Upcoming Events
November 2019
Storytime: Great Job, Dad! & Great Job, Mom!
Two contemporary felted creations from Holman Wang celebrating Dad’s and Mom's many jobs from the co-creator of Cozy Classics. Being a dad or a mom is eleven jobs in one! These unique picture books for very young readers celebrate the…
Find out more »Storytime: The Shortest Day
As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering…
Find out more »Words & Pictures: Making Children’s Literature
Graham Annable, author and illustrator of Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths; Mina Javaherbin, author of My Grandma & Me; and Lena Podesta, illustrator of Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon!; discuss making picture books with moderator Heidi Schulz, author of Giraffes…
Find out more »Storytime: Pepper and Frannie
This charming, energetic story shows the power of friendship through the teamwork of a lovably mismatched pair. Confident Frannie convinces cautious Pepper to give skateboarding a try, but Pepper’s attempts are not all smooth sailing. Luckily, she has a supportive…
Find out more »Scholastic GraphixCon: Middle Grade Graphic Novels
Five of the most exciting middle grade graphic novelists all on one stage! Featuring Gale Galligan (The Baby-sitters Club: Boy-crazy Stacy), Jennifer L. Holm (Sunny Rolls the Dice), Molly Knox Ostertag (The Midwinter Witch), Aron Nels Steinke (Mr. Wolf’s Class:…
Find out more »Storytime: The Piñata that the Farm Maiden Hung
It's someone's birthday. Feliz Cumpleaños! A farm maiden enlists the help of her farm friends to build a piñata for a special celebration. Borrowing the style of "The House that Jack Built," the story unfolds as each part of the piñata is gathered -…
Find out more »Storytime: The Whole Wide World and Me
Like a flower in a field . . . Like a cloud in the sky . . . So am I. Just as a pebble is part of a mountain, just as a wave is part of the sea, so,…
Find out more »Northwest Children’s Theater
A performance from Northwest Children's Theater's upcoming production of Matilda! Attendees 17 years of age and younger and/or with valid high school ID enjoy free admission. Advance Portland Book Festival passes available now.
Find out more »Storytime: Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon!
A dauntless lass and a hyperactive dragon learn to keep pace with each other as they forge a friendship. Baby Dragon loves to swoop and soar through the kingdom, which can cause quite a stir. But one little girl is…
Find out more »How to Raise a Reader: A Lifelong Love of Books
Two authors—both with Portland connections!—discuss making books for children and the importance of raising a reader with Pamela Paul and Maria Russo of the New York Times and authors of the new book How to Raise a Reader. Carson Ellis…
Find out more »Storytime: My Grandma and Me
In this big universe full of many moons, I have traveled and seen many wonders, but I have never loved anything or anyone the way I love my grandma. While Mina is growing up in Iran, the center of her…
Find out more »Pop-up: Graham Annable
Graham Annable pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with Peter and Ernesto: The Lost Sloths. Annable is paired with the artwork Stormy Sea by Gustave Courbet; found in the American Art Gallery on the 2nd floor of the Portland…
Find out more »Storytime: A Zebra Plays Zither
An aged Alligator artistically squeezes Accordion solos in time with sea breezes Amble through the ABCs—from alligator to zither—with this animal alphabet and musical revue. As you follow along in rhyming time, you’ll encounter drumming dragonflies, fluting fishes, orchestral owls,…
Find out more »Storytime: The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight
For every parent tired of telling their kids to PLEASE JUST GET ALONG, this hilarious and imaginative new picture book–from the beloved creators of Babymouse, Matthew Holm and Jennifer L. Holm–is here to help. Sort of. Meet the Evil Princess…
Find out more »Pop-up: Mina Javaherbin
Mina Javaherbin pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her picture book, My Grandma and Me. Javaherbin is paired with the artwork Geraniums by Pierre-Auguste Renoir; found in the American Art Gallery, on the 2nd floor of the Portland…
Find out more »Storytime: Just Like Beverly
Just Like Beverly follow the life of beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary from her early years in Oregon to her career as a successful writer who wrote stories, including the wildly popular Ramona and Henry Huggins series, for kids just…
Find out more »Pop-up: MK Reed
MK Reed pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with the graphic novel, Science Comics: Wild Weather. Reed is paired with the artwork Stormy Sea by Gustave Courbet; found in the American Art Gallery, on the 2nd floor of the…
Find out more »Storytime: Peter and Ernesto: The Lost Sloths
From Box Trolls director Graham Annable comes Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths, the immensely charming sequel to his brilliant debut graphic novel about the endearing friendship between two sloths. Peter and Ernesto loved their tree. Then a hurricane came and blew it…
Find out more »Words & Pictures: Making Children’s Literature
Catherine Lazar Odell, author and illustrator of Pepper & Frannie; Holman Wang, author and artist of Great Job, Dad! and Great Job, Mom!; and Toni Yuly, author and illustrator of The Whole Wide World and Me, discuss making picture books…
Find out more »Pop-up: Renée Watson
Renée Watson pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries. Watson presents two new books at the 2019 festival: her YA novel, Watch Us Rise, and her newest middle grade book, Some Places More Than Others. Watson is paired with the artwork…
Find out more »Storytime: The Proudest Blue
Asiya's hijab is like the ocean and the sky, no line between them, saying hello with a loud wave. It’s Faizah’s first day of school, and her older sister Asiya’s first day of hijab – made of a beautiful blue…
Find out more »Science Comics: Wild Weather
Furious floods, looming landslides, terrifying tornadoes, ferocious forest fires! Is Mother Nature trying to tell us something? As “snowpocalypse” descends once again, one temperamental weatherman is determined to set the record straight on the myths and misconceptions surrounding the elements.…
Find out more »Pop-up: Dylan Meconis
Dylan Meconis pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her new graphic novel, Queen of the Sea. Meconis is paired with the artwork Stormy Sea by Gustave Courbet; found in the American Art Gallery, on the 2nd floor of…
Find out more »Lost & Found: Middle Grade Novels
Two novels about very different characters losing, and finding, home. A young Syrian girl must leave her homeland and emigrate to the United States in Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga. In Rosanne Parry’s A Wolf Called Wander, Swift,…
Find out more »Strange Places: Middle Grade Novels
Stories featuring characters trapped in strange lands: an alien warlord cat exiled from his home planet to Earth, and a young girl who steps through a portal to a strange world in seach of her mother. In Emily Chenoweth’s new…
Find out more »Words & Pictures: Making Children’s Literature
Janice Bond, author of A Zebra Plays Zither; Vicki Conrad, author, and David Hohn, illustrator of Just Like Beverly!; and Samantha R. Vamos, author of The Piñata that the Farm Maiden Hung discuss making picture books with Mark Savage of…
Find out more »Facing the Past: Middle Grade Novels
Stories of two very different young women who find themselves in unknown places, where they realize they must face their past to understand their present. In Dylan Meconis’s graphic novel Queen of the Sea, Queen Eleanor is exiled by her…
Find out more »Upcoming Events
PDX JAZZ: The Music and the Movement
October 23, 2019
The Music and the Movement will dive in to the inherent relationship…
2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: George Packer (Sold Out)
October 24, 2019
The series will begin on October 24 with author and staff writer…
One Page Wednesday: November
November 6, 2019
Writers, escape the solitude of your desk. Readers, come hear great fresh…
2019 Portland Book Festival
November 9, 2019
Join Literary Arts for the annual Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of…
The Moth Mainstage in Portland
December 10, 2019
The Moth returns to Portland this December! This extraordinary performance will sell…
Everybody Reads 2020: Tommy Orange
March 5, 2020
Literary Arts is proud to host an evening with award-winning author Tommy…