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Tweens Read Book Festival

Address: 
10220 Blackhawk Blvd
Houston , TX , 77089 29° 35' 37.9572" N, 95° 14' 42.0576" W
Contact name: 
Jenny Hinojosa
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Tweens Read is a book festival to be held in October aimed at connecting 5th-8th graders with favorite authors.

The goal of the Tweens Read Book Festival is to celebrate and promote reading by connecting tweens with authors. The target audience for the event is students in grades 5-8. The Festival's goals are to:

* Connect tween readers to local and national authors and illustrators.

* Encourage interaction between aspiring tween writers and established authors.

* Educate, enrich, inform, and entertain local tweens and other participants.

* Celebrate the educational and recreational benefits of tween reading and writing.

* Ignite a passion for reading and writing in the tween community.