summer camp guide - Orlando Family Magazine

FeaturedEVENTUCF BOOK FESTIVALParents, do your kids sneak a book anda flashlight under the covers after thegoodnight kisses? In your quiet moments(remember those?), do you like to escape andimmerse yourself in a good book? Well, you arein luck. On Saturday, April 16, sixty renownedauthors and poets will be on hand in an arenafilled with thousands of books.Book-themed children’s activities are planned during theUCF Book Festival in association with the Morgridge InternationalReading Center at the University of Central Florida. New YorkTimes best-selling author, Maxine Paetro, co-author (with JamesPatterson) of the Women’s Club Series, is the keynote speaker.Authors will be signing their books, children will enjoy arts andcrafts, the Orlando Repertory Theater will be performing for thekids, and attendees just might get to meet and greet their favoriteStar Wars characters. Free book appraisals will be offered. Engagein storytelling and folk singing, and maybe even become anastronaut for a day! Meet local authors Col. Joe Kittinger, ScottJoseph, Florida Senator Bob Graham, andPulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts, Jr.Admission and parking are free.For more info on programs go towww.bookfestival.ucf.eduUCF Book FestivalSaturday, April 16, 2011UCF ArenaTime: 8:59 AM - 4:30 PMMap: http://campusmap.ucf.edu34ORLANDO FAMILY MAGAZINE APRIL 2011