Meet more than 50
authors and illustrators
at Celebrate Children's Book Day at Sunnyside
A chance to meet Bruce
Degen, Jules Feiffer, plus dozens more;
Clifford, Bunnicula, Liz, and Biscuit will be there, too
TARRYTOWN, NY
(Sept. 8, 2009) - Bruce Degen,
illustrator of the Magic School Bus series,
will join Jules Feiffer, illustrator
of Which Puppy?, and dozens more children's
book authors and illustrators at
Celebrate Children's Book Day, a one-day gala devoted to children's literature
and filled with readings, demonstrations, magic, music, and book signings at
Washington Irving's Sunnyside on Sunday, Sept. 27.
The
event, which takes place from 11-6 p.m., is sponsored by Sunnyside Federal Savings and
Loan of Irvington. In all, more than 50 children's book authors and
illustrators will take part.
"It
is amazing that little Tarrytown is home to one of the only events dedicated to
Children's book authors and illustrators," said author Nick Bruel of Tarrytown. "No where
else have I seen such a heavy concentration of luminaries in the children's
book world all gathered in one place. Every year I am astounded by the hundreds
of people that attend...last year it rained and people still came out."
In
addition to author appearances, costumed characters Clifford, the Big Red Dog, Bunnicula, Biscuit, and Liz, will be roaming the grounds. Magician
Dikki Ellis will be performing pocket magic from 11:30am-3:30pm. The creators and stars of the legendary
children's television show The Magic
Garden, Carole Demas of Irvington and Paula
Janis, will be performing from 3:30-4:40.
New
faces to Book Day this year include: Pam Allyn author of What to Read
When, Judy Blundell author of What I Saw and How I Lied, Barbara
Dee author of Solving Zoe, Carolyn MacCullough author of Once
a Witch, Marc Tyler Nobleman author of Boys of Steel, and Rebecca Stead author of When
You Reach Me.
Returning
favorites include many from Westchester County:
From Ardsley: Leslie Kimmelman,
author of I Love the New Baby at Our
House.
From
Bedford Hills: Katie Davis, author
of The Curse of Addy McMahon.
From
Chappaqua: Jean Craighead George, author
of My Side of the Mountain; Mara Van Fleet, author of The Very Mixed-up Princess; Matt Van Fleet, author/illustrator of CAT; and Jean Van Leeuwen, author of the Amanda
and Oliver Pig series; Barbara Dee, author of Solving Zoe.
From
Cold Spring: Jean Marzollo, author
of the I Spy series.
From
Croton: Jerry Pinkney, illustrator
of The Lion and the Mouse; Gloria Pinkney, author of Back Home; Lloyd Moss, author of Zin!
Zin! Zin! A Violin; and Susan
Jeffers, illustrator of Black Beauty.
From
Hartsdale: Eric Velasquez,
illustrator of Our Children Can Soar.
From
Hastings: Alyssa Capucilli, author
of the Biscuit series; Pat Schories, illustrator of the Biscuit series; Ed Young, illustrator of Wabi
Sabi; Roni Schotter, author of Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street; Dan Greenburg, author of Secrets of Dripping Fang series; and J.C. Greenburg, author of Andrew Lost series.
From
Irvington: Peter Sis,
author/illustrator of The Wall.
From
Larchmont: Todd Strasser, author of Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker?
From
Mamaroneck: Charise
Mericle Harper, author/illustrator of Just
Grace Goes Green.
From
Ossining: Susanna
Reich, author of Painting the Wild
Frontier.
From
Scarsdale: Bernard
Most, author/illustrator of Dinosaur Questions.
From
Tarrytown: Nick
Bruel, author/illustrator of Happy
Birthday, Bad Kitty.
From
White Plains: Howard
Fine, illustrator of All Aboard the
Dinotrain.
From
Yonkers: James Howe, author of Bunnicula.
From
Yorktown: Marisabina
Russo, author of The Bunnies Are Not
in Their Beds.
Author
and illustrator appearances, including readings and demonstrations, will be
broken into 90-minute segments beginning at 11, 12:30, and 2. The full schedule of authors appears on www.hudsonvalley.org. Books by all of
the attending writers and illustrators will be available for purchase and
signing.
Food from Irvington-based Geordane's will be
available for picnickers.
The event is produced by Beth Vetare-Civitello and
Susan Brandes. The non-profit Historic Hudson Valley owns and operates
Sunnyside, which is the romantic, picturesque homestead of Washington Irving,
the author best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van
Winkle.
Admission
to Sunnyside is $12 for adults; $10 for seniors; $6 for children 5-17; and free
for children under 5 and HHV members. Tours of Irving's
house are included in the price of admission. Tickets can be purchased online: www.hudsonvalley.org.
Washington Irving's Sunnyside is at 89 West Sunnyside Lane in Tarrytown, one mile south of the Tappan Zee Bridge, off Route 9.
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