I had a great time at the Westchester Children's Book Festival at Camp Mohawk

Thank you for inviting me to the Westchester Children’s Book Festival! I had a wonderful time. It is always a good time to sit next to Phaea Crede. We met many years ago at a Barefoot Books event where her wildly popular picture book, Jet the Cat (is not a cat!), is now being translated into many languages and continues to be a big hit! She took advantage of the Westchester, NY, location to turn it into a mini NYC vacation with her family.

It is always fun to meet the other authors and have a few fangirl moments. The team that wrote and illustrated the Early Reader Biscuit series was there, and it was my middle daughter’s favorite when she learned how to read. In fact, it could very well be the reason that we got a Golden Retriever as our first family dog!!

The weather threatened to invade the tent, but we all did a good job of moving our books to avoid any raindrops.

This book event was ticketed, and the families could use part of the fee towards books. Since most of the people purchased their tickets in advance, it ensured an audience no matter the weather. Most of the book festivals that I go to are free to the attendees, so it was interesting to see how it works. Thank you again for such a great children’s book festival!

p.s. Related posts:

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Westchester Book Festival for Young Readers at Camp Mohawk (April 25)

I’ll be at the 2nd Nikkei Children’s Book Festival at the Japanese American National Museum (May 9)

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