New Picture Book Celebrates Chatham

CHATHAM, NJ — An upcoming picture book will celebrate life in Chatham, and feature sights familiar to Chatham school children. "I Walked My Dog Around The Pond," by local author Becky Gibby, will be released on June 10 at the Fishawack Festival.

“I’m thrilled to introduce my book at the Fishawack Festival because it’s actually a book about Chatham, my home of over 47 years,” said Gibby. “The book is about Kelley’s Pond, behind Milton Avenue School. I raised my family a few blocks from there and I now walk by the pond every day with my dog KC. This book is really an homage to Chatham.”

Written in rhyme, the book "vividly depicts each month of the year and corresponding animals, birds and fish seen at the pond." It teaches numbers, seasons and animals.

"I Walked My Dog Around the Pond" is available at Jabberwocky on Main Street, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It can also be bought at the Jabberwocky booth at the Fishawack Festival.

About Gibby:

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Becky Gibby honed her writing skills by working on children’s drama and primary song lyrics. She wrote and directed several historical dramas about Chatham which were presented through the Chatham Community Player’s First Stage, including Mission to Morristown, Bear Essentials, Crookery In the Snookery and From a Chatham Point of View. She served as Executive Director of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce from 1987- 1997. Her first book, Forged in Phildelphia, an historical novel for young adults, was published in 2014.

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