March 12, 2026 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM StoryScapes with Marcus Cutler Other Virtual Event Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 June 6, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Laura Bontje at Imagine in the Park Imagine In The Park Gage Park Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Morgan Christie at Imagine in the Park Imagine In The Park Gage Park Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Jess Hannigan at Imagine in the Park Imagine In The Park Gage Park Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten June 25, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Dundas Driving Park EarlyON with Karen Krossing Presenting “The Cloud That Stuck” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten July 7, 2026 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Westmount EarlyON with José Lourenço & James Braithwaite Presenting “Billie Builds a Robocorn” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten July 15, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM St. David EarlyON Centre with Carolyn Huizinga Mills Presenting “I Drove My Bed to Grandma’s House” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten July 23, 2026 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM St. James the Apostle EarlyON with Anita Yasuda Presenting “Bollywood Beat” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten July 29, 2026 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Beasley EarlyON with Zenia Wadhwani Presenting “Fly in the Chai” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten August 7, 2026 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Ellis EarlyON with Rina Singh Presenting “Let’s Eat! Food from Here, There and Everywhere!” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten August 13, 2026 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Barton EarlyON with Mireille Messier Presenting “Ce que Samuel sait” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten August 18, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Niwasa EarlyON with Lisa Frenette Presenting “The Wandering Feather” EarlyON Other Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten October 3, 2026 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+ 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Reading + Activities featuring Lana Button Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Wai Mei Wong Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Heather Smith Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Arts For All Kinderfest presents Tottering Biped Theatre, The Carnival of Animals 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 - 11:45 AM Reading + Activities featuring Arley Nopra Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM 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 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring J. Torres Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Sean Lewis Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Burst Your Bubble! Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Headliner: Storytime with Barbara Reid 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+ 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Jack Wong Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Kai Cheng Thom Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 1:10 PM - 2:00 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 - 1:45 PM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Féeli Tout Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Cursed in Love Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Gregoire Laforce Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Jay Odjick Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM ASL Storytime featuring Kisanet Habtemariam Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Panel: Speaking Truth Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Danny Ramadan Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Lisa Frenette Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Zenia Wadhwani 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 Barbara Reid Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Shadows on the Shelf Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Sarah Howden 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 Reading + Activities featuring Suzanne Sutherland Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 4:00 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+ 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM ASL Storytime featuring Carlisle Robinson Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten October 4, 2026 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Reading + Activities featuring Stephanie Cooke Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Pete Ewins & Anna Broks 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 Jess Hannigan Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Drop-in Storytime featuring Lisa Frenette Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Folktales with Kesha Christie 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 - 11:45 AM Reading + Activities featuring Deborah Ellis Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Féeli Tout Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Rochelle Strauss Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM What Haunts YA Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Drop-in Francophone Storytime featuring Gregoire Laforce 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 Danny Ramadan 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+ 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Jack Wong Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Celia Krampien Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM The Art of Saving the World Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Little Stories from the Garden 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 - 1:45 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Rochelle Strauss Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Zenia Wadhwani Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Reading + Activities featuring Arley Nopra Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Anita Yasuda Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Beyond the Speech Bubble Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Reading + Activities featuring Lynn Scurfield Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Arts For All Kinderfest presents Tottering Biped Theatre, Le Carnavaldes Animaux 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 - 3:15 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Cybèle Young Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Nadine Presley 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 First Quests: A Beginner’s TTRPG Experience Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM The Road to Publication Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14+ / Grades 9+ 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Reading + Activities featuring Joel A. Sutherland Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Morgan Christie 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 Hamilton Music Collective 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+ 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM Drop-in Storytime featuring Avneet Sandhu Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-3 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten October 28, 2026 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM StoryScapes with Jennica Lounsbury Other Virtual Event Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 November 12, 2026 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM StoryScapes with Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley Other Virtual Event Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 November 25, 2026 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM StoryScapes with Jack Wong Other Virtual Event Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 December 9, 2026 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Celebrating Graphic Novels with Faith Erin Hicks Celebrating Graphic Novels Virtual Event Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 December 10, 2026 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Celebrating Graphic Novels with Paige Walshe Celebrating Graphic Novels Virtual Event Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6 December 11, 2026 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Celebrating Graphic Novels with Frances Lee Celebrating Graphic Novels Virtual Event Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 9-12 / Grades 4-6
