FREE ALL DAY!

Transport yourself into magical and faraway worlds through storybook readings and exciting performances!

Come dressed as your favorite storybook character and receive a prize! (see below for rules)

ALL-DAY ACTIVITIES:

SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES:

12 p.m.: JANM staff members read from Marissa Moss’s Barbed Wire Baseball.

12:15 p.m.: Brian Won reads from his book, Hooray for Hat!

12:30 p.m.: Interactive reading of the classic Japanese tale Under the Cherry Blossom Tree, with JANM volunteer Rodney Kageyama.

1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Live storybook characters will be on-hand for mingling and picture taking.

1 p.m.–3 p.m.: Have your picture taken (while film supplies last) and share a story about your name. Submissions will be published on the Discover Nikkei website in conjunction with the Nikkei Names stories project. For more details, please visit: 5dn.org/name.

2 p.m.: Katie Yamasaki reads from her book, Fish for Jimmy: Inspired by One Family’s Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp.

2:30 p.m./3:30 p.m.: Join Claire Mills for two unique performances that blend classic folk tales, popular songs, and interactive costumes.

3 p.m.: Loriene Honda reads from her book, The Cat Who Chose to Dream.

*Prizes will be given while supplies last. Costumes with masks, sharp objects, toy guns, or other weapons are not allowed.

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