M. T. Anderson, David Wiesner to Attend National Book Festival
By SLJ Staff -- School Library Journal, 7/16/2007
If you’re planning to attend this year’s National Book Festival in Washington, DC, on September 29, you’re in for a huge treat—David Wiesner, M. T. Anderson, Gene Luen Yang, and a bunch of other popular children’s book authors and illustrators are planning to attend.
The free annual event, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the National Mall, whether rain or shine.
This year marks the seventh year of the event, which celebrates the joy of reading and the creativity of America’s writers and illustrators. “The National Book Festival welcomes all Americans to the National Mall to celebrate reading and meet with some of the most-loved authors from across the country,” Bush said. “Readers of all ages can discover the joys of new books and fall in love again with old favorites.”
In addition to Wiesner, this year’s Caldecott Award-winner; Anderson, winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature; and Yang, who received the Michael Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults, Coretta Scott King award winner Ashley Bryan, and Newbery Award-winners Patricia MacLachlan and E. L. Konigsburg will also be present.
The Library of Congress Pavilion will also feature a variety of interactive family-centered activities, and there will be computers for children and adults to explore the Library of Congress’s Web site at www.loc.gov.
