CHAPTER 510’S HOLIDAY BOOK FAIR & CELEBRATION!
Saturday, December 10
1pm-6pm
The Dept. of Make / Believe (and Chapter 510 HQ)
546 9th Street, Oakland
We will be hosting an EPIC celebration of EIGHTEEN newly written books by Oakland youth. Come CELEBRATE these young authors and get all your BOOKISH holiday shopping done in one day! Students will be signing books throughout the day, and there will be two readings that you can attend too!
Last school year, after two years of remote learning, EIGHTEEN YOUNG OAKLANDERS penned full-length, single-author picture books and novels. Writing a book is no small feat. Each young writer enrolled in Chapter510’s free writing programs because they had something big and brave to share with the world. They wrote countless drafts and took in feedback from our teaching artists, writing mentors, and each other.
On December 10, they will become published authors! We hope you join us in celebrating each and every young author.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11am-1pm Dept. of Make / Believe opens for holiday shopping! Buy all our new books and other writerly goods for all your family and friends!
1pm-2pm Brave Books Picture Book Author Reading
2pm-2:30pm Brave Books Author Signing
3pm-4pm Mystery Novelist Reading
4pm-4:30pm Mystery Novelist Book Signing
4:30pm-6pm More holiday shopping in support of FREE writing programs for Oakland youth!
Soon-To-Be-Boldy-Born Booklist
BRAVE BOOKS PICTURE BOOK WRITTEN BY 3RD-5TH GRADERS
Magicon by Mattie Chukwudebe
Dunkin's Bravery by Danielle De La Pena
The Bad or Good Bob by Raqia Izzath Dilshad
Seven Friends and the Zombie King Micah Jamison Turner
Bravery Is In Us, the Story of Coumba Saq by Nafissatou Ndiaye
Chubby Discovers the Great Dog Universe by Jaylen Perry
Making Friends by Zofia Wang
Too Many Taxes by Simbha Shiromi
Coco Learns from Ava by Sophie Cho
The Man In the Black Trench Coat by Emily Cho
MYSTERY NOVELS WRITTEN BY WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL 6TH GRADE SCHOLARS
Was It You? by Violet Wu
Sasha's Dilemma by Catherine Wallace
The Ghost Guardian by Su Myet Tun
Our Hero by Maya Makonnen
The Missing Case of Rose Gaspara by Sarah Guerrero
The Missing Boy by Christian Veasey
Jason W, The Ghost Detective by Ka'tara Jackson
Just a Game by Jamara Mabrey
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Other activities not to be missed…
-Send poetry and love notes to young authors through our pneumatic tube
-File a Creative Manifestation in our Magical Community Card Catalogue
-Buy and don your first pair of Poet Overalls
-Cast a Spell on our Spelling Tree
-Contribute to our giant Erasure Poem Wall
-Get permitted to Make / Believe
-Bring quarters for our Writing Prompt Vending Machine
-And much more magic to come!