The Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival is quickly approaching, and this year promises to be even bigger and better than before! Over 160 authors and illustrators will be joining together to share their work with the community on October 15th between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Chappaqua Train Station. The event will include book signings and readings, demos by illustrators, gourmet food trucks, and plenty of family fun. It is expected to draw over 8,000 people. We can't wait to see you there!
I recently had the good fortune to discuss the event with its’ founder, Dawn Greenburg. She shared her top picks to look out for at the festival:
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Trending Fiction:
- Worser by Jennifer Zeigler. Dawn shares that this book is about a word-obsessed middle schooler and that the author was inspired by the recent Wordle craze! Read the New York Times Review here.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Couldn't Drive is a “fun new series” by Dan Gutman with a surprise storyline!
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Graphic Novels: The upper elementary and middle school crowd continue to seek out this popular genre.
- The “I Survived Series” has added graphic novels with “I Survived Hurricane Katrina,” being the latest.
- A new spin on a familiar classic, familiar to many of the moms and dads in attendance will be Bunnicula. Now in it’s 30th year of publication, it has been released as a graphic novel to mark the occasion.
- Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
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New Authors:
- The First Rule of Climate Club, by Carrie Firestone
- Aftermath, by Emily Barth Isler
(Also great for upper elementary and middle schoolers!)
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Storybooks with a Community and/or Family Theme:
- Thank You, Neighbor!, Ruth Chan
- Biscuit and Friends Visit the Community Garden (and Biscuit at the Fall Festival and Biscuit's Halloween!), Alyssa Capuccilli
- I'll Go and Come Back, Rajana LaRocca (Also note that Rajana won a Newbery Honor for Red, White and Whole)
- American Desi, Jyoti Rajan Gopal
- Brown Sugar Baby, Kevin Lewis
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Notable Nonfiction:
- Alias Anna, Susan Hood
- The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale, Nancy Castaldo
- Over and Under the Waves and Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor, Kate Messner
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Children and adults alike are sure to enjoy this gem of a community event. Macaroni KID will have a table there - stop by and introduce yourself!
