Posted by: Where else in Miami can you spend time browsing and enjoying a whole library of books where you know you'll be going home with a free one of your choice.
That's what they've been doing at Bookleggers inside the Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood for more than a decade.
And on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 11-3 p.m., they're hosting Adventure-Leggers: Into the Wild, a family-friendly event billed as “Miami's only book, comic and art festival for kids. Everyone (kids and adults) goes home with as many free books as they please and the first 400 kids, 18 years old and under, enjoy free lunch. There will also be food for purchase for adults. The event is free but RSVP is required.
Here's what they have planned for the Fourth Annual event:
Storytime for kids at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
On the Stage:
- 11:30 a.m.: Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Speaker
- 12:30 p.m.: O, Miami Poems
- 1 p.m.: Animal Show
- 2 p.m.: Animal Noise Contest with wild prizes
All Day Activities
- Printmaking Gone Wildwith Extra Virgin Press
- Miami Dade Public Library – Free resources, library cards and games
- Dibia Dream – Make binoculars & birdhouses
- Lucy Project – Explore literacy activities
- Miami Nature School – Student comic book showcase & Miami Nature School
- Make Your Own Animal Mask with Alyssa Andrews
- Beastly Book Making- handmade pocketbooks with Jose Luis Garcia
- Critter Ceramics- Hands-on clay workshop with Lauren Shapiro
- Rescue A Reef – Rebuild the Lego Reef & mural
- Love the Everglades- Education, arts, crafts, plus prizes
- Green Haven Project- Planting station with seedlings
- Buenezas – Make botanical inks from leaves, bark & flowers
- Flora of Miami- Native plant scavenger hunt with caterpillars & ladybugs
- TRA Publishing- Pick up a free copy of “The Lives of Lemurs” by Andrea Antinori
- Pelican Harbor Seabird Station- How to help wildlife in South Florida
- O, Miami- Animal poems & bandanas
- National Park Service- Learn about the Everglades with park rangers
- Papermaking- Make animal shaped paper from recycled books with Shawna Moulton
- Animal Face Painting
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