Children & Families
Performances, readings, exhibitors and activities taking place throughout the day for Children and Families!
2007 TARGET KIDS STAGE READINGS & PERFORMANCES
10:00am-10:20am
RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE PERFORMANCE
Dvorsksaya Alternative School will host a performance of a Russian Fairy Tale featuring student performers.
10:30am-10:45am
READINGS FROM RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES
Hosted by Kovcheg Russian Bookstore
Note: Readings will be in Russian
10:45am-11:15am
IMPROV ACTING FOR KIDS
Hosted by the Lankershim Youth Acting Center. Kids will be invited to come onto the stage and participate in this interactive theatrical experience!
11:15am-1:00pm
STORYTIME!: Actors, Authors and Children Reading Children’s Books & Stories
Celebrity guests and children’s book authors will present dramatic
readings from fun, beautiful picture books.
Hosted By: Storytime Steve Moss
Readers:
Barney Saltzberg (”Cornelius P. Mudd, Are You Ready for School?”) - 11:30-11:45am***
James Otis Thach (”A Child’s Guide to Common Household Monsters”) - 11:45-11:55am***
Roz Helfand & Matt Coe (”Over in the Meadow” & “King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub”)
- Noon-12:10pm
Barbara Bain (”Purple Hair? I Don’t Care!” and “Chicks and Salsa”) - 12:10-12:20pm
Kenn Michael (”Don’t Let the Pigeons Drive the Bus!” and “Skinny Brown Dog”) - 12:20-12:30pm
Christopher Maleki (”Gilbert de la frogponde” and “Meet Wild Boars”) - 12:30-12:40pm
Sarah Rose Isenberg - 12:40-12:45pm
Eva Marie-Saint (”Because of Winn Dixie”)- 12:45-12:50pm
***Signing @ Imix Books
1:15pm-1:45pm
“MR. CAT AND MR. DOG” PRESENTED BY MARK ZISMAN CHILDREN’S MUSICAL THEATRE
A theatrical version of Hovhannes Tumanyan’s Armenian classical tale set to the music of Eduard Khagagortian.
2:00pm-2:45pm
DON QUIXOTE
A theatrical production for children! Miguel Cervantes narrates
this classic comedy from the Golden Age of Spain in which the
hero Don Quixote travels the nation in his quest to become a
knight and to fight for the honor of his beloved Dulcinea.
2:45pm-3:15pm
EAST WEST DISCOVERY PRESS CHILDREN’S BOOK READINGS
“The Tale of the Lucky Cat” by Sunny Seki
“Jake the Gardener” by E. S. Aardvark
“Jadyn and the Magic Bubble: Discovering India” by Brigitte Benchimol
3:30pm-4:15pm
PETER & THE WOLF–DANCE AS A LANGUAGE
Presented by the Media City Ballet Company.
A performance of the story of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf as told through dance.
Christine Greogian, The Duck
Robson Tadeau Freire, The Wolf
Tatiana A’Vermond, The Bluebird
Genaro Diaz Camal, Peter
Gabrielle Palmatier, The Cat
Cindy Pease, President of the Board
Natasha Middleton, Artistic Director
4:30-5:00pm
GOLDEN APPLE CHAMPION YO-YO TEAM PERFORMANCE
See the champion yo-yo team from Golden Apple Comics perform
incredible fetes!
2007 EXHIBITORS
Alliance Francaise of Los Angeles
Barefoot Books
Children’s Museum of Los Angeles
City of West Hollywood Arts & Crafts Corner
Dvorsky School
East West Discovery Press
Huntley Pre-school
Insane Domain Productions & Island Flower
Kovcheg Russian Books
Maimonides Academy
National Council of Jewish Women/LA
Veronica Lane Books
Visikid Books
West Hollywood Youth Scholarship Program
Women’s National Book Association/Los Angeles Chapter
WordTeasers
The Zimmer Children’s Museum
2007 ACTIVITIES
BAREFOOT BOOKS
“Sarah’s Barefoot Storytime” For Children: Selected Stories will be read aloud to children at 11AM, 2PM and 4PM.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES
ALL DAY “Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes”: Visitors can learn how to fold origami cranes, make one to keep, and contribute one to be sent to the Sadako Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan.
CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD ARTS & CRAFTS
ALL DAY West Hollywood will host arts and crafts projects for children using recycled materials.
DVORSKY SCHOOL
ALL DAY Bookmark making activity for children.
HUNTLEY PRE-SCHOOL
ALL DAY Children can enjoy a lovely “Storytelling Corner” tucked away at the Fair.
INSANE DOMAIN PRODUCTIONS & ISLAND FLOWER
ALL DAY Karoake contest for children.
MAIMONIDES ACADEMY
ALL DAY Creative arts and craft project for children.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN/ LOS ANGELES
ALL DAY Book mark art activity for children.
VISIKID BOOKS
ALL DAY Free coloring and craft activities for children.
10:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm and @:30pm In booth book readings followed by signings.
11am-11:30 Theatrical production of a Visikid Book.
1:45pm/4:45pm Free Book Contest.
WEST HOLLYWOOD YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
ALL DAY Learn how you can positively impact the environment and win reusable prizes.
WORDTEASERS
ALL DAY Spin the wheel–take the WordTeaser challenge–with prizes! Children and adults alike will have fun with silly and provocative WordTeaser challenges such as: Make a sound you might hear in an aviary…or…tell about something that tickles your funny bone. After answering the challenge, spin the wheel and claim your WordTeaser prize!
THE ZIMMER CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
ALL DAY Free interactive art project and all visitors will receive free museum passes.