On Saturday, I attended my second Pougkeepsie Book Festival. In a word, it was . . .
AWESOME!
Below are a few photographic highlights:
I would like to shout out a super huge thank you to John Torres, the Poughkeepsie Public Library, and to all the hard-working volunteers who made the day extraordinarily special. Can’t wait for next year’s festival!!!
When I think about what makes my Upper West Side neighborhood so special at the tippy top of my list is Bank Street Book Store. Where else can you enjoy free story time, meet your favorite authors and illustrators, and help your children explore cultures and worlds far beyond the Upper West Side?
Nothing makes me happier than to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Bank Street.
Here are a few photographic highlights of this very special store on this special day.
Peter Ackerman, Chris Grabenstein, Bill Wurzel & Claire Wurtzel
Carol Weston
Elizabeth Zunon
Me & Chris Ewald
Chris Ewald
Chris Ewald sketching
Bank Street Book Store is a treasured gem of the Upper West Side. It is one of two children’s bookstores in all of Manhattan. That’s right. Two.
The next generation of authors and illustrators
So, please be sure to make Independent Bookstore Day more than an annual event. At your next visit to Bank Street Book Store, don’t forget to buy lots of books and shout out a very big THANK YOU to this incredible bookstore for enriching both our children and community.
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Bank Street Book Store
It was a day of celebration at Bank Street Book Store, an INDIES FIRST select store. INDIES FIRST is a special day of reading in recognition of neighborhood bookstores. The date coordinates with Small Business Saturday by encouraging holiday shoppers to support independent booksellers, a most precious and valuable resource for all.
An all-star lineup of authors and illustrators came out in droves to support Bank Street on this very special day.
Here are some photographic highlights:
Robie Harris
Amy Hest
Chris Grabenstein
Vin Vogel
Gail Lauren Karp
Todd Tarpley
Patricia Lakin
Mike Curato and Steve Light
Steve Light
A sneak peek of Steve Light’s new book, Swap!
(Ahoy, Mateys! Swap! sails onto bookshelves February 2016)
Yippee Skippee Puppet Theatre, starring Andrew Laties
Julie Gribble from KidLit TV
The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake on a shelf at Bank Street Book Store. 🙂
Karin Lefranc and Dan Gutman
Monica Wellington
Daphne Benedis-Grab and Laura Pedersen
Thank you Bank Street Book Store for a terrific day.
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During this holiday season, please remember to support your neighborhood independent bookstore.
It was a day of celebration for the Upper West Side, as Bank Street Book Store cut the red ribbon and opened its doors at its new location on 107th Street and Broadway. Children, parents, authors, illustrators, politicians, and friends of Bank Street from near and far came out in droves to show their love and support for the bookstore.
I am thrilled beyond words to have been a part of this great day.
Here are some highlights (contributing photography and videography by Zoe Newman Sachs, Donna Marie and Eric Pearl).
(Left to right) Council Member Mark Levine, Borough President Gale Brewer, Bank Street President Shael Polakow-Suransky
A dream come true to see my book at Bank Street Book Store
Jerry Pinkney
Rebecca Stead and me
Deborah Heiligman and Andrew Laties
Betsy Bird
Robie Harris and Amy Hest
Shael Polakow-Suransky and Cynthia Weill
Todd Tarpley
Vin Vogel and me
Sandra Jordan
Donna Marie
Peter Lerangis
Me and Chris Grabenstein
My niece, Zoe, is a HUGE fan of Chris Grabenstein. She couldn’t make it in time for his reading so he was kind enough to make this video for her.
Jill Davis and James Grimaldi
Jill Davis and her adoring, super adorable fans
Me and Jill Davis
Nina and Leslie Zampetti
Mawrters in the House!
Annina Luck Wildermuth (Bryn Mawr ’84) and me (Bryn Mawr ’89)
Francoise Newman, Vanessa Rule (Bryn Mawr ’91), Hilary Newman (Bryn Mawr ’89) and Zoe Newman Sachs (Bryn Mawr Year T/B/D)
Rory Deutsch, Judith Meehan, and me
If you love Bank Street as much as I do, please show your support for the bookstore. Become a frequent customer, encourage friends, neighbors and family to become frequent customers, and become a friend of Bank Street Book Store. To learn more about how you can become a friend of Bank Street, please contact the store.
Three cheers for Bank Street Book Store! Congratulations and thanks so much for a wonderful day!!!
On March 7, 2015, Bank Street Book Store is having their Grand Opening at their new location at 2780 Broadway (corner of 107th Street and Broadway).
The ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:00 am will be followed by an all day Story Time Festival featuring over twenty children’s book authors. Please come by to check out the new space, schmooze and enjoy refreshments.
Guest Authors:
Peter Ackerman
Meg Akabas
Betsy Bird
Jill Davis
Alix Delinois
Monica Edinger
Tim Federle
Isabel Gillies
Chris Grabenstein
Robie Harris
Deborah Heiligman
Amy Hest
Nina Jaffe
Sandra Jordan
Susan Kuklin
Patricia Lakin
Peter Lerangis
Carolyn Mackler
Robin Newman – Reading at 4:00 pm!!!
Jerry Pinkney
Doreen Rappaport
Chris Raschka
Jill Santopolo
Eliot Schrefer
Rebecca Stead
Rachel Vail
Cynthia Weill
Carol Weston
I will be reading The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake, A Wilcox & Griswold Mystery, illustrated by Deborah Zemke (Creston Books, Spring 2015), at 4:00 pm. Hope to see you there!
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