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    Brooklyn Book Festival – 2008

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    The Brooklyn Book Festival is happening tomorrow, Sunday, September 14. It’s free to the public, and is host to some really big names in the literary world:

    Jon Scieszka
    Mo Willems
    Gail Carson Levine
    Sarah Mlynowski
    Alisa Valdes Rodriguez
    Jacqueline Woodson
    Cecily von Ziegesar
    Nine Crews
    Edward Hemingway
    Betsy Lewin
    Ted Lewin
    John Bemelmans Marciano
    Chris Myers
    Jane O’Connor
    Chris Raschka
    Marilyn Singer

    Holly Black
    Susan Cooper
    Deborah Gregory
    David Levithan
    Patricia MacLachlan
    An Na
    Ariel Schrag
    Ivan Velez, Jr.
    Bil Wright

    Go straight to this link, http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/, to check out events, directions and more!

    Below is the information for the Children’s literary activities:

    Target Children’s Area (Borough Hall Plaza)

    The Target Children’s Area provides day-long literary activities for children ages 2 – 8.

    CHILDREN
    10:00 a.m. Troupe, Performing Enchanting Children’s Classics
    10:30 a.m. Nina Crews Snowball, The Neighborhood Mother Goose, Below
    11:00 a.m. Edward Hemingway Bump in the Night
    11:30 a.m. Mo Willems Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity; Elephant and Piggie Books
    12:00 noon. Betsy Lewin So, What’s it Like to Be a Cat?, Duck for President; Ted Lewin Horse Song, Peppe the Lamp Lighter
    12:30 p.m. Jon Scieszka The Stinky Cheeseman and other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
    1:00 p.m. Chris Raschka Yo! Yes?, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and Five for a Little One
    1:30 p.m. John Bemelmans Marciano Madeline Loves Animals
    2:00 p.m. Grace Chang: Jin Jin the Dragon
    2:30 p.m. Marilyn Singer Didi and Daddy on the Promenade
    3:00 p.m. Chris Myers, Jabberwocky (adapted by), Wings, Jazz
    3:30 p.m. Jane O’Connor: Fancy Nancy
    4:00 p.m. Raul Colon: Tomas and the Library Lady, My Mama Had a Dancing Heart
    4:30 p.m. Melanie Hope Greenberg: Mermaids on Parade, Down in the Subway
    5:00 p.m. Troupe, Performing Enchanting Children’s Classics

    Unfortunately I can’t make it – feel free to share any fun festival comments or stories with me!

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