I was excited to be invited to the Fern Creek Elementary School in Orlando to be part of a school carnival last February.  We had taken the Lit Lab to a community festival in Detroit in October so I had a few literacy games already prepared: Toss a Ball into Your Favorite Reading Genre; Find all the Bookworms on the Lit Lab; Make a Reading Stick; Feed Bob the Bookbot a Book; Making a Favorite Book Quilt.  My favorite activity bar none is the  Book Quilt.  Each child made a paper square that had the name of a favorite book, a favorite book topic or a drawing from a favorite book.  I taped the squares together as they were finished so the quilt grew as the day went along.  It was a fun way to engage the kids in conversations about books and a conversation starter for kids and parents as well.  Before I do another carnival, I hope to improve the technique for creating the quilt.  My current idea is to tape the paper squares onto a cheap plastic tablecloth that is taped onto a heavy plastic shower curtain. The plastic tablecloth will provide a colorful frame and make it easier to put up the squares quickly.  The shower curtain will provide weight so the quilt hangs down instead of blowing in the wind, plus the shower curtain loops will make it easier to hang on the pole.  Let me know if you have a better idea.