Wednesday, October 11
The VCBF bookshop is located in Dorrill Lee Grand. Lunch, book signings, and outdoor activities are from 11:30-1:15.
Hip Hop Intensive: Sonia Patel & Malik 16
Join Sonia and Malik 16 in this three-day program which will have you writing your own hip hop pieces based on Sonia's YA novel, Rani Patel in Full Effect. Over the course of three days, you will write & perform a hip hop song and film a music video with a production team from Los Angeles.
Grade Level: Young Adult (may register for one day or all three days: registration is VERY limited)
Wednesday’s session is full. No more registrations may be made for Wednesday.
Session Time and location: 9:45am-2:00pm Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday-Moton Museum
Dim Sum: A Modern Fairy Tale: X.Fang
What if you followed your nose to a palace filled with your favorite foods? You can't imagine what happens to little Liddy! Join X. Fang on this delicious adventure through a modern fairytale!
Grade Level: Elementary
Session Time and Location: 9:45am- Maugans Virginia Room This session is full. Registration is closed.
New Adventures: Tim Ering
Join VCBF favorite Tim Ering as he takes you on adventures over the high seas, through mazes, even through a tantrum! There's nothing like a session with Tim, so don't miss it!
Grade Level: Elementary
Session Time and Location: 9:45am-Upchurch Soza Ballroom; 10:45am-Martinelli Board Room*this session is full. No more registrations may be made.
A horse in a tutu?: Sophie Blackall
If you were a horse, what would you do? Would you give your little sister a ride? Would your brother even notice? In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures a child’s imagining life as a horse.
Grade Level: Elementary (This session has real horses)Session Time and location: 9:45am & 10:45am-Blackwell Ballroom A * These sessions are full. No more registrations may be made.
Veo! I see you!: Lulu Delacre
While running errands during the Covid-19 pandemic, Marisol and Pepito play a game of Veo, Veo that helps them see how the workers in their neighborhood are essential. Who is essential in your life that you may not see? Let’s find out!
Grade Level: Elementary (with English and Spanish)
Session Time and location: 9:45am-Maugans Prince Edward Room & 10:45am-*These sessions is full. No more registrations can be made.
Tomfoolery: silliness, shenanigans, buffoonery, skylarking, or pranks: Barbara McClintock
Do you know who made children’s books fun—Randolph Caldecott. His sketches are full of wild weather, frisky animals, and people so sprightly they can barely hold onto the pages. But in the 1850s, there were no children’s books like that. Not yet.
Grade Level: Elementary (this session has real horses)
Session Time and location: 9:45am* This session is full. No more registrations can be made & 10:45am-Dorrill Nance Room (both)
Dory Fantasmagory and the Imaginary Friends: Abby Hanlon
Dory is hilarious, energetic, and more than anything, full of imagination. Join Abby Hanlon for this romp through Dory's world, both real and imaginary!
Grade Level: Elementary/Upper Elementary
Session Time and location: 9:45am-Martinelli Board Room; 10:45am-Maugans Virginia Room*These sessions are full. Registration is closed.
Looking on the bright side: Chad Otis
When you live in an old school bus instead of a house; when you have mostly bread and ketchup to eat; and especially when you have to go to a new school where the other kids have friends, how would you look on the bright side?
Grade Level: Elementary
Session Time and location: 9:45am-Upchurch Wilson Chamber & 10:45am* This session is full. No more registrations can be made.
The Music of Babar
This VCBF performance includes a delightful narration of the story by Chris Swanson and an enchanting musical journey on the piano by Kristen Topham. The characters and adventures of Babar are brought to life with interactive listening activities and an appearance by Babar himself!
Grade Level: Elementary (there are no real elephants in this session, unfortunately)
Session Time and location: 9:45am* This session is full. No more registrations may be made & 10:45am-Wygal Molnar Recital Hall
The Wild Robot is back!: Peter Brown
The New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot series returns! Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to fight over dwindling resources.
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle (there will be real robots in this session)
Session Time and location: 9:45am Lankford Ballroom & 10:45am-Lankford Ballroom ; 1:00pm-Upchurch Soza Ballroom * These sessions are full. Registration is closed.
Last Comics on Earth: Max Brallier & Jay Cooper
Jack, Quint, June, and Dirk face a challenge unlike any they’ve faced before . . . they’ve read every last issue of their favorite comic, Z-Man, and no new issues are coming...ever! (Thanks a lot, apocalypse.)
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
Session Time and location: 9:45am & 10:45am-Jarman Auditorium
Besties Forever?: Vera Brosgol & LeUyen Pham
Do you have a bestie? What if you don’t? Sometimes real friendships can be hard to find and to keep, (even Taylor Swift’s besties change). Join these VCBF favorites for a session about besties, friendships, and how and if they can last forever.
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
Session Time and location: 9:45am - Blackwell Ballroom C
Deadly Wave, Lucky Star: Johnny Marciano
Do you know anyone orphaned by a tsunami? Well, in 1908 Johnny Marciano's grandfather experienced one of the worst earthquakes and tsunamis ever to hit Italy, and he's writing a book about it! Join John as he works on his new book with YOU!
Grade Level: Middle
Session Time and location: 9:45am & 10:45am-Greenwood Atrium
Sharpie Smackdown: X Fang, Leuyen Pham, Vera Brosgol
Did you know Sharpies are our illustrators' number one tool? We never let them go anywhere without them. Well, get ready for a SUPER Sharpie Smackdown as YOU tell our illustrators what to draw in competition!
Grade Level: Elementary-Middle
Session Time and location: 10:45am-Upchurch Soza Ballroom
My character has a problem! A graphic novel workshop: Vera Brosgol
How do you even start a graphic novel? Vera Brosgol knows. Join Vera to develop your main character, give them a problem, and figure out how to solve it!!
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Blackwell Ballroom B
You don’t have to be a unicorn to be special: LeUyen Pham
All Itty Bitty Kitty Corn wants to be is a unicorn, but what's wrong with being a kitty? As special as unicorns are, we are all special in our own way. Let's find out how we are all special (and maybe just make a unicorn horn too!)
Grade Level: Elementary
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Martinelli Board Room
Zombie Prep Academy: Max Brallier & Jay Cooper
The zombies have arrived, and what are you going to do about it? Join Max and Jay for this in-depth workshop to learn how to harness your post-apocalyptic survival and action skills and defend the world from zombies, monsters, and more.
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Pierson Hall Multi-Activity Court* This session is full. Registration is closed.
Let’s cook!: X. Fang
Join X. Fang for this Food Network-inspired dumpling workshop. Get your hands in that dough, and get to cooking, learning all about dumplings, family, and fun along the way. No budding chef will want to miss this!
Grade Level: Elementary/Upper Elementary
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Lankford Ballroom* This session is full. No more registrations can be made.
Design your own school bus house: Chad Otis
What if you had to live on a school bus? How would you design it? What would you absolutely need in it? Get creative and build your dream school bus house to take you wherever you need to go.
Grade Level: Elementary/Upper Elementary
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Upchurch Wilson Chamber
Open Illustration Workshop and Mural Painting: Tim Ering, Sophie Blackall, Lulu Delacre, Barbara McClintock
Don’t miss your chance to draw with the greatest illustrators in the business and work on our LIVEmural with Monty Montgomery. This session is always loads of fun!
Grade Level: Elementary-Middle
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
Are you prepared?: Johnny Marciano
In 1908 John's grandfather survived and earthquake and tsunami. How would we do the same? Join John and Longwood's director of emergency preparedness, Tracie Giles, for this hands-on preparedness workshop!
Grade Level: Elementary-Middle
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Greenwood Atrium
Dory Fantasmagory puppet play: Abby Hanlon
Do you have as much imagination as Dory? What adventures would you have her go on next? Make your own Dory puppet with Abby Hanlon and enjoy creating your own new Dory stories!
Grade Level: Elementary/Upper Elementary
Session Time and location: 1:00pm-Blackwell Ballroom A
