October 4, 2025 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Hamilton Public Library Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Burlington Public Library Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Workers Arts & Heritage Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM The City of Hamilton Children’s and Community Services Division, EarlyON Child and Family Centres Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Imagine In The Park Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Munsch Sensory Zone Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM “Sing As You Are”- Hamilton Children’s Choir Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Eric Walters and Lana Button Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Reading + Activities featuring Anna Humphrey Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Reading + Activities featuring Maria Marianayagam Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Burlington Public Library Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Melanie Florence Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Ink-Stained Hearts Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Nature Discovery Walk with BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM My Friend Christopher Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Kid Haile Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Reading + Activities featuring Lana Button Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Reading + Activities featuring Wesley King Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Carousel Players Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:30 AM - 12:30 AM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Willie Poll Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Headliner: Storytime & Throat Singing featuring Tanya Tagaq and Charlotte Qamaniq Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Fiction as Fire: Challenging Power Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:10 PM - 1:20 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM The Majesty of Sign Languages: Butterfly on the Wind Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Tiffani Brown Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Reading + Activities featuring Emily Deibert Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Beyond the Verse with Hamilton Verse Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Burlington Public Library Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Danielle Chaperon Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Carousel Players Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Nature Discovery Walk with BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Ovila Fontaine Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:25 PM - 2:35 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Andrew Larsen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM Burlington Public Library Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Sandra Lamouche Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM “The Faces of Me” Workshop Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Book Talk: Legendary Frybread Drive-in Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Listen & Learn: Get to Know the Cello Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Carousel Players Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Sonya Bell Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Howie Shia Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Nature Discovery Walk with BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 3:40 PM - 3:50 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Wendy J. Whittingham Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Drawn to Darkness Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Mary Averling Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Anitha Rao-Robinson Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Defining Movement Dance Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 9:45 PM - 5:00 PM BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ October 5, 2025 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Hamilton Public Library Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM The City of Hamilton Children’s and Community Services Division, EarlyON Child and Family Centres Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Imagine In The Park Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Art Gallery of Burlington Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Dundas Valley School of Art Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Hamilton Music Collective Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Burlington Public Library Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 9:45 AM - 5:00 PM Munsch Sensory Zone Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Body Movement Workshop with GoodBodyFeel Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Aimee Reid Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Reading + Activities featuring Alina Tysoe Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Reading + Activities featuring Matteo L. Cerilli Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Burlington Public Library Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Willie Poll Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Author Talk with Coltrane Seesequasis Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Nature Discovery Walk with BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Adventure of the Little Rooster Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Casey Lyall Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Retelling of African/Caribbean Folk Stories Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Reading + Activities featuring Wanda Taylor Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 11:30 AM - 12:30 AM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Carousel Players Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Leonarda Carranza Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Headliner: Storytime with Matthew Forsythe Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Real Talk: YA Stories That Don’t Look Away Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:10 PM - 1:20 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Tia McGraff Songs’n’Tails Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Kari-Lynn Winters Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Reading + Activities featuring Brooklin Stormie Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Author Talk with Sarah Raughley Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Burlington Public Library Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Ashley Barron Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Carousel Players Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Nature Discovery Walk with BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Karen Krossing Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:25 PM - 2:35 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM The Author Making Machine Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM Burlington Public Library Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection Tour Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Drag Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Sandra Lamouche Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Stephanie Sinclair Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Write Like: Into the Spiderverse Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Carousel Players Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Danielle Chaperon Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Sunshine Tenasco Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Nature Discovery Walk with BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 3:40 PM - 3:50 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Thao Lam Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM HMC’s Kids Dance Party Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Say It With Me: Poetry for Two Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Speak Your Truth Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+ 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Ovila Fontaine Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 9:45 PM - 5:00 PM BurlingtonGreen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zones Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+
