2026 Children's Book Festival

EVENTBRITE TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND.

PLEASE REGISTER ON OUR EVENT WEBSITE: colorado.edu/event/bookfest

The CU Boulder School of Education and the Boulder Bookstore invite teachers, students, families, librarians and all who enjoy children’s literature to join us for a free children's literature event! Come for part of the event, or stay for the day!

The 2026 featured authors and illustrators include:

• Patty Cisneros Prevo (All of Apolonia)
• Jolene Gutiérrez (Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp)
• Raúl the Third (El Toro & Friends: Tough Times)
• Ernesto Cisneros (Queso, Just in Time)
• Andrea L. Rogers (Death in the Tallgrass)

Highlights include:

• Free in-person event open to the public with author talks, panel for educators, Q&A, book sales and signing, children's activities and more.
• Sessions catered to different ages with audience Q&A.
• Authors and illustrators will share their new books and talk about their creative process and influences.
• Free educational resources and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be available for teachers and librarians.

*This event is only offered in English

Support for this event is provided by the CU Boulder Office for Public and Community Engaged Scholarship (PACES).