Saturday October 11th 2025
(Day Before End of 2025 International Balloon Fiesta)
10 am to 3 pm
First Unitarian Church
3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Libros for Kids, in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, provides books every month to children in Bernalillo and Valencia Counties. Since 2018, Libros/Dolly Parton has mailed more than 280,000 books at no cost to the homes of children aged 0 to 5.
Building on its core service, Libros for Kids is inviting children and their families to a free book fair spotlighting New Mexico children’s book authors and illustrators. Join us to celebrate the accomplishments and creativity of these authors and illustrators, many who are from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
The event is scheduled at the First Unitarian Church at Comanche and Carlisle on Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 10 am to 3 pm, the day before the 2025 Balloon Fiesta’s final mass ascension.
Highlights for the Book Fair include:
Several New Mexico authors—from well-known prize winners to newcomers—will read from their works and invite children to participate in related creative activities.
Bookworks will be present to provide authors with a venue to sell their books.
Sister association Read to Me!, a Libros sister organization, is sponsoring a 1927-era Albuquerque city bus for the children to board and receive a free book.
Other activities will include a local magician, Read to the Dogs, Hawks Aloft (live educational birds), story tellers, and more!
CHILDREN ATTENDING THE BOOK FAIR MUST BE
ACCOMPANIED BY ADULTS.
We invite you to attend! Join our growing list of sponsors:
