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Columbus Children's Book Festival
2025-05-17 10:00:00 2025-05-17 15:00:00 America/New_York Columbus Children's Book Festival The Columbus Children’s Book Festival Returns for its Tenth Great Celebration of Children’s Literature! Columbus Public Library -

Saturday, May 17
10:00am - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-17 10:00:00 2025-05-17 15:00:00 America/New_York Columbus Children's Book Festival The Columbus Children’s Book Festival Returns for its Tenth Great Celebration of Children’s Literature! Columbus Public Library -

The Columbus Children’s Book Festival Returns for its Tenth Great Celebration of Children’s Literature!

Four of our nation’s most acclaimed authors and illustrators for children are coming to Columbus, and they want to say hi to YOU!

The tenth edition of the COLUMBUS CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL returns to the Columbus Public Library on Saturday, May 17th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.  You'll have a chance to meet our featured authors during the Festival! 

You can also enjoy other great activities like Craft-o-mania, fabulous entertainers and costumed characters, the Festival Bookstore, where you can purchase our authors' books for autographs, and more.

Best of all - admission is FREE!

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Elementary (Children ages 6-11) | Early Learners (Children ages 0-5) | Children & Families | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Events | Author Events | Arts, Crafts, and Makerspaces |

TAGS: | Costume Characters | Community Event | Columbus Children's Book Festival | Children's illustrators | Children's authors | Arts and Crafts |

Venue details


Festival activities can be found throughout the Columbus Public Library, as well as in the front drive and in the Yancey Children's Garden, located outside of the Aflac Children's Department.