Chesapeake Children's Book Festival

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The festival is a one-day, rain or shine, free event that celebrates children, community, diversity, and the joy of reading. The CCBF will also serve as the kick-off event for the Talbot County Free Library’s annual Summer Reading Program. Children who sign up for the Summer Reading Program, and attend the festival, will receive a voucher good for one free book (while supplies last) from the attending author of their choice. It’s always fun to see the pride children take in asking the author of their choice to sign their very own book. The theme of this year’s Summer Reading Program is “All together now!”

This year’s festival will feature twenty-four of the country’s finest children’s book authors and illustrators, including writers whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, and Vogue. Among the authors attending will be a writer/designer for Sesame Street, a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter, and a former member of the faculty of the Corcoran Museum’s acclaimed School of Art and Design.