In its 16 years Kidquake has brought a totally free, much beloved field trip to tens of thousands of San Francisco elementary school students. Talks and meet-and-greets with a diverse array of award-winning children’s authors are paired with activities run by the Bay’s best interactive educators. This hands-on experience gives students exciting real-life tools to develop a lifelong passion for literature...and it works. "The students were in awe of getting to see a real, live author."—2020 participating SFUSD teacher
Help us grow Kidquake in 2021—we want to reach more students and more schools. By growing our virtual footprint in 2020, we reached 4 times as many students as previous years. Let’s do it again—even better this time.
PS: We want to extend special end-of-year gratitude to our Kidquake curators, Jilanne Hoffmann and Deborah Krant! Here's more about their incredible work...
