Don't Miss: Chappaqua Children's Book Festival Is Oct. 14

CHAPPAQUA-MOUNT KISCO, NY - From the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival: More than 90 renowned children’s book authors and illustrators have confirmed participation in this year’s Chappaqua Children's Book Festival (CCBF), a grassroots, all-volunteer effort led by local residents. The Festival will take place on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Robert Bell Middle School in downtown Chappaqua, N.Y. from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free and books will be available for sale.

Families will have the chance to interact with and have books signed by their favorite authors and illustrators, participate in arts and crafts activities, and enjoy food from local restaurants and food trucks.

“The Chappaqua Children's Book Festival is a celebration of children, families, community, and literacy,” said Dawn Greenberg, a Chappaqua resident and one of the event’s volunteer organizers. “Our mission is to encourage, promote and celebrate the joy of reading, while fostering a love of books, stimulating imaginations and opening new worlds to our children. The festival offers a sampling of books for the entire family, from toddlers to teens.”

The first festival was dedicated to the memory of Jean Craighead George, a Chappaqua resident until her death in 2012. “It was important for us to honor such a prolific and important Chappaqua writer for our first children's book festival,” said Greenberg. “At the Festival, we will be displaying many of her books, which express her love and concern for the environment and all living things.”

CCBF will be the only children’s book festival in Westchester County and was inspired by the discontinued Book Day at Sunnyside, after Sunnyside announced the end of their fall event after 15 years.

The festival is spookily close to Halloween this year. Luckily there are lots of perfect books from sweet tales of dress up to eerie ghost stories and dark adventures for you to get in the Halloween spirit.

Authors/illustrators appearing include:

• Tony Abbott author of the Secrets of Droon series
• Lori Adams photographer of Little Science Books
• Nora Raleigh Baskin author of Anything But Typical
• Richard Brenner author of Worldwide Superstars
• Elise Broach author of Masterpiece
• Nick Bruel author/illustrator ofBad Kitty
• Michael Buckley author of the Sisters Grimm series
• Laurie Calkhoven author of Michael at the Invasion of France, 1943
• Alyssa Capucilli author of the Biscuit series
• Jennifer Castle, author of Beginning of After
• Vicki Cobb, author of Science Experiments You Can Eat
• Bryan Collier illustrator of Dave the Potter
• Kristi Cook author of Mirage
• Jerry Craft creator of Mama’s Boyz
• Jerry Davis author of Little Chicken’s Big Day
• Katie Davis author of The Curse of Addy McMahon
• Barbara Dee author of Trauma Queen
• Bruce Degen illustrator of the Magic School Bus series
• Laura Dower author of From the Files of Madison Finn series
• Kate Feiffer author of No Go Sleep!
• Howard Fine illustrator of Dinosauring
• Betsy Franco Feeney illustrator of Genevieve’s Gift
• Brittany Geragotelis author of What the Spell
• Gary Golio author of When Bob met Woody
• Dan Greenburg author of The Secrets of Dripping Fang series
• J.C. Greenburg author of Andrew Lost series.
• Charise Mericle Harper author/illustrator ofJust Grace series
• Dean Hacohen author of Tuck Me In
• Susan Hood author of Spike, the Mixed-up Monster
• James Howe author of Bunnicula
• Susan Jeffers author/illustrator My Pony
• PG Kain author of Commercial Breaks series
• Victoria Kann author/illustrator of Pinkalicious
• Alan Katz author of Take Me Out of the Bathtub
• Elizabeth Cody Kimmel author of Suddenly Supernatural series
• Leslie Kimmelman author of The Three BULLY Goats

• Leslie Kimmelman author of The Three BULLY Goats
• Gail Carson Levine author of Ella Enchanted
• Fran Manushkin, author of The Belly Book
• Jean Marzollo author of the I Spy series
• Matthew McElligott author of Even Monsters Need a Haircut
• Florence Minor author of If You Were a Penguin
• Wendell Minor illustrator of The Eagles Are Back
• Bernard Most author/illustrator of Dinosaur Cousins
• Irene O’Garden author of The Scrubbly Bubbly Carwash
• Helen Perelman author of the Candy Fairy series
• Gloria Pinkney author of Back Home
• Jerry Pinkney illustrator of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• James Preller author of the Jigsaw Jones series

• Susanna Reich author of Minette’s Feast
• Michael Rex author/illustrator of Fangbone series
• Alan Richardson author of Cupcakes, Cookies and Pie, Oh My!
• Suejean Rim author/illustrator of Birdie’s Big Girl Shoes
• Lizzy Rockwell author/illustrator of Hello Baby
• Léna Roy author of Edges
• Marisabina Russo, author of The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds
• Pat Schories illustrator of the Biscuit series
• Roni Schotter author of All About Grandmas
• Peter Sis author/illustrator of The Wall
• Todd Strasser author of The Tardy Boys series
• Karen Tack author of Hello, Cupcake!
• Hudson Talbott author/illustrator of River of Dreams
• Tim Tocher author of Bill Pennant, Babe Ruth and Me
• Larry Tuxbury author of Benjamin Franklinstein Meets the Fright Brothers
• Matt Van Fleet author/illustrator of Sniff!
• Mara Van Fleet author/illustrator of Little Color Fairies
• Jean Van Leeuwen author of the Amanda and Oliver Pig series
• Eric Velasquez illustrator of Touch the Sky
• Robin Wasserman author of The Cold Awakening trilogy
• Howard Whitehouse author of The Strictest School in the World

The Robert Bell Middle School is directly across the street from the Chappaqua train station, which is a 50-minute train ride from Grand Central Terminal. GPS address: 108 Allen Place / Chappaqua Train Station. The event will take place rain or shine. In the event of a rainy day, CCBF will be moved inside the school.

For more information, visit http://www.ccbfestival.org/ or follow the CCBF at https://www.facebook.com/chappaquabookfestival/.

Members of the media can contact Dawn Dankner Rosen at 914-747-2500 or ddr@ddrpr.com.

Image via Chappaqua Children's Book Festival