2nd Annual Newton Children's Book Festival

We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival!

Sunday, November 16, 2025

11 am to 3 pm

New Art Center

61 Washington Park
Newton, MA 02465

60+ Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators will be selling and signing their books.

See the complete list here.

We want to thank our sponsors, New Art Center for hosting our event, illustrator Jannie Ho for the wonderful poster, and our book seller, Newtonville Books. This event is entirely run by nonprofit Read Your World and our volunteer committee, consisting of me, author David A. Kelly and Jean Stehle, Oak Hill Middle School Librarian.

If you are in the Boston area, we hope to see you there!

2nd Annual Newton Children's Book Festival

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My books:

Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods

Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025

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Fortune Cookies for Everyone! (Smithsonian): The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat

Junior Library Guild Gold Selection

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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court

ALSC Notable Children’s Book
2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
Junior Library Guild Gold Selection