{"id":11539,"date":"2025-03-05T15:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=11539"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:54:07","slug":"poughkeepsie-childrens-book-festival","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/poughkeepsie-childrens-book-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poughkeepsie Children\u2019s Book Festival<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Saturday, March 29, 2025, 10 am \u2013 3 pm
\nDutchess Community College, Falcon Hall
\nFree to attend. No registration required.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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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.<\/div>\n
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Free parking in Lot A (30 Mascot Dr.<\/a>) or Lot D (95 Cottage Rd.<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This year, there will be 114 children’s book authors and illustrators for you to meet, purchase books, and have them signed.<\/p>\n

See who will be there here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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<\/em><\/a>), Mouse (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie<\/em><\/a>), and the library’s own, Rover!<\/p>\n

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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\u00a0Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District<\/a><\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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*Restrictions apply.<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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Free crafts and hands-on activities will be provided by The Art Effect and Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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