Thank you to our sponsors, partners, librarians, authors, very important readers, attendees and all who volunteered to make our inaugural Sussex County Children's Book Festival a fun, educational and successful day! See you next year!
Saturday, May 4, 2019, 10 AM - 2 PM at the Milton Public Library:
*Meet regional children's book authors
*Craft with your favorite Children's Librarian
*Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with Ogre's Grove Comics & Collectibles
*Hear a live story time with an author or a Very Important Reader
*Ride the Milton Memorial Park train
*Check out the interactive programs at the Milton Historical Society
*Get a picture with your favorite book characters
*Be sure not to miss a LIVE literary musical performance for children at the Milton Theatre at 1:30 PM!
Meet the Authors:
Veronica Bartles, author of TWELVE STEPS, and THE PRINCESS AND THE FROGS, loves to ask “What If?” She believes there are many sides to every story, and she’s determined to discover every single one! When not writing or reading, she likes to invent new cookie recipes and knit things from recycled plastic bags. She’s an incurable optimist who loves gray, drizzly days because that’s when rainbows come out to play.
Keith Bosco is an author, musician, songwriter, husband, and father of four. Born and raised in Delaware, his creative nature was noticeable at a very young age. Through years of songwriting and performing, Keith began to hone his knack for storytelling. Continually adding to his collection of stories and songs, The Sloppy Okapi is the first of many tales Keith has for the public to enjoy. Sloppy Okapi Charlie is a young okapi who wants to be a detective, but his one big flaw causes a big, big problem . . . he's a very sloppy okapi! Join Charlie as he learns the importance of being neat while discovering that his weakness doesn't determine his destiny.
Judi Folmsbee, educator, speaker, and writer has completed her third children’s book, Ferica the Fast Frog.” She has also written Preposterous Pebbles, and Bubba the Busy Beaver. She is a retired teacher from Woodbridge School District, where she taught for 25 years.
Laura Gehl is the author of picture books with humor and heart, including One Big Pair of Underwear, the Peep and Egg series, My Pillow Keeps Moving, and I Got a Chicken for My Birthday. Upcoming releases include Juniper Kai: Super Spy (Two Lions); Judge liette (Sterling); Always Looking Up: The Story of Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman (Whitman); Apple and Magnolia (Walker Books); and Willa's Sleepover (Page Street Kids). Laura loves reading, hiking, travel, and chocolate, preferably combined. She lives in Maryland with her husband and four children.
Lauren Abbey Greenberg is a graduate of the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and the Institute of Children’s Literature. She has been published in various children's magazines and has also written and produced TV spots for Discovery Kids, educational videos for National Geographic, and a film for Mount Rushmore National Memorial. She lives in Maryland with her family and has spent summers in Maine for the past twenty years. The Battle of Junk Mountain is her debut novel.
Pam Halter & Kim Sponaugle Award-winning Author/Illustrator duo, Pam and Kim, have been working together since May 1995. Together they have published, The Adventures of Beatrice, Beatrice Loses Her Doll, Beatrice's New Clothes, Willoughby and the Terrible Itchy Itch, and Willoughby and the Lumpy Bumpy Cake. They have taught workshops for writers' groups and libraries, schools, and girl scout troops. Their newest workshop is a picture book mentoring course: Read It Again, Please? where they look at manuscripts and plan the workshops according to the groups' needs.
Ilona Holland Dr. Holland started writing children's books in 2014. Before that, she spent most of her professional life teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Over the years, she has worked on several projects for educational television, (Where in the World is Carmen San Diego and Martha Speaks) museums (Baltimore Science Museum and Lewes History Museum), and not-for-profit organizations. She has published two children's books and enjoys making school visits and working with students.
Barbara Lockhart Award-winning author, Barbara Lockhart's writing, which includes two novels, a collection of short stories and children's books, is set on the Eastern Shore, honoring our rivers, beaches, and agriculture. Through workshops, lectures, readings, and book discussion groups, Lockhart's interest has been to explore Shore life and history, while recognizing the humanity that links us all. She lives on a farm and nature preserve which she developed.
Kathy MacMillan is a writer, American Sign Language interpreter, librarian, signing storyteller, and avowed Hufflepuff. Her newest book, She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World, features biographies and built-in sound clips, and was co-authored with her best friend, award-winning screenwriter Manuela Bernardi. Kathy is the author of the young adult fantasy novels Sword and Verse (a Compton Crook Award finalist) and Dagger and Coin, both from HarperTeen, as well as the Little Hands Signing board book series (Familius Press), and eight resource books for educators, librarians, and parents.
Michelle Meadows is the author of nine picture books, including Brave Ballerina, Super Bugs, and Piggies in Pajamas -- with more books in the works. Michelle loves creating heart warming stories with rhythm and rhyme. Michelle studied journalism and literature at Syracuse University. She is represented by literary agent Rosemary Stimola of the Stimola Literary Studio. Michelle grew up in Washington, D.C. She lives near the beach in Delaware with her husband.
Michael Muller is a photographer, collage artist, and proprietor of the Adventures of Mirabelle. He and Mirabelle, a real Boston Terrier, began their lives together in 2006. They live in Baltimore, MD and online at www.theadventuresofmirabelle.com. The Mirabelle books are inspired by their lives together. Michael and Mirabelle travel together to spread Mirabelle's love of adventure to kids everywhere through story time reading events. Michael is a former First Grade teacher who engages kids about finding inspirations in their day to day lives to write and illustrate their own stories.
Nancy Sakaduski is an award-winning writer and editor who owns Cat & Mouse Press (Lewes, Delaware) and runs the Rehoboth Beach Reads Short Story Contest. She helps writers perfect their short stories and prepare them for publication and curates a free weekly online newspaper, Writing is a Shore Thing. She has authored 24 books including The Mermaid in Rehoboth Bay, which received 1st place awards from Delaware Press Association and The National Federation of Press Women. Her company, Cat & Mouse Press, creates playful books with a connection to the Delmarva region.
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