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Indigo Arts Alliance Announces 7th Annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival highlights children’s stories
Portland Press Herald: September 3, 2025
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival at CMTM
News Center Maine: September 21, 2026
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival at Maine Mill, Lewiston
News Center Maine: September 21, 2026
The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival will give away these 7 books
Portland Press Herald: September 15, 2025
Maine’s Black History and Heritage
VisitMaine.com
Two Maine book festivals return this fall, with wider reach
Portland Press Herald: August 25, 2024
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival kicks off this weekend in Portland
WMTW.com: September 26, 2024
The Statewide Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival kicks off this weekend with theatrical debut
News Center Maine: September 26, 2024
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival coming to Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
CBS 13 News: October 2, 2024
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival, Highlighting Black Children’s Books, Their Creators
Maine News Center: September 19, 2023
Beautiful Blackbird Book Festival, Highlighting Black and Immigrant Children’s Stories, Keeps Spreading its Wings
Portland Press Herald: September 17, 2023
Books for Children in Maine’s Immigrant Communities
Maine Public: September 15, 2023
LA Arts Partner in 4th Annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
Maine Art Scene: September 6, 2023
Farnsworth, CMCA presents the 2023 Beautiful Blackbird Festival
Village Soup: Sept. 13, 2023
The 7 Titles Featured in the Year’s Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
Central Maine: Sept 17, 2023
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
Portland Old Port: August 31st, 2023
Children’s Museum of Maine hosts annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
News Center Maine: September 19, 2022
Park Made Even Prettier with Books and Art
Lewiston Sun Journal: September 18, 2022
The Third Annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival will be held Sunday
Central Maine: September 13, 2022
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival set for Sept. 18 in Lewiston
Lewiston Sun Journal: September 11, 2022
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival returns Sept. 17
VillageSoup, Knox: September 8, 2022
The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival Returns for its Third Annual Year, September 17-18
Maine Arts Commission: August 30, 2022
Remembering a Maine Treasure
Maine Community Foundation: February 28, 2022
Tomorrow, Hey!
Amjambo Africa! August 3, 2021
Black is Beautiful
Amjambo Africa! July 15, 2021
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
Bangor Daily News: July 2021
Ashley Bryan-inspired book festival to return as virtual celebration in August
Portland Press Herald: April 29, 2021
The BLM Movement is inspiring a boom in diverse children’s literature
LitHub: July 21, 2020
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival Honors Ashley Bryan
The Brown Bookshelf: July 13, 2020
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
The Sunrise Guide: July 8, 2020
Children’s book festival showcases Black experience
Portland Forecaster: June 29, 2020
Engage Young Readers with Resources from the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
Maine DOE Newsroom: June 25, 2020
Beautiful Blackbird Book Festival for Kids
Free Press Online: June 23, 2020
Indigo Arts Alliance Launches the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
Kitetails: June 4, 2020
Indigo Arts Alliance to host Children’s Book Fest online
Cafe des Artistes: June 2020
Indigo Arts moves its book festival from the street to the screen
Portland Press Herald: May 18th, 2020
Community Learning for ME Newsletter
Featured as a Resource Highlight for Families and Students
Downeast Magazine
Featured in Best of Maine, Our Picks: Family