2024 Festival Recap
2024 marked our inaugural Mass Kids Lit Fest! We are so grateful to the many Massachusetts-based children’s authors, illustrators, and creators who joined us for activities, workshops, discussions, and storytimes, bringing the joy of reading to kids across Western Massachusetts.
Note: This schedule does not include school visits or events with afterschool programs, which are not posted publicly.
2024 Schedule of Events
May 6th
10:30am— David A. Kelly Storytime at the Southwick Public Library
May 7th
4pm— Rajani LaRocca: Summer Is for Cousins Storytime at the Lilly Library in Florence
4pm— Storytime with Rep. Patricia Duffy at the Holyoke Public Library
6pm— Kidlit Beyond Borders: A Conversation with Rajani LaRocca, Gwen Agna, & Mary Wagley Copp at the Northampton Center for the Arts
May 8th
9:30am— Storytime with Sen. John Velis at the West Springfield Public Library
2:30pm— Jonathan Todd: Timid Event and Comics-Making Workshop at Lawrence Memorial Hall with the Clapp Memorial Library in Belchertown
3:30pm— Megan Litwin: Dirt & Bugsy Event at Storrs Library in Longmeadow
4pm— Books & Bikes with Christina Uss at the Easthampton Public Library
4pm— Rebecca Caprara: Worst-Case Collin Event at the Greenfield Public Library
May 9th
10:30am— Storytime with Rep. Mindy Domb at the Jones Library
4:30pm— Corinne Demas and Artemis Roehrig: Storytime for Do Jellyfish Like Peanut Butter? at the Ware Library
5:30pm— Erin Dionne: “Lights, Camera, Disaster,” Writing Workshop for Tweens at the Hubbard Memorial Library in Ludlow
May 10th
4pm— Diana Renn: Trouble at Turtle Pond Event at the Dickinson Memorial Library in Northfield
4pm— Scott Magoon: The Extincts Event and Drawing Demo at the South Hadley Public Library
May 11th
10:30am— Melissa Stewart: Tree Hole Homes Event at the Forbes Library in Northampton
11am— Jarrett Lerner: Comics Activity and Nat the Cat Has a Snack Launch at the Children’s Museum at Holyoke
11am— Anna Staniszewski: My Cousin's Mermaid Storytime and Activity at the Sunderland Public Library
May 12th
11am— Storytime and Family Tour at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst
2024 School and Afterschool Partners
Girls, Inc. (Holyoke)
Gerena Community School (Springfield)