Mark your calendar now for the next Warwick Children's Book Festival, to be held Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 11am - 4pm at the Park Avenue School in Warwick, NY. Presented by Glenn P. and Susan D. Dickes, with generous sponsorship also from Donna Applegate and Jonah Mandelbaum, the Village of Warwick, ShopRite, and the Park Avenue School.
The Children's Book Festival held in September 2011 was a resounding success, featuring 45 authors and illustrators, concerts and workshops, and a Village Book Wal
k conceived and sponsored by the merchants of Warwick. Over 2,000 children of all ages came to the Festival to meet authors, purchase books and celebrate children's literacy.
In addition to visiting with over fifty authors, this year children and their guests will enjoy juggling with Flow Circus, a concert by the ever-popular Uncle Brothers, a workshop with renowned cartoonist Stan Mack and a program with K.L. Going, best known for her hit young adult novel "Fat Kid Rules the World." The Festival is free and open to the public, and will benefit Albert Wisner Public Library. Access to Warwick from the NYC metro area is simple via NJ Transit Bus - lines 196 and 197; Park Avenue School, the Festival site, is within easy walking distance of the Village.
Following is the final list of distinguished authors and illustrators who have committed to attending:
Tony Abbott
Jean Mammato Atkinson
Artie Bennett
Christine Brodien-Jones
Laurie Calkhoven
Monica Carnesi
Jennifer Castle
Susan Champlin
Sheela Chari
Bryan Collier
Shana Corey
Catherine DeCesare
Ame Dyckman
Dan Elish
Kate Ellison
Alison Formento
Gretchen Gibbs
K.L. Going
Robbin Gourley
Chris Grabenstein
Kit Grindstaff
Alissa Grosso
Melissa Guion
Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Amy Ignatow
Laurie Jacobs
Brian Karas
Bob Krech
London Ladd
Emmy Laybourne
Ann Haywood Leal
Matt Luckhurst
Carolyn MacCullough
Maryann Macdonald
Stan Mack
Thomas Mattingly
Emily Arnold McCully
Andres Vera Martinez
Florence Minor
Wendell Minor
Michael Northrop
Robin Palmer
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Robert Andrew Parker
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Kim Purcell
Marisabina Russo
Kimberly Sabatini
Naoko Stoop
Hudson Talbott
Iza Trapani
Nancy Viau
Muriel Harris Weinstein
Faith Wilkins
Rita Williams-Garcia