Dramatic Readings
Celebrate Matt Phelan’s books with amazing readers from Young Audiences of Abilene! Some readings feature one book, and some feature two shorter books. Each session is followed by an art activity suitable for small children at no extra cost! Meet a costume character from the book and collect a character button for your lanyard.
Reading times Friday & Saturday Downtown
Morning: 9, 9:45, 10:30, 11:15 am
Afternoon: 12, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3*, 3:45* pm
*The NCCIL will not have readings late Friday afternoon in order to prepare for the Matt Phelan dinner in the gallery. For more information on the dinner, go to nccil.org
Reading times Sunday at Abilene Zoo
Morning: 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 am
Afternoon: 12:30 pm
National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL)
102 Cedar St.
COSTUME CHARACTER: Astronaut
TAKE-HOME ART ACTIVITY: Aluminum foil moon
OTHER EVENTS: Exhibition of Matt Phelan’s original artwork in the gallery. He will sign books purchased from the NCCIL on Thursday night at Paramount Theatre and Friday morning at the NCCIL. Reserve your spot for a Saturday morning workshop with Matt or Friday night dinner with Matt at nccil.org/calf. Books will be for sale at the NCCIL during CALF. Books will be for sale at T&P Depot 9 am-4 pm June 10-12 and 9 am-12 pm June 13.
NOTES: Bathrooms available. Strollers must be parked outside. Matt’s books available for purchase in the gift shop. Become a NCCIL member and leave your books to be signed before the festival and avoid lines!
The Grace Museum
102 Cypress St.
COSTUME CHARACTER: Walrus
ART ACTIVITY: Make a clay walrus
NOTES: Bathroom with diaper changing table available. Stroller parking inside. Readings on first floor; art activity in the courtyard. No cost to tour museum for CALF registrants. Spark history and art space will be closed to CALF attendees.
DoubleTree by Hilton
Heritage Ballroom C, 500 Cypress St.
COSTUME CHARACTERS: Papa Bear
ART ACTIVITY: Popsickle stick sweater bear
OTHER EVENTS: Visit the CALF Bakery for cookie decorating and other treats. Watch the show Leave It To Plum: LIVE!
NOTES: Bathrooms available with changing table. Stroller parking inside. Restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and gift shop with snacks for sale.
Community Foundation
850 N. 1st St.
COSTUME CHARACTER: Little Robot
ART ACTIVITY: Make a robot dog
NOTES: Bathrooms available. Stroller parking inside.
Frontier Texas!
625 N. 1st St.
COSTUME CHARACTER: Marilyn’s Monster
TAKE-HOME ART ACTIVITY: Monster horns headband
OTHER EVENTS: Birds of Prey shows by Sky Kings Falconry
NOTES: Bathroom with diaper changing table available. Stroller parking outside. Tour museum at discounted price.
Abilene Zoo
2070 Zoo Lane
Reading times: 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm Sunday
COSTUME CHARACTER: Xander Panda
ART ACTIVITY: Make a party hat
NOTES: Wear your CALF pass to the zoo and get in free! Animal Encounter and art activity following each reading. Look for special CALF themed treats at concessions!
READINGS SPONSOR:
READERS PRESENTED BY:
Read to a Dog
United Way of Abilene, 240 Cypress St.
9 am-3:30 pm Friday & Saturday
Hendrick Health System offers Pet Enhanced Therapy Services as part of Hendrick Center for Rehabilitation. Volunteers help with various kinds of therapy, and the P.E.T.S. program visits patients in the main hospital. At CALF, you can learn about these amazing animals and read them a book!
SPONSOR:
Earn Matt Phelan book character buttons as you complete various activities during CALF such as Dramatic Readings and shows. There are 15 buttons in all to collect!
Earn your first CALF button on Thursday night by attending Sketch with Matt at the Paramount Theatre.
Turn in your festival survey Saturday before you leave at festival headquarters at the T&P Depot, 1101 N. 1st St., to receive the survey button. Don’t forget you earn your final button when you attend CALF at the Zoo on Sunday!
SPONSOR: Abbi & Andrew Harmon
Collect Buttons
WORKSHOPS
The Dramatic Readings include an art activity suitable for small children at no extra cost. For older children who want to spend 45 minutes to an hour on an art project, we have workshops available for various ages. Sign up your child for workshops when you register for the festival. Please limit workshops to no more than two per child. Teachers and parents may observe workshops at no extra cost.
CALF Collectible (Age 5+)
10 am, 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm Friday & Saturday
Paint a colorful, wooden keepsake sign inspired by the Matt Phelan book series about Plum the peacock with step-by-step instruction. Start your CALF collection and add a new design each year!
Board & Brush Creative Studio, 1031 N. 6th St.
Class size: 15. Cost is $15 per child.
The Poet’s Pen (Age 8+)
9-10 am and 10:30-11:30 am Friday
Create and illustrate your own book of poems! Taught by master teacher Cynthia Ladyman.
The Grace Museum, 3rd Floor Classroom, 102 Cypress Street
Class size: 12. Cost is $5 per child.
A Matchbox Full of Kittens (Age 10+)
10-11 am and 11:30 am-12:30 pm Friday
Create multi-media artwork from matchboxes inspired by the book Matt Phelan book A Box Full of Kittens. Taught by art teacher Ashley Lowrance.
Abilene Convention Center foyer, upstairs Room 203/4, 1100 N. 6th St.
Class size: 12. Cost is $5 per child.
Upcycled Robot Sculpture (Age 6+)
10-11 am and 11:30 am-12:30 pm Saturday
Create and decorate a robot sculpture inspired by the Matt Phelan book Little Robot Alone. Taught by art teachers Anna Egbert & Emily Eakerns.
The Center for Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St.
Class size: 12. Cost is $10 per child.
Make Your Own Storybook Sculpture (Age 8+)
2:30-3:30 pm Friday SOLD OUT and 1-2 & 2:30-3:30 pm Saturday
Create a clay Plum the Peacock inspired by the Mark Phelan chapter book series. Taught by Storybook Sculpture creator and Hardin-Simmons University professor Steve Neves on Friday and school art teacher Thomas Evans on Saturday.
Abilene Convention Center foyer, upstairs Room 203/4, 1100 N. 6th St.
Class size: 12. Cost is $15 per child.
Origami Art (Age 8+)
10-11 am and 11:30 am-12:30 pm Friday
Origami artist Mark Walker will show you how to create Matt Phelan book characters from Turtle Walk with folded paper and step-by-step instruction.
The Center for Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St.
Class size: 12. Cost is $5 per child.
Write & Illustrate Your Own Storybook (Age 7+)
1-2 pm and 2:30-3:30 pm Friday
You will leave this workshop with your very own book created by you! Taught by Abilene Writers Guild members and art teachers.
The Grace Museum, 3rd Floor Classroom.
Class size: 40. Cost is $5 per child.
Very Hairy Bear (Age 6+)
1-2 pm and 2:30-3:30 pm Saturday
Draw art inspired by the Matt Phelan book. Taught by art teacher Toni Pedroza.
The Center for Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St.
Class size: 12. Cost is $5 per child.
Create Graphic Novel Art (Grades 6-12th) NEW!
10-11 am and 1-2 pm Friday & Saturday
You have graduated to graphic novels and you are ready to create your own! Teens and tweens are invited to learn about the art of graphic novels, focusing on some panels from Matt Phelan’s The Storm in the Barn, and will have an opportunity to create their own portrait drawings based on Phelan’s style.
Located at 218 Cedar St.
Class size: 20. Cost is $10 per child.
Painting (Age 8+)
10-11 am and 11:30 am-12:30 pm Saturday
Learn how to draw and paint! Inspired by the Matt Phelan book A Kite for Moon. Taught by art teacher Bethany Connell.
Abilene Convention Center foyer, upstairs Room 203/4, 1100 N. 6th St.
Class size: 12. Cost is $10 per child.
Sweater Weather (Age 7+)
10-11 am and 11:30 am-12:30 pm Saturday
Create a yarn sweater inspired by the Matt Phelan book Sweater Weather. Taught by art teacher Clarissa Ruiz.
The Grace Museum, 3rd Floor Classroom.
Class size: 12. Cost is $5 per child.
A Kite for Moon (Age 8+)
10-11 am, 11:30 am-12:30, 1-2 pm and 2:30-3:30 pm Friday & Saturday
Inspired by the Matt Phelan book A Kite for Moon, create a colorful kite.
12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, 1289 N. 2nd St.
Class size: 20. Cost is $5 per child.
Workshops with Matt Phelan
9-9:45 or 10-10:45 am Saturday
Hosted by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in their studio. Please visit the NCCIL website for more details about this event and how to register!
Mixed Media (Age 6+)
1-2 pm and 2:30-3:30 pm Saturday
Create mixed media art inspired by the Matt Phelan book Sweater Weather. Taught by art teacher Shayla Miller.
The Grace Museum, 3rd Floor Classroom.
Class size: 12. Cost is $5 per child.
SPONSOR:
CALF at the Zoo!
Sunday, June 15 • Abilene Zoo, 2070 Zoo Lane
Wear your CALF pass on Sunday and enter the zoo for free! You have three opportunities to hear dramatic readings followed by an Animal Encounter with zoo staff and art activity. Make a party hat like Xander’s! You can also meet the Xander the Panda costume character and earn a Matt Phelan button for your lanyard! Books featured at each reading: Xander’s Panda Party and Turtle Walk. Learn more about the Abilene Zoo here.
Sunday Schedule of Events
9 am - Abilene Zoo opens
9:30 am – Dramatic Readings & Animal Encounters in the Pavilion
10:30 am - Dramatic Readings & Animal Encounters in the Pavilion
11:30 am - Dramatic Readings & Animal Encounters in the Pavilion
12:30 pm - Dramatic Readings & Animal Encounters in the Pavilion
5 pm - Abilene Zoo closes
TICKETED EVENTS
FEE REQUIRED.
Storybook Characters Breakfast
8:15-9 am Friday & Saturday • Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden, Abilene Convention Center
Meet and collect autographs from 20 of your favorite costumed characters. Have your face painted! Enjoy a breakfast of sausage, sprinkle pancakes and fruit. Pre-registration required. Reserve your spot when you register for CALF.
Cost is $5 per person. Autograph books for sale .
SPONSOR:
Young Audiences’ Enchanted Eatery
Three sessions: 10:45 am, 11:30 am or 12:15 pm Friday & Saturday, The Hotel Wooten, 1102 N. 3rd St.
Mingle with costumed characters while you enjoy pre-ordered, 8 count Chick-fil-A nuggets, chips, bottled water, and dessert. Cost is $12 per person. Photo opportunities available. Beautiful, indoor venue at The Hotel Wooten ballroom. Please select your preferred time to reserve your seat and meals for all attendees for a 45-minute experience. Limited seating in each time slot.
The Enchanted Eatery is a fundraiser benefiting Young Audiences of Abilene, a non-profit program of the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council that brings arts education and experiences into local schools.
FEATURED EVENTS
NO EXTRA FEE
We bring the best of children’s entertainment to you! Indoor events have limited capacity and are filled on a first come, first served basis.
Train Rides
9 am-12 pm & 1-4 pm Friday & Saturday
Everman Park, N. 1st & Cypress Streets
Hop aboard the Storybook Capital Express to tour Everman Park and see the Dr. Seuss sculptures. The park is closed during the train rides but open at lunchtime.
SPONSORS:
Le Marionette Theater
9:30 am, 11 am, 12:30 pm, 2 pm, 3:30 pm Friday & Saturday
The Well, 137 Mesquite St.
Le Marionette Theater of Dallas is pure fun – with a few strings attached! The 26-minute show features music and a variety of hilarious characters.
SPONSORS:
James McCoy’s Drug Store and In memory of Don Drennan, who loved this city
Cookie Decorating
9 am-4 pm Friday & Saturday
DoubleTree by Hilton, Gateway Meeting Room, 500 Cypress St.
Visit the CALF Bakery inside the new downtown hotel! Be creative as you decorate with icing and sprinkles. Cost is $3 a cookie. Purchase at time of registration or in person.
SPONSOR:
Leave It to Plum: LIVE!
9:45 am, 10:30 am, 11:15 am, 1:30 pm, 2:15 pm, 3 pm Friday & Saturday
DoubleTree by Hilton, Heritage Ballroom B, 500 Cypress St.
When a small mammal with an oversized ego tries to take over the zoo, leave it to the big-hearted peacock Plum to save the day! Based on the first book in the Matt Phelan best-selling series. Written and directed by Graci Melbourne. Following the show, make a Plum string puppet.
SPONSOR: The Durrington Family
CALF Movie Nights
5:15 pm Friday & Saturday
Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St.
FRIDAY: The Wild Robot (Rated PG, Animated, 1 hour 42 minutes) A robot stranded on an island learns to connect with nature. Based on the Peter Brow book series.
SATURDAY: Monsters, Inc. (Rated G, Animated, 1 hour 32 minutes) The monsters discover harvesting screams is not the best way to harvest energy.
SPONSORS: Steve Arthur Family Foundation and Napier Engineering Inc.
Character Meet and Greet
5-6:15 pm Thursday, Festival Plaza
Get autographs and meet your favorites costume characters from the Storybook Capital of America! Seventy characters from all 13 CALF years will be stationed in various places indoors and outdoors in the Festival Plaza area at the DoubleTree Hilton and Abilene Convention Center.
SPONSOR:
CALF Kick-Off Party
5-6:30 pm Thursday, Storybook Garden at the Abilene Convention Center
Music, dancing and performances kick off the festival weekend at this fun, FREE party with food trucks in the Festival Plaza area between the Abilene Convention Center and the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel. The new Storybook Sculpture will be unveiled at 6:15 p.m.
SPONSOR:
Stilt Walkers
5-6:30 pm Thursday and 10 am-1 pm Friday & Saturday, Festival Grounds at Convention Center and T&P Depot
EPIC Entertainment presents stunning peacock themed stilt walkers who will be posing for photos and interacting with festival guests.
Walrus Ocean Splash
Thursday-Saturday, Abilene Convention Center, 1100 N. 6th St.
Escape the heat by walking through our colorful, cooling mist experience at the Abilene Convention Center.
SPONSOR:
Petting Animals
9 am-4pm Friday & Saturday, Convention Center, 1100 N. 6th St.
Pet and feed a variety of furry friends, including goats and little furry critters!
SPONSOR:
Kornpop Balloon Shows
9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm Friday & Saturday, Abilene Convention Center foyer, 1100 N. 6th St.
Kornpop delights festival goers with his ceiling high balloon creations inspired by Matt Phelan book characters! Enjoy his tricks and comedy. The Convention Center is hosting a cool-off station in the Red Carpet Lobby for CALF patrons, and they will be selling food and drinks.
SPONSOR: Lale & BJ Estes Family Foundation
The Singing Zoologist
10 am, 12 pm and 2:15 pm Friday & Saturday, Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St.
Calling all animal lovers! Texas' own "singing zoologist," Lucas Miller, will celebrate cheetahs, monarch butterflies, chimichangas and all things wild ! With a dazzling, multimedia blend of music and science, the whole family will giggle, sing, move, and learn.
SPONSORS:
Music with Mr. Will & the Excavators
10 am, 12 pm and 2 pm Friday & Saturday, Minter Park
Whether it’s encouraging toddlers to jump around and shout out their favorite mode of transportation (Excavator!), or getting couples to two-step while singing along to original Americana tunes, Mr. Will has energized crowds for two decades with lively, toe-tapping, and often interactive music
SPONSOR:
Instrument Petting Zoo
9 am-12 pm & 1-4 pm Friday & Saturday, Abilene Philharmonic, 302 Cypress St. in The Wooten
Let your kids discover the magic and inspiration of music. Children can touch and play real musical instruments. There will also be special demonstrations and live performances. No zoo animals allowed! Presented by the Abilene Philharmonic!
The S.T.E.A.M. Room
9 am-4 pm Friday & Saturday, Center for Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St.
S.T.E.A.M. = Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math
Hands-on experiments in the Photo Gallery for kids ages 8 and older inspired by Matt Phelan books. (LEGO table for all ages in the Main Gallery. Toddler Room for ages 18 months to 4 years located on the Second Floor with sensory activities. All other CALF activities at other venues, such as Dramatic Readings and shows, are for all ages!)
SPONSOR:
Flora’s Very Windy Day: LIVE!
Friday & Saturday, Abilene Public Library, 202 Cedar St. NOTE: Main elevators are out of service and strollers must be left downstairs. They may not be carried up. Staff will assist those with wheelchairs and other mobility assistive devices in using the freight elevator.
When Flora and her pesky little brother, Crispin, are whisked away by a swirling and swooping wind, she gets the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to give her brother away. With tempting offers from a dragonfly, the Man in the Moon, and even the wind itself, she will find it difficult to choose. Directed by Neena McLain. Followed by art dragonfly activity.
Bruce Manners
9, 11 am, 1, 3 pm Friday & Saturday, Minter Park
Juggler Bruce Manners is an entertaining blend of stand-up comedy, audience participation and outrageous stunts.
SPONSOR: The Barber Foundation
Birds of Prey Shows
9:15, 10:45 am, 12:15, 1:45 pm Friday & Saturday, Frontier Texas!
Family fun that takes place ABOVE the audience! Sky Kings Falconry from South Central Texas presents a free-flight program featuring hawks, owls, falcons, vultures, and other raptors that will leave the audience thrilled and amazed. They discuss the natural history of these incredible birds along with their unique traits and natural abilities.
SPONSOR:
Sketch with Matt Phelan and Book Signings
There are multiple opportunities to have your books signed!
Following “Sketch with Matt” at 7 pm Thursday, June 12, Paramount Theatre Lobby. NCCIL books will be for sale in the lobby. The first 500 people will receive a special CALF button, Storybook Capital pencil and sketch book.
9 - 11 am Friday, June 13, National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL). Please bring only books purchased from the NCCIL. No posed or flash photography.
Matt will sign books Saturday morning during his workshop at the NCCIL. Pre-registration required at nccil.org/calf
Matt will sign books Friday night during the ticketed dinner event in the NCCIL gallery. Purchase tickets at nccil.org/calf
Become a NCCIL member by June 6 and you can purchase Matt Phelan books at the gift shop and leave them to be signed by Matt - no waiting in lines! Go to nccil.org to become a member!
Books for Sale:
NCCIL mobile bookstore at the T&P Depot
Purchase books at the NCCIL during the festival
Purchase NCCIL books at the Paramount the night of June 12
Matt Phelan Art Exhibition
Opening at 3 pm Thursday, June 12, 2025
National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL), 102 Cedar St.
An exhibition of original art by Matt Phelan (pronounced “Fay-Lynn”) will open Thursday afternoon, June 12 at the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature. The exhibit will remain in the gallery, free to visit, through Sept. 13.
Matt is an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author/illustrator of picture books, middle grade novels, and graphic novels for young readers. His four-book Plum chapter book series is about a young peacock whose adventures are funny, hopeful, and always kindhearted.
Matt has received the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction (The Storm in the Barn), the Carolyn Field Award (Around the World and Snow White), the Jefferson Cup (Bluffton), and has been nominated for five Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, including best writer/artist and best new graphic album for Bluffton. In 2014, Matt was awarded the Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children's Literature Citation.
Dragon’s Quest
10 am-1 pm Friday and Saturday
Pedestrian tunnel behind the T&P Depot, 1101 N. 1st St.
Hop, skip and jump your way through the dragon’s tunnel in this creative movement experience. At the end of your quest, take your photo with Abilene’s only 3D mural created by world-renowned artist Kurt Wenner!
Presented by Big Country Arts Academy
Matt Phelan Book Character Costume Contest
INFO
All ages are invited to participate by dressing as a favorite character from a book illustrated by Matt Phelan! The contest consists of a simple display and turn in front of the judges. All contestants are invited to participate in the Storybook Parade immediately following the contest.
Special keepsake for all contestants! Prizes for first through third place in each category!
REGISTER
Click here to pre-register. Or register in person the day of the event from 3:15-3:45 p.m.
WHEN: Registration ends at 3:45 p.m. Judging starts promptly at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 2025
WHERE: DoubleTree by Hilton, 500 Cypress St. (NEW VENUE!)
IDEAS: Check out our Pinterest page for inspiration at pinterest.com/abilenearts
CATEGORIES:
AGES 0-4: Prizes for first through third place.
AGES 5-7: Prizes for first through third place.
AGES 8+: Special consideration given to costumes at least partially created by the participants. Prizes for first through third place.
GROUPS: Three to six contestants with the same themed costume may enter. Prizes for first through third place.
Sculptures Unveiling & Storybook Garden Expansion
A new addition to the sculpture garden at the Abilene Convention Center will open on Thursday, June 12. The Clear Fork Bank Storybook Garden will be located next to the Festival Plaza area between the Convention Center and DoubleTree by Hilton and near the Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden. The new garden have space to grow the sculpture collection with cool new features, including a Giving Tree and a water feature, where bronze sculptures inspired by Matt Phelan’s book Turtle Walk will be featured. We will also unveil the Plum the Peacock sculpture inspired by Phelan’s best-selling Plum chapter book series. The sculptures were created by local Storybook Sculptor and Hardin-Simmons University professor Steve Neves and cast in bronze by Schaefer Art Bronze.
Abilene is home to nearly 50 storybook sculptures, which is the largest collection of its kind in America, if not the world!
Thursday, June 12:
6:15 pm - Phase One Clear Fork Bank Storybook Garden opening and sculptures unveiling
9 pm - Lighting of “The Giving Tree” contemporary sculpture by Nic Noblique in the Clear Fork Bank Storybook Garden
Plum the Peacock Sculpture Sponsors
Gay Beitscher, Betty “Poppy” Crowe, Donna Dougherty, John & Janet Garrison in memory of Lale & BJ Estes, Albert & Lucy Gutierrez, Joe Hawkins & Kaye Price-Hawkins, Ralph & Jill Heaven, Randy & Kay Spiva, Sue McWilliams, and Joe & Alice Specht
Turtle Walk Sculpture Sponsors
In loving memory of Bob & Peggy Beckham and Jerri & Jim Alexander from their children and grandchildren; and Harwell & Carolyn Barber
CALF Scavenger Hunt
Button for Walter Wick’s “Can You See What I See?” book series with Seymour the bead boy. Vintage CALF 2013 button.
The game goes live at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 2025.
Here’s how you play:
Download the free GooseChase app for Android or iPhone.
Sign up and select a user name. Team members can download the app on their own phones but must use the same user name for log in.
Join the game by searching for “2025 Abilene CALF GooseChase.”
Complete as many missions as possible by 4 p.m. Sunday, June 15, 2025. Complete missions by submitting creative photos, video or text within the app.
Keep an eye on the real-time rankings and photo feeds to see what everyone else is up to!
Do not climb on the smaller sculptures to take photos. Everman Park with the Dr. Seuss sculptures is closed during train hours and open at lunchtime from 12 to 1 p.m.
Complete at least 10 missions to pick up your prize at the T&P Depot, a special CALF button
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS! The highest ranked team (by committee review) receives five signed Matt Phelan books. A prize will also be given for most creative photos!
Abilene Storybook Experience App
Play the first Augmented Reality game developed for the Storybook Capital of America®! See the Storybook Sculptures come to life and take your photo with them. Collect all the characters, book covers, benches and buttons in the game. The game is available to play in the Abilene Cultural District any time, all year round!
Here’s how you play:
Download the Abilene Storybook Experience app for iPhone or Android and start following the map.
Collect a real button at the T&P Depot as a reward for downloading the app.
Post your photos with characters on your social media with the hashtag
#storybookcapital
Made possible by generous donors and
Developed by The Devhouse
Ticketed Matt Phelan Events at the NCCIL
Pink Party with LeUyen Pham!
6 pm Friday , June 13, 2025
Tickets: nccil.org/calf
Hosted by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) in the museum gallery. Enjoy dinner and merriment with award-winning illustrator Matt Phelan. He will sign books at the this event. Tickets and tables available for purchase. For more information, call 325.673.4586
Workshops with Matt Phelan
- Two times to choose from! 9-9:45 am or 10-10:45 am Saturday, June 14 in the art studio
- Cost is $5 for NCCIL members and $20 per child for non-members
- Matt will sign books for workshop registrants.
- Limited spots. Recommended for children. Register through the NCCIL.