Storylines Festival Family Days coming up

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-999" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;SND06-wk2-News-Storylines&lowbar;300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND06-wk2-News-Storylines 300x225" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;>The annual Storylines Festival&comma; where popular children&&num;8217&semi;s authors&comma; illustrators and storytellers share the magic of stories&comma; is taking place around the country later this month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dyslexic wombat-tamer and Australian Children&&num;8217&semi;s Laureate Jackie French &lpar;Diary of a Wombat&comma; Gorilla Grab&rpar; and adventure fiction writer Gary Crew &lpar;Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie&comma; the Sam Silverthorn books&rpar; join a stellar line-up of 70 local authors&comma; illustrators and storytellers in the upcoming Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children&&num;8217&semi;s Writers and Illustrators beg held from August 23-31&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Admission is free for the Family Days across the country&period; They include Christchurch Family Day&comma; Upper Riccarton Library&comma; Sunday&comma; August 24&comma; 10am-3pm&semi;
Wellington Family Day&comma; Michael Fowler Centre&comma; Sunday&comma; August 24&comma; 10am-3pm&semi;
South Auckland Family Day&comma; Vodafone Events Centre&comma; Saturday&comma; August 30&comma; 10am-3pm&semi;
Auckland Family Day&comma; Aotea Centre&comma; Sunday&comma; August 31&comma; 10am &&num;8211&semi; 3&period;00pm<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information on the festival and further locations visit <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;storylines&period;org&period;nz" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">www&period;storylines&period;org&period;nz<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;