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Get ready for a celebration designed just for kids! Little Readers Rock is all about sparking a love of reading in young children. Families can enjoy hands-on activities, interactive games, and the chance to meet authors who bring stories to life.
Join us for a joyful day dedicated to building strong reading skills—and a lifelong love of books.
Presented in partnership with the Junior League of Little Rock.
1:00PM Author Shannon Wright Book Reading and Signing – Twins
Shannon Wright is an award-winning illustrator and cartoonist based out of Richmond, Virginia. Some of her clients include The Guardian, TIME Magazine, New York Times, Mother Jones, NPR, Google and Scholastic. Her debut graphic novel, Twins, has received a 5 starred review from Booklist, Kirkus, SLJ, Horn Book and Publisher Weekly.
More about the book Twins: Maureen and Francine Carter are twins—and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran—a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister!
Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there’s nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?
2:00 PM Storytime with Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts – Flurffy
Come meet Flurffy, AMFA’s lovable pink dog and puppet-in-residence!
3:00 PM Author Maria Hoskins Book Reading and Signing
Mayflower, Arkansas, native Maria Hoskins has served as the community outreach specialist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Little Rock Field Office since October 2011, coordinating program topics such as civil rights, elder fraud, violent crimes, human trafficking, and cyber crimes. Prior to her work with the FBI, she served on the staff of U.S. congressman Vic Snyder. In Mayflower, she is the volunteer executive director of Youth Advocate Resource Network. She is also an adjunct professor at her alma mater, Philander Smith University in Little Rock. As a children’s book author, she focuses on family holidays.
About the book: In Down Home in Arkansas: A Family Reunion Story, as winter turns to spring and spring to summer, the family reunion tradition emerges. Families all over the world come together to reunite, socialize, strengthen family ties and relationships, and learn about family history. Such is the tradition with the writer’s family, and Maria Hoskins recalls how fun, exciting, and entertaining her family is during their family reunions.
AGE GROUP: | Teens ages 12-19 | Preschoolers ages 3-5 | Pre-teens ages 9-12 | Kids ages 6-8 | Families |
EVENT TYPE: | Literature & Language | Fun & Play | Food & Drink |
TAGS: | SixBridgesBookFestival |
Today's hours
We're open 9:00AM to 6:00PM
The Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library & Learning Center includes a computer lab with fourteen computers, teaching kitchen, large activity area, individual and group study rooms, theater, and community room in addition to a collection of more than 21,000 books, DVDs, and CDs.
In the 165-seat theater, children can experience all aspects of theater, including designing and building sets, writing plays, acting, and costume design. The state-of-the-art sound system, lighting, and projection screens is also be used for movies, concerts, and lectures.
The Children’s Library’s grounds are integral to the entire facility’s program. A greenhouse and teaching garden helps children learn about growing healthy foods as well as provide produce that are used in the teaching kitchen programs. The grounds reflect the topography of Arkansas’s ecosystems, from the native hardwood trees in the highlands to vegetation of the wetland areas, which are both planted and original to the site. Walking paths offer families an attractive place for exercise while learning the names of the trees and plants, and an amphitheater has seating for outdoor programs or nature watching.
