@bigfootbookfest
Our mission is to foster a love of reading in young people by connecting them with exceptional authors and illustrators and exposing them to the diverse breadth and depth of children's literature. Learn more about us at www.bigfootkidsbookfestival.com
Feels like Bigfoot 2025 just wrapped up, but here we are, hard at work planning the next festival. We can hardly believe all the applications we've already received in just a week and a half! Hoped you've marked your calendars everyone, it's gonna be a good one. Sat, October 11th, Redmond, WA.
We’re saddened by the passing of illustrator Dalton Webb. We’re grateful we had him at this year’s Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival celebrating his debut. Our hearts are with his family; may we honor his memory by sharing his work.
COMING TO FRIDAY EVENING'S KEYNOTE WITH DAN SANTAT?
Please note:
- Doors will open at 5:30am
- Dan will begin speaking at 6pm
- We will not have books available for purchase or signing at this event. Please come to the festival to get your books signed!
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We're happy to have Trudi Trueit back at Bigfoot! Trudi writes the award-winning EXPLORER ACADEMY series for middle grade readers, which now has the spinoff series VELA.
You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
Say hi to author and illustrator, @daltondraws.bsky.social. He'll be sharing Wally Mammoth: The Sled Race, which he illustrated and was written by Corey Tabor.
You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
@suma-subramaniam.bsky.social is back at Bigfoot! Suma is the author of several children's books based on STEM topics as well as Indian heritage, including the V. Malar series!
You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
We're so happy @boonewrites.bsky.social is coming back to bigfoot! Mary has written 70+ nonfiction books for young readers, most recently Pedal Pusher, School of Fish, and Bugs for Breakfast.
Join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm in Redmond.
We're bringing back the talented duo: Jessixa and Aaron Bagley! They'll be sharing Dear Jackie, written by @jessixabagley.bsky.social and illustrated by Aaron, and Jazzy the Witch in Broom Doom, written and illustrated by Jessixa!
Join us at the festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm in Redmond!
We admit it! We absolutely, positively, 100%, no-doubt-it LOVE graphic novels. Head to the Bigfoot Kids' Book festival on Saturday, October 11th from 10am to 4pm at that Redmond Senior Community Center and check out the middle grade graphic novels we have in store!
Welcome Cassandra Newbould, editor of the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard-winning YA anthology Every Body Shines (Bloomsbury Kids) and the author of Climate of Chaos.
You can meet Cassandra at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Fest on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
We are thrilled to welcome Dan Santat not ONLY to the Bigfoot Kids Book Festival, but also as our pre-festival keynote kickoff! This will take place Fri, Oct 10, 5:30pm to 7:30pm. This event is free, but you must have a ticket and space is limited.
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Our schedule for the 2025 Bigfoot Festival is posted! Find out when your favorite author is signing books and don't forget to check out our other activities like read alouds, drawing tutorials, and of course DRAW WARS!
Come say hello to Lisa Frenkel Riddiough, author of the forthcoming EMBARRASSED FERRET and FURIOUS TURTLE (Disney Hyperion 2025 & 2026). You can meet her at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
@anaitsart is coming back to Bigfoot and this time with a beautiful board book version of the classic Charlotte's Web. To see more of her artwork, visit www.anaitsart.com. You can meet Anait at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
Have a lover of nonfiction or informational fiction in your house? We've got lots of fascinating biographies and science-filled books for them! Come find your favorite read at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Saturday, October 11th from 10am to 4pm at the Redmond Senior & Community Center.
Fall into the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival and meet Bonny Becker! Bonny is the author of several books about Bear and Mouse, including the NYT bestseller A Visitor for Bear.
Meet Bonny at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11 from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
We're so happy to have Sharon Mentyka at Bigfoot this year! She'll be sharing her picture book biography of innovative glass artist Dale Chihuly.
You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
We've got a middle grade line up this year that's sure to appeal to reluctant readers and satisfy your voracious readers too! Come meet the authors of these amazing books at our 3rd annual Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am to 4pm at the Redmond Senior & Community Center!
We're thrilled to welcome @shanatargosz.bsky.social to Bigfoot! Shana is the New York Times bestselling author of The Underwild: River of Spirits (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster).
Meet Shana at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
Encourage your new reader by bringing them to the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival! We've got early readers, chapter books, and early graphic novels galore. It's all happening Saturday, Oct 11th from 10am - 4pm at the Redmond Senior & Community Center. Free admission!
NYT Bestseller Donna Barba Higuera is back at Bigfoot with The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramon and El Cucuy, illustrated by Juliana Perdomo!
Meet Donna at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
Welcome aboard to James Burks, author and illustrator of graphic novels like Gabby and Gator (Yen Press), Agent 9 (Penguin/Razorbill), and the seven-book Bird & Squirrel series (Scholastic/Graphix). Come meet him at Bigfoot on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
We're so excited to have this dynamic duo at Bigfoot!
Come meet both Dori Hillestad Butler and Sunshine Bacon at Bigfoot Kid’s Book Festival and check out their newest co-authored book, Rabbit Rabbit! The Festival is Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
Meet @jenniferkmann.bsky.social, the picture book author and illustrator of The Riding Lesson, a spirited story for kids who like horses or are trying something new.
You can meet Jennifer at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
Amy Hevron is back for Bigfoot! @amyhevron.bsky.social is the author-illo of the Tiny Habitats series and illustrator of several other books such as Tree Hole Homes by Melissa Stewart. Meet Amy at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at Redmond & Senior Community Center!
SCBWI winners of the #SCBWIDrawThis art challenge in July/August. Prompt was the word "mismatched" and winners were Ellie Peterson and Izzy Robe.
Congrats to Ellie Peterson aka @elliepeterson.bsky.social & Izzy Robe on winning the SCBWI #scbwiDrawThis July/August art challenge!
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Angela Hsieh will be in the house for Bigfoot this year! @hisiheyah.bsky.social is a Taiwanese American author-illustrator who wrote and llustrated LU AND REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY, her first graphic novel.
Meet her in person at the festival, 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
@kirbylarson.bsky.social is coming back to Bigfoot! Come check out, the second entry in the Shermy and Shake series, Shermy and Shake: The Not-So-New Kid. You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
We're all atingle because children's book "authorstrator" Ben Clanton of Narwhal and Jelly fame, is coming back to Bigfoot!
You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!
We're bringing back @jethomasauthor.bsky.social, author of middle grade novels Control Freaks (a People Summer Must-Read, a Kirkus Sizzling Summer Read) and The AI Incident.
You can join us at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at the Redmond & Senior Community Center!