Annual Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival

The Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival will take place at the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library on Saturday, June 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.  This year it will be an outdoor, in-person, first-come, first-serve event with a limited number of attendees.  The Children’s Book Festival will also be live-streamed as part of the virtual component and  makes it possible for more people to attend.  Children’s book author/illustrator, Bryan Collier will be the keynote speaker and present at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  If you’ve ever seen Collier’s work, you know why his impressive list of prizes includes four Caldecott Honors and six Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards. His works include, We Shall Overcome; Fifty Cents and a Dream and The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  His illustrations are the type of artwork that combine watercolor and collage and leave a profound impact on you.

For the schedule of events and more information on the virtual component, please check out the Talbot County Free Library website, http://www.tcfl.org/