9th Annual Family Reading Festival
Saturday, March 6, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2010
Featured Authors
Featured Authors
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Lois Lowry |
| has been writing chapter books for children for over 30 years. She is best known for The Giver and Number the Stars, both of which were awarded the Newbery Medal. She is also the author of the popular Gooney Bird Greene series. Her most recent book, Crow Call, is her first picture book and features herself as a 9 year old girl in the illustrations. | |
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Jane Yolen |
| has been called the “Hans Christian Andersen of America” and the “Aesop of the twentieth century.” She has written over 300 books and won numerous awards. Yolen is the author of the popular How Do Dinosaurs… series, and her books, Owl Moon and Emperor and the Kite, are winners of the prestigious Caldecott Medal. | |
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Paul Zelinsky |
| is the author/illustrator of several award-winning fairy tale adaptations and the best-selling, moveable parts books: KnickKnack Paddywhack and Wheels on the Bus. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1998 for his illustrated retelling of Rapunzel, as well as Caldecott Honors for Swamp Angel, Hansel and Gretel, and Rumpelstiltskin. |