Young readers have so much to explore at this year's Festival on November 5-6! We're once again bringing authors and activities to Congress Avenue, including the Read Me a Story Tent, Children’s Entertainment Tent, and the Next Chapter Tent. Children’s authors can also be found in the Latinx Lit Tent and Kirkus Tent, so check out the 2022 Festival Schedule.
Bring the whole family down to meet amazing authors, including Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, the Pumphrey Brothers, Jasminne Mendez, Nathan Hale, Yuyi Morales, Nicholas Solis, Carmen Tafolla, and so many more!
Best of all: these events are all FREE and open to the public!
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Birgit Sund on October 27, 2022
It's fall y'all and the perfect time to fall into reading with your little ones! As we all know, one can never enough books, so here's your chance to stock up your bookshelves! For free!
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Birgit Sund on October 13, 2022
Are you new to the area? Is your child starting school? Is your child struggling to make friends?
It is hard for parents to watch their child having trouble making friends in the classroom, on the playground, in the neighborhood, or any other place children their age mix and mingle.
Parents feel their children’s feelings and want them to be happy. However, trying to solve their children’s problems for them is ultimately not a solution. Instead, parents may guide their children in the right direction and get involved by talking with their child's teacher, read books about friendship, model behavior, try role play, or give them tools that may help them find their way and build relationships and friendships on their own.
Here is a one tool that will help your child break the ice at and outside of school.
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Birgit Sund on August 25, 2022
Is your child anxious about going back to school after a long summer break or nervous about starting school for the first time? The following books will help your kids ease the transition (back) to school, calm the jitters, and get them excited about school. Read on for details.
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Birgit Sund on July 29, 2022
Y’all, we did a thing! We published a book. A book your kiddos will love.
The 'My Friends and I' book is a perfect little surprise for the upcoming First Day of School for your Preschooler, Elementary School or Middle School student and is also a great way to break the ice and get to know everybody in class!
The book captures memories of the young book owners and 39 friends, classmates, teachers, coaches, family members, or any other person in their lives.
Your child and their friends will answer questions like: What is your favorite food? What do you like to do in your free time? What songs do you like to listen to? What books do you like to read? What do you want to be when you grow up?
A picture box allows them to insert a picture of themselves or to draw a picture of their own.
We're super excited and are giving away 3 copies of the book and have 15% off promo code for all Live Grow Play Austin friends. Read on for details and a sneak peak of the book .
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Birgit Sund on July 20, 2022
Are you a Weed Mom? Find out below.
Danielle Simone Brand, "Weed Mom" and author provides a guide for women interested in learning more about THC, dispensaries, micro-dosing, edibles, and how to incorporate it all into a healthy family life.
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Birgit Sund on May 6, 2021
‘Tis the season – the season of Consignment Sales!
From March to May as well as from September to November you have the opportunity to consign or shop at several consignment sales in and around Austin, including...
Read on for our list of consignment sales events in the 512.
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Birgit Sund on February 26, 2021
Today's featured books,
My Daddy is a Monster/My Kids are Monsters and
My Mummy is a Monster/My Children are Monsters by Natalie Reeves Billing and illustrated by Lisa Williams are part of “The Monstrous Me Collection”. Both books are uniquely engaging and describe one story from two points of view, the children's and the father's and mother's respectively. Once you reach a certain place in the book, you flip the book over and read it again, it’s the same, yet different.
Who's going to be the monster today, Mom or Dad?
Read the book review of a fellow Live Grow Play Austin reader and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
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Erin Thompson on October 8, 2020
Today's featured book Perry the Fairy and her Tail by Tsila Glidai and Illustrator Tamar Efrati is a charming lesson about acceptance, self- confidence and inclusion told by the sweetest grandmother to her curious granddaughter. This is the first book in a series of Tell Me A Story, Grandma Glee. Children ages 4-8 will enjoy this book as they engage in rhyming sentences on each page and beautifully hand- drawn pictures to compliment every page.
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Laura Schwarcz on September 29, 2020
Today's featured book, This Book is Ridiculous, was written by George Reistma and illustrated by Ronaldo Florendo. In this story we follow a snail named Sammy while he travels thru the park and observes other friendly animals doing things that look odd along the way.
Read the book review of a fellow Live Grow Play Austin reader and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
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Birgit Sund on September 1, 2020