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Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival
March 29 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival
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Saturday, March 29, 2025, 10 am – 3 pm
Dutchess Community College, Falcon Hall Free to attend. No registration required. |
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Meet and greet authors and illustrators (covering reading ages from preschool to Young Adult), take your picture with your favorite costumed book characters, and have fun with hands-on activities. Books will be available to purchase, and to have signed by the authors and illustrators who made them.
Free parking in Lot A (30 Mascot Dr.) or Lot D (95 Cottage Rd.)
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This year, there will be 114 children’s book authors and illustrators for you to meet, purchase books, and have them signed.
See who will be there here!
Take some photos with one or more of the library’s costumed book characters! This year we will see Curious George, Elephant and Piggie, Esteban (The Day the Crayons Quit), Mouse (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie), and the library’s own, Rover!
Each child, 17 and under, will receive one FREE BOOK VOUCHER (valued at $15) upon entry into the Book Festival. Book Vouchers are made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District.
Free crafts and hands-on activities will be provided by The Art Effect and Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum.