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Rochester Children's Book Festival


Rochester Area Children’s Writers & Illustrators (RACWI) will host its 10th annual book festival on Saturday, November 4th, from 10am-4pm in the R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center.  This is an opportunity to meet more than 40 local children’s authors and illustrators and to purchase signed copies of their books.  More than 300 titles for children of all ages will be on display. 

RACWI is also pleased to provide a variety of book-related activities for children throughout the day, including readings and storytelling provided by the Black Storytelling League of Rochester.  Additionally, there will be author presentations, illustrator demonstrations, and a special afternoon program for teens (detailed below).  The festival is also a great way to do some early holiday shopping!  Admission is FREE.

Teen Events:

1:15-1:45pm  James Howe is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including The Watcher, Totally Joe, and the popular Bunnicula series.  He will talk about writing The Misfits and the issues of name-calling that it raises.  His book was the inspiration for National No Name-Calling Week.

1:45-2:15pm  Rafe Martin is the author of over 20 books, including Birdwing, The World Before This One, and The Rough-Face Girl.  He is the recipient of three American Library Association Notable Book Awards, four Parent's Choice Gold Awards, and many other honors.  His presentation, "How Do You Live With One Wing?" is about Birdwing and the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Six Swans, which inspired his story.

2:30-3:15pm  Tanya Lee Stone is the author of dozens of picture and non-fiction books, and was an editor of children's books for 13 years.  A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl is her first novel for older teens.  She'll hold a Q & A session after a live performance of a play based on her book. 

Other young adult novelists attending include Linda Sue Park, Mary Jane Auch, Larry Dickens, Vivian Vande Velde, Pat Costa Viglucci, and Leander Watts.

Regina Fabbro
English/Philosophy
10/30/2006