9:30am
COCA Storytellers

COCA storytellers will read from their COCA Family Theatre Series books - Goodnight Moon, Runaway Bunny, Stellaluna, Madeline and the Bad Hat and Frog in the Clouds.
www.cocastl.org

St. Louis, Missouri Storyteller Rosemary Wilson is one fine professional storyteller! Your imagination is guaranteed to be stirred by her stories, which include, tall tales, riddles, folktales from around the world, wisdom tales, fairy tales, and personal anecdotes.

www.onefinestoryteller.com

Do you remember reading the Choose Your Own Adventure books in school? Is your child staying up late rereading a book for the tenth time – to choose a better ending? Meet Choose Your Own Adventure author, Anson Montgomery! He will read from his classic and most recent re-released book, Choose Your Own Adventure Moonquest #26 and frokm The GoldenPath Volume II. Then join Anson Montgomery as he teaches you how to write your own “Choose Your Own Adventure.” A great writing workshop for the whole family!!

Anson Montgomery is the author of four books in the original Choose Your Own Adventure series, Everest Adventure, Snowboard Racer, Moon Quest (reissued in 2008) and Cyber Hacker. With the Golden Path books, he synthesizes his interests and knowledge of ancient civilizations with his passion for science fiction, fantasy and role-playing. Anson lives and works in Warren, Vermont with his family.

Are you getting ready for Halloween? Do you know a spooky story? How about the story of a magic school where one student in every class is never allowed to leave? Join local authors, Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz as they read from their latest collection, More Bones, a collection of spooky stories from around the world. Ideal for ages eight and up!

Award-winning folklorist Howard Schwartz and picture book author Arielle North Olson collaborated on Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World.More Bones is their second collection of stories found from all over the world.

Arielle is the daughter of noted author Sterling North who wrote Rascal. She is also the niece of author, poet and editor Jessica Nelson North. She is one of the copyright owners of Sterling North's body of work. She now has 3 children and 7 grandchildren, and is a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.

Arielle has written:

She has edited:

She also reviewed children's books for the St. Louis Post Dispatch for 26 years.

Howard Schwartz is a widely regarded folklorist, author, poet, and editor of dozens of books. He has won the international Koret Jewish Book Award, for the book Before You Were Born, and won the 2005 National Jewish Book Award for Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism. He has been featured in the Jewish Childrens' Book Project, local media in his hometown of Saint Louis, The Jerusalem Post, and The Canadian Jewish News, as well as in many other publications.

He has written over a dozen books. He is currently a Professor of English at the University of Missouri St. Louis. He lives with his wife in St. Louis.

2:30pm
Storyteller
Karen Young

Karen young, from St. Louis, has been telling stories professionally since 1992. Each year she shares her stories with thousands of story listeners across the Midwest. But stories have been an essential part of her life since she was first told to, "turn off your flashlight, stop reading and go to sleep!" Karen will be telling from her program "I love to read!"
www.kyoungstory.com