Join us for a free day of fun and books, plus live entertainment, on-site children's bookstore, readings, book signings and giveaways

The New York Times has partnered with children's librarians from the three public library systems of New York City—Brooklyn Public Library, The New York Public Library and Queens Library—to establish the list of New York's Top 20 All-Time Favorite Children's Books. Celebrities from film, TV and Broadway will read from the 20 books on the list live at the Great Children's Read! Click here to see the full schedule.

Featured entertainment at the Target Children's Stage this year will include performances by They Might Be Giants, Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players, Playhouse Disney's “Johnny and the Sprites” and “Choo-Choo Soul”, Laughing Pizza!, Peter Himmelman and T Squad. There also will be readings and signings by many favorite children's book authors and illustrators, including Academy Award-winning actress Julie Andrews Edwards and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, Cheech Marin and Michelle Knudsen.

Come rain or shine on Sunday, October 14th. Hosted at Columbia University, Broadway & 116th Street. Bring the whole family!