2 days of assemblies & workshops
with acclaimed children's authors
3000 K-5 students
with acclaimed children's authors
3000 K-5 students
This event inspires my young readers and writers to continue their love of books and writing." —Kidquake teacher attendee
Kidquake
Our 2020 Program
Kidquake has gone virtual! See the archived videos of our Kidquake 2020 programs below, featuring author presentations coupled followed by writing and book-making activities.
Kidquake has gone virtual! See the archived videos of our Kidquake 2020 programs below, featuring author presentations coupled followed by writing and book-making activities.
Our 2020 Authors: Meera Sriram, Keila V. Dawson, Mike Jung, Leila Sales
For Grades K-2
- Author Meera Sriram presenting her book, A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India, and then participate in a poetry writing demonstration by poet Florencia Milito (CA Poets in the Schools).
- Download Florencia's poetry activity here.
- A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India - Coloring Activity
- Author/editor Keila V. Dawson presents No Voice Too Small: Young Americans Making History, and then work with Illustrator Isabella Kung, on a how-to iIllustration demo.
- No Voice Too Small: Young Americans Making History - Activity Guide, Flipgrid Book Club
- No Fuzzball (Isabella Kung) - Illustration activity
For Grades 3-5
- Author Leila Sales presents her book, The Campaign, and then writer Marya Brennan (NaNoWriMo) holds a writing demo on creating petitions.
- Download Marya's make-a-petition activity here.
- Download Leila's activity guide here.
- The Campaign - Activity Guide
- Author Mike Jung presents his book, The Boys in the Back Row, and then bookmaker Chad Johnson (San Francisco Center for the Book) will present a how-to demo on making your own book.
History
As part of the festival each October, Litquake produces Kidquake, and brings over 800 K-5 students and teachers to the San Francisco Public Library for two days of talks, workshops, and free books with acclaimed children’s authors.
In true Litquake style, San Francisco students in grades K-5 get to sample from the work of four or five authors in an hour-long presentation and then participate in hands-on workshops with the writers they’ve just seen. Each student leaves with a new book and teachers receive a bag of books and other goodies. Sign-up forms are distributed early each fall to San Francisco schools.
Last year, 100% of teachers noted that Kidquake programming reinforces lessons from the classroom, and prized Kidquake’s ability to inspire their students by affording them a connection to authors and the writing process. Kidquake also caters to San Francisco’s most diverse student bodies.
Participating authors have included Anthony Robles, Jon Agee, Lisa Brown, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Jennifer Holm, Leuyen Pham, Ina Cumpiano, and many more!
As part of the festival each October, Litquake produces Kidquake, and brings over 800 K-5 students and teachers to the San Francisco Public Library for two days of talks, workshops, and free books with acclaimed children’s authors.
In true Litquake style, San Francisco students in grades K-5 get to sample from the work of four or five authors in an hour-long presentation and then participate in hands-on workshops with the writers they’ve just seen. Each student leaves with a new book and teachers receive a bag of books and other goodies. Sign-up forms are distributed early each fall to San Francisco schools.
Last year, 100% of teachers noted that Kidquake programming reinforces lessons from the classroom, and prized Kidquake’s ability to inspire their students by affording them a connection to authors and the writing process. Kidquake also caters to San Francisco’s most diverse student bodies.
Participating authors have included Anthony Robles, Jon Agee, Lisa Brown, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Jennifer Holm, Leuyen Pham, Ina Cumpiano, and many more!
Kidquake Program Directors: Jilanne Hoffmann & Deborah Krant
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Our Mission
Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing.
Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing.