A soccer match is framed Sunday afternoon in the window of the Art Van at Kennedy Park in Lewiston during the 3rd annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Mary Beth Tune, right, a community outreach fellow at Bates College, works Sunday afternoon with children making art at Kennedy Park in Lewiston during the 3rd annual Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival, at which young readers of color saw themselves reflected in literature created with them in mind. A mix of art, literature, music, physical activities and fun filled the park all afternoon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Atutele Machika goes over a list at the end of Sunday’s 3rd annual Blackbird Children’s Book Festival at Kennedy Park in Lewiston. She facilitated a project where children created pieces of art that went into creating a mural, in background. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal