For the past 22 years, The Word On The Street has been renowned for the quality and diversity of its family programming and our 23rd festival will aim to do the same.

Here’s a quick glimpse of what families can enjoy on KidStreet year-after-year:

KidStreet Festival Guide

We are pleased to announce that Owlkids will be presenting our KidStreet Festival Guide again this year!  This guide will provide you with all of the information you need on our fantastic children’s programming, plus activities featuring some of Chirp, ChickaDEE and Owl's most loved characters! This Guide will be available in late August 2012 in both a print and digital version.

KidStreet Exhibitor Marketplace

Some of Canada’s top children’s publishers are on-hand showcasing their newest books and magazines! Take a look at who is exhibiting at the 2012 festival in the Marketplace section!

Programming Venues

Children’s Activity Tent

At the Children’s Activity Tent:

• Join renowned poet Dennis Lee to celebrate his classic Canadian Children’s book at the Alligator Pie Party!
• Decorating your own felt puppets and hats with J. Lum and J. Torres
• Test your knowledge about the human body with Liza Fromerand Dr. Francine Gerstein in their fast-paced Body Works Quiz;
• Participate with author Lizann Flatt and illustrator Ashley Barron in a hands-on collage activity
• Sharpenyour pencils for a fun-filled drawing activity guided by illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi
• Learn the art of Origami with the Brothers Leung
• Move and groove to Andrew “Too Tall” Queen’s folk music and silly sing-a-long performance!

Children’s Reading Tent

The Children’s Reading Tent is the place where children aged 3 to 12 can meet and hear their favourite authors and discover brand new ones. This year, there are lots of great authors to discover, including Tim Beiser, Rebecca Bender, Cary Fagan, Andrew Larsen, Kyo Maclear, Dave Whamondand Cybèle Young. To see the full schedule, click here.

TVOKids Stage

all ages

Favourite personalities from TVOKids take the stage with a day of fun-filled literacy-focused entertainment that includes music, stories, readings and interactive sessions. Children will love to dance with their favourite TVOKids personalities, and don’t forget to keep an eye out for Polkaroo! To see the full schedule, click here.

Make sure to check out the author page for a complete list of all of the confirmed authors in 2012.

And visit our Friend an Author page to find out how you can support both your favourite Canadian authors and The Word On The Street Toronto in 2012.