Celebrating Kids and Books at the CT Children’s Book Fair

Readers, writers, illustrators, kids, and grown-ups turn out for the CT Children’s Book Fair, 2014, Storrs, CT

The 23rd CT Children’s Book Fair was great fun this weekend. I felt honored to be included, and it was wonderful to meet up with readers and fellow writers and illustrators. Suzy Staubach and Terri Goldich did a fabulous job organizing the two-day event, and over a thousand people came to celebrate kids and books. Wherever you have children, you’re sure to have unpredictable fun, and aside from the scheduled presentations, signings, and musical performances, we also had a few intrepid children who took the stage and spontaneously regaled us with impromptu songs. Good stuff. Here are a few photo highlights.

Hanging with Poky Little Pony and Biscuit at the CT Children’s Book Fair are writers Patrik Henry Bass, Caragh O’Brien, Lauren Tarshis, and Jerry Craft, Sunday, November 9, 2014.

A happy meeting with Kayla, a big time reader who loves to share books with her cousin.

Jaqueline, a fellow writer, draws a two-headed cat from her dream during a presentation about The Vault of Dreamers.

A future star takes the stage for an impromptu rendition of “Let It Go” from Frozen while Poky Little Pony and others listen in.