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16 people are interested
Author & Illustrator Coordinator
ORGANIZATION: Orange County Children's Book Festival
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16 people are interested
Looking for an organized and outgoing volunteer to help coordinate sign-ups of Authors and Illustrators interested in being at the 2017 Orange County Children's Book Festival.
Majority of effort needed from April through September. Involves communication by email or phone with interested authors and illustrators who submit applications via website form. Average number of authors and illustrators is around 40 each year.
Involves a minimal amount of time each month. Requires organizational skills to schedule placements and times for authors & illustrators. Preferable that coordinator lives in or near Orange County, California.
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About Orange County Children's Book Festival
Location:
3857 BIRCH ST STE 414, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660, US
Mission Statement
The business of the Orange County Children's Book Festival is to organize and promote a
magical, first-class family fair that features children's book authors, illustrators, publishers, and
related vendors, in a well-planned, safe, community environment; the result of which is a profitable
event for charities that inspires the love of books, the joy of reading and helps to increase literacy.
Description
Founded in 2004, the Orange County Children's Book Festival has quickly established itself as one of the premier book festivals in the United States. The Festival,
which is held at Orange Coast College, is the only all children's book festival in California
and has grown from 5,000 attendees in 2004 to upwards of 25,000 attendees in 2008.
This one-day event features some of the top children's book authors and illustrators in the
country including celebrity authors such as Jamie Lee Curtis, author of Big Words for Little
People, Barney Saltzberg, author of Crazy Hair Day, and Robin Preiss Glasser, illustrator of the
Fancy Nancy book series. The Orange County Children's Book Festival offers a variety of fun-filled activities for the
entire family including: a main entertainment stage, storytellers, illustrators stage, a wild animal stage
and petty zoo, free train ride, face painting, games, book signings, and over 70 book sellers and
educational exhibitors.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Orange Coast College2700 Fairview DriveCosta Mesa, CA 92626
DATE POSTED
December 7, 2016
SKILLS
- Program Management
- Literacy / Reading
- Library Sciences
- Event Planning / Management
- Management
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 25
- Average of 10 hours per month
- basic computer, phone and texting skills