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Picture this – the National Book Festival
October 10, 2008
What do a First Lady and her daughter have in common with a football player, a newly appointed and quite outspoken Ambassador, a Grammy Award winning vocalist — and dozens of others?
They've all written books for young readers — and celebrated books together in Washington, DC.
Take a look at some of some of the photographs of the National Book Festival — and have fun with books by picking up your favorite children's book and reading it with your favorite child!
The first ever National Ambassador for Young People's Literary, Jon Scieszka, is quite outspoken and very funny. His new book, Knucklehead (Viking), for older readers (9 to 12 years old), is a collection of outrageous (and mostly true) stories about Jon growing up in a family of boys. His Trucktown series (Simon & Schuster) is especially for younger readers, preschool through primary grades, and has special appeal for boys.
Better known as an NFL player and now a sportscaster, Tiki Barber and his brother Ronde, have written several books for young readers, again with particular appeal to boys. And the velvet-voiced Dionne Warwick tells her personal story in a book for children.
Who's your favorite author? Does he or she have a book out in 2008? Let's put our favs together and we'll send them to be counted in the voting for the Cybil Award!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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