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Friday, October 9
 

10:15am PDT

Kidquake: Lower Elementary
Friday October 9, 2026 10:15am - 12:15pm PDT
FREE


Book donations sponsored by Candlewick Press
Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library


Our acclaimed Kidquake programs for children’s books; authors, illustrators, poets, and bookmakers provide readings, discussions, and workshops designed to fuel kids’ imagination. This morning’s two sessions, for kids in 1st and 2nd grades, begin at 10:15am and 11:15am. Featuring authors Mahogany L. Browne and Maggie Tokuda-Hall plus an activity led by the Randall Museum of Science, with workshops (by lottery) from author/illustrator of Ren’s Pencil Bo Lu (illustration) and author of A Year of Kites Monisha Bajaj (kite-making). Advance sign-up required for in-person student groups. Streamed live at youtube.com/SanFranciscoLibrary.

Speakers
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Monisha Bajaj

Monisha Bajaj is a South Asian American author and a Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. A Year of Kites (2026) is her debut picture book and was inspired by her lifelong love of kites. She is the editor and author of eight academic books and numerous articles on issues of peace, human rights, migration, and education; she is also the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journ... Read More →
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Maggie Tokuda-Hall is not a scientist, but she does have a lot of questions. She grew up going to the Lawrence Hall of Science, the La Brea Tar Pits, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the Steinhart Aquarium, and the Los Angeles and Oakland Zoos. Once, when she was 12, she even got to vi... Read More →
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Mahogany L. Browne

Mahogany L. Browne is a writer, playwright, organizer, and educator is the inaugural poet in residence at Lincoln Center, a 2022 Kennedy Center Next 50 Fellow, the inaugural Distinguished Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University, a MacDowell Arts Advocacy Awardee, a NAACP Image Award nominess and... Read More →
Friday October 9, 2026 10:15am - 12:15pm PDT
SFPL Main Branch 100 Larkin St, San Francisco
 

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