STAR WARS READS DAY IS OCTOBER 11, 2014!!

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is October 10 (in schools) & 
October 11 (in libraries & bookstores)



For more info visit:



Look for great events at your local 
bookstores & libraries, or host your own with these awesome ACTIVITY PAGES!!





Participating authors:


Jeffrey Brown, author of Star Wars: Jedi Academy and Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan! (my reviews of both books will run on 10/10/14) Jeffrey will be at Anderson's Books in Napierville, IL on October 11 at 11:00 am!





Tom Angleberger author of the The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda series will be celebrating at McNally Jackson books in NYC in the morning and afternoon and at Books of Wonder (info below) along with Cece Bell and Tony DiTerlizzi!!

Star Wars Reads Day Event:
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
Panelists: Tom Angleberger, Tony DiTerlizzi, Pablo Hidalgo, and Mike Kogge





Jason Fry, author of the Jupiter Pirates series and many, many Star Wars books that are too numerous to list here...

 Jason will be at Kinokuniya Books 
in Sydney, AUSTRALIA where it looks like the force is definitely with them...

Join us to celebrate Australia’s first ever Star Wars Reads Day!
This action-packed Star Wars themed day for kids and families will include celebrity readings, competitions to win BIG prize packs and activities taking place all day on October 11th, the International Star Wars Reads Day.

11.00am
Reading from Ezra’s Gamble by Star Wars storyboard artist Mark Sexton. .

11.30am
Speak like a Wookie Competition - give us your best Wookie impression to
WIN great prizes.
Ages 12 and under.

12.00pm
Reading from Jedi Academy with Academy Award nominated Star Wars animation director Rob Coleman.

12.30pm
LEGO Brickmaster Competition - challenge other contenders to be crowned an ultimate LEGO Brickmaster!
Ages 5-12.

1.00pm
Reading from Star Wars Rebels: Edge of the Galaxy by celebrity author Jason Fry.

1.30pm
Cosplay Dress-Up Parade and Competition - dress up as your favourite Star Wars character to WIN great Star Wars prizes!
Ages 12 and under.

2.00pm
Read-along from Star Wars: Who Saved the Galaxy? PLUS take home your own, free copy of the book (while stocks last).

2.30pm
Build-a-Droid-the-Fastest Competition - test your construction skills by building your very own R2-D2!
Ages 6-12.

3.00pm
Reading from Goodnight Darth Vader.


In addition to the great comps and readings, we'll also be running fantastic activities
ALL DAY LONG in our kids department.
These include Star Wars thumb doodles, Star Wars origami, Star Wars colouring in and other games and puzzles!

All competitions will require registration on the day. Please see staff on the day to be directed to the competition sign up table.

Prizes will be awarded on the day and you will be instructed on how to redeem your prize in store.






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