Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival

Saturday, March 29, 2025, 10 am – 3 pm
Dutchess Community College, Falcon Hall
Parking in Lot A (30 Mascot Drive) or Lot D (95 Cottage Road)
Free to attend. No registration required.

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 some hands-on activities. Books will be available to purchase, and to have signed by the authors and illustrators who made them.

past events

Rutgers University Council on Children’s Literature, mentor

Brooklyn Book Festival

Miami Book Fair

American Library Association, Midwinter Conference, Atlanta, GA          

Hudson Children’s Book Festival, Hudson, NY

Florida Book Awards      

SCBWI Florida, Rising Kite Award judge

New York City Teen Author Festival

Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library

Public Library Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN

Book Expo America, New York, NY

Warwick Children’s Book Festival, Warwick, NY

Amelia Island Book Festival

Poughkeepsie Book Festival

Saratoga Book Festival

Texas Library Association annual conference