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Festival Highlights…
Vicki Myron | Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Sunday, April 19, Bank of America Main Stage
On a freezing morning in 1988, Spencer Public Library director Vicki Myron discovered a tiny, bedraggled kitten abandoned in the library's night drop box. She adopted the cat, naming him Dewey Readmore Books, and for 19 years, Dewey lived at the library and grew into a strutting, affable cat that brought smiles to patrons' faces. A #1 New York Times Best Seller, Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World is Myron's memoir of her loyal feline companion and how he became a beacon of hope for the struggling small town of Spencer, Iowa.
Fun for the Family…
John Green | Paper Towns
Saturday, April 18, Target Children's Stage
John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a Printz honor book. Along with his brother Hank, Green started a video blog called Brotherhood 2.0, which has grown into an internet community of self-professed nerdfighters. Booklist finds Green's third novel, Paper Towns, to be "clever and wonderfully witty, but also deeply thoughtful and insightful," and School Library Journal writes, "Green's prose is astounding… He nails it-exactly how a thing feels, looks, affects-page after page."
The Jimmies
Sunday, April 19, Target Children's Stage
Winners of the 2007 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award and the 2007 Parents' Choice Award, The Jimmies take being silly very seriously. The School Library Journal describes their album, Make Your Own Someday: Silly Songs for the Shorter Set as "pure pleasure," and Parents Choice writes: "With intelligent lyrics, fine musicianship, and a keen ear for what children and their parents like to hear, this fun and joyful album is well worth a spin."
Street Fair Spotlight…
Lorraine Dowdy Gordon | Dancing with Momspirations
Saturday, April 18, Author's Row
A writer, facilitator, and leadership coach, Lorraine Dowdy Gordon loves using her talents to make the world a better place. Her life's work is helping people become self aware and live meaningful, congruent lives. A native Philadelphian, Gordon is the owner/principal of Kaleidoscope Consulting, LLC. Dancing with Momspirations is a children's picture book based on snapshots from her life of teaching her children the power of using positive language.
Best Fairy Books | "Who better to blame it on than a fairy?"
Saturday & Sunday, April 18 & 19, Literary Street Fair
An independent publishing company headed by husband and wife team Harry and Bobbie Hinman, Best Fairy Books publishes the whimsical children's books The Knot Fairy, The Sock Fairy, and the upcoming The Belly Button Fairy. Author Bobbie Hinman is a retired elementary school teacher and cookbook writer (the Lean & Luscious and Meatless Gourmet series) who appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly for her recipes. The Knot Fairy was named a Book Sense Children's Pick for 2007. Writer's Digest writes, "The Knot Fairy is beautifully rendered, cute, slightly mischievous, very appealing… ideal for kid readers beginning to read on their own."
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On Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, 2009, the Free Library hosted its third annual Free Library Festival. Drawing our largest crowd to date--estimated at 35,000!--the Festival presented more than 50 authors, performers, and programs, and 80 exhibitors at the Street Fair and Literary Marketplace. Thanks to our Festival Sponsors, the City of Philadelphia, and the Fairmount Park Commission, to the Free Library staff, and to our more than 200 dedicated Festival Volunteers for another fantastic fest! );)
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