2025 Festival Recap

Kids Lit Fest 2025 was a huge success! Thank you to all of our partner locations, participating authors, and sponsors who made the second annual festival possible. We expanded to the Berkshires this year, and were able to reach around 1,200 kids and their caregivers through dozens of events all over Western Massachusetts.

Note: This schedule does not include school visits or events with afterschool programs, which are not posted publicly.

2025 Schedule of Events

May 7th

10:30am— Carrie Finison: Pigs Dig A Road Storytime at the Hadley Public Library

11:30am— Sarah Lynne Reul: Beansprout Storytime at Springfield Museums

3:30pm— Scott Magoon: The Extincts Event and Drawing Demo at the Great Falls Discovery Center (with Montague Public Library)

4pm— Lesléa Newman: Alicia and the Hurricane: A Story of Puerto Rico / Alicia y el huracán: Un cuento de Puerto Rico Bilingual Storytime at the Springfield Public Library

May 8th

10:30am— Zoo Adventure Storytime with Sara Levine at the Zoo in Forest Park (with Home City Families)

10:30am— Jason Perkins: Rock Stars Don't Nap Storytime at Mason Library in Great Barrington

3:30pm— Corinne Demas: Once There Was Storytime at North Adams Public Library

4pm— Jonathan Todd: Timid Event and Comics-Making Workshop at the Mead Art Museum (with the Jones Library)

4pm— Linda Booth Sweeney: The Noisy Puddle—A Vernal Pool Exploration at the Mass Audubon Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary

4pm— Mary Wagley Copp: Yoshi's Big Swim Storytime & Turtle Celebration at the Forbes Library in Northampton

4:30pm— Nancy Tupper Ling: Hearts in My Pocket Event and Craft Project at the Hubbard Memorial Library in Ludlow

May 9th

2pm— Britt Crow-Miller: World of Rot Storytime at the Sunderland Public Library

4pm— Lisa Rogers: Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony Storytime and Art Activity at the Easthampton Public Library

May 10th

10:30am— Phaea Crede: Oh Deer! Storytime and Activity at the Monson Free Library

11am— Carol Joy Munro: Springtime Storks Storytime and Puppet Craft at the Milne Public Library in Williamstown

12pm— Cut to the Chase: Writing Short Stories with Kip Wilson at the LAVA Center in Greenfield

1pm— Mk Smith Despres: Night Song Storytime at the Lenox Library

1pm— Amitha Knight: Usha and the Big Digger / Usha y la Gran Excavadora Astronomy Storytime at the Chicopee Public Library

3pm— Lisa Stringfellow: Kingdom of Dust Author Talk at the Odyssey Bookshop