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The Warwick Children’s Book Festival 2015

Date: Sep 26, 2015 Location: Warwick, NY Time: 10:00 AM The Warwick Children’s Book Festival will take place at Railroad Avenue. It’s a free, rain-or-shine event. Fifty authors and illustrators have agreed to take part. Click the link below for additional information: http://www.warwickchildrensbookfestival.org/

Children's Literary Salon: The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh

Saturday, October 17, 2015, 2 p.m. Program Location: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium Join Kathryn Aalto (The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Woods) for a journey into one of the most iconic settings in children's literature: the Hundred Acre Wood, inspired by Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England. It is here where A. A. Milne lived and set the tender adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and his merry band of friends. Learn about Milne's extraordinary childhood and how he and illustrator E. H. Shepard became the Lennon–McCartney of classic children's literature. A landscape historian, designer, and writer, Kathryn will present a lively, visually-rich talk and describe how the books are a field guide for the free-range child and a hymn to those days of doing nothing, yet learning everything. Kathryn Aalto is an American landscape designer, historian, writer, and speaker living in Exeter. She has

BookFest@ Bank Street 2015

The Bank Street College for Children's Literature will host its annual BookFest on October 24, 2015 in New York City. BookFest @ Bank Street is an event devoted to the celebration, discovery, and discussion of books for children and teens. This event, intended for adults, features luminaries from the children's literature community. Authors, illustrators, editors, reviewers, and scholars will take part on panel discussions and breakout sessions, which allow participants a closer look at a specific genre or topic in children's literature.Author Rita Williams-Garcia ("Gone Crazy in Alabama") will deliver the keynote. Registration opens on September 1, 2015. Date: October 24, 2015 9am-4pm Location: Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112th Street, New York NY, 10025-1898 Tickets: $75.00 BookFest / 212-875-4458 / ccl@bankstreet.edu