Book Fair Events for 2008

General Information
Breakfast with Clifford---Saturday & Sunday!
Authors & Illustrators
Storybook Characters
Book Fair Dates for 2009

"17th Annual Connecticut Children's Book Fair"
Saturday & Sunday, November 8-9, 2008
10:00 am until 5:00 pm
Rome Commons Ballroom
Rome Hall, South Campus Complex
University of Connecticut, Storrs

• Two days of fun for the whole family!
• Featuring presentations and book signings by well known authors and illustrators.
  
• Storytelling, crafts, holiday shopping, and storybook characters will be available throughout the Book Fair.
• Where is the Book Fair? The 2008 Connecticut Children's Book Fair will be held in the South Campus Ballroom. Please visit the Directions page on this website for more information and how to find the Ballroom. Print out a copy of the Map of the Rome Commons Ballroom.
  
  

Breakfast with Clifford---Saturday & Sunday!

Saturday & Sunday, November 8-9, 2008 9:00 until 10:00 am South Campus Dining Hall, Second Floor Rome Hall, South Campus Complex University of Connecticut, Storrs

For the fourth year in a row, we are pleased to offer breakfast with Clifford and other storybook characters. This is a cafeteria-style breakfast that will be open continuously from 9-10 am. The Book Fair opens at 10 am. The event will be conveniently held in the same building as the Book Fair, just one floor below the Rome Commons Ballroom.

RSVPs are REQUIRED to attend this event. We will begin taking reservations beginning on October 1, 2008. Please call 1-800-U-READ-IT to RSVP

This event has been made possible and sponsored by the SBM Charitable Trust Foundation, Inc..

 

Authors & Illustrators

In celebration of our 17th Annual Connecticut Children's Book Fair, the authors and illustrators listed below will be in attendance at the 2008 event. To read a brief biography about each author/illustrator, click on the author/illustrator's name in the table below or follow this link.

Saturday & Sunday, November 8-9, 2008 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Confirmed Authors and Illustrators Tomie dePaola David Johnson Mary Ann Hoberman Norton Juster Alan Katz Steven Kellogg Suzy Kline Barry Moser Robert Andrew Parker Jerry Pinkney Chris Raschka Lane Smith Bob Shea Javaka Steptoe Daniel Waters *Please note that the day and/or time individual authors and illustrators appear at the Book Fair is subject to change. (Last Updated: July 23, 2008)
Saturday*		Sunday*
Steven Kellogg		Tomie dePaola	Tomie will be signing his new pop-up book BRAVA, STREGA NONA! Be the first one on your block to own it!!!!
Barry Moser		Suzy Kline
		Lane Smith
		Bob Shea

Storybook Characters

While attending the Book Fair, you can meet---and have your picture taken with---your favorite characters from children's books! This year, we welcome the following storybook characters to the Book Fair:

 

Clifford the Big Red Dog Corduroy Lyle Lyle Crocodile Skippyjon Jones Strega Nona Wild Thing

Clifford the Big Red Dog, who joins us for the Book Fair every year!

 

Book Fair Dates for 2009

Planning ahead? So are we! The Book Fair is usually held on the second weekend in November. We've tentatively set the date for 2009 already.

Saturday & Sunday, November 14-15, 2009

Please check the website regularly for updated information.