minoya Magendrathajan is a Tamil-Canadian teacher and artist based in Brampton. She believes everybody needs to read The Little Hummingbird by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. She loves creating spaces where people can be curious and take creative risks. Minoya co-founded the Hawthorn Artists’ Collective, a grassroots organization that makes art programming more accessible to local communities. This is Minoya’s fourth year hosting the FOLD Kids Fest, and as always, she is excited to meet young readers and celebrate the joy of books together!
There’s also an accompanying festival book list although it’s not necessary to read the books to enjoy the events.
Patrick de Belen
A spoken word poetry workshop.
Sarena Nanua and Sasha Nanua
A creative writing workshop.
