To do so, it has asked The Sacramento Bee’s Book of Dreams program for donations of $9,000. The program, called Sac Kids Read, is an extension of the agency’s successful Yolo Kids Read program.

The book festival officially kicks off at 12:30 p.m. with Bee Cave’s very own Buzzy the Bee “reading” his own book with the help of his interpreter, Jenny Hoff.

The red team from Dixie Bee Elementary fielded the last question of the last round in Friday’s Battle of the Books competition. “Red team: In what book did the song ...