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
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Two days of fun for the whole family!
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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, StorrsFor 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.
Currenty there are no longer any spots available for either breakfast.Please call 1-800-U-READ-IT if you would like to be added to the backup list.
This event has been made possible and sponsored by the SBM Charitable Trust Foundation, Inc..
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 pmConfirmed Authors and Illustrators
*Please note that the day and/or time individual authors and illustrators appear at the Book Fair is subject to change. (Last Updated: October 17, 2008)Saturday*
Sunday*
Suzanne Collins
Presentation - 10:45am
Autographing - 11:30am-12:30pmTomie dePaola
Autographing - 11:00am-12:00pm & 12:45-1:45pmDavid Johnson
Presentation - 10:00am
Autographings - 10:45-11:45am & 12:15-1:15pm
Mary Ann Hoberman
Presentation - 12:00pm
Autographings - 10:45-11:45am & 12:45-1:45pmSusan Jeffers
Presentation - 1:45pm
Autographings - 10:30-11:30am & 2:30-3:30pmSuzy Kline
Presentation - 2:30pm
Autographings - 12:15-1:15pm & 3:00-4:00pmNorton Juster
Presentation - 12:15pm
Autographings - 10:30-11:30am & 1:15-2:15pmRobert Andrew Parker
Presentation - 12:45pm
Autographings - 11:30am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-2:30pmAlan Katz
Presentation - 11:30am
Autographings - 10:00-11:00am & 12:15-1:15pmLane Smith
Autographings - 10:15-11:15am & 11:45am-12:45pm Steven Kellogg
Presentation - 3:30pm
Autographings - 12:00-1:00pm & 1:30-2:30pmBob Shea
Autographings - 10:15-11:15am & 11:45am-12:45pm Barry Moser
Presentation - 1:00pm
Autographings - 1:45-2:45pm & 3:15-4:15pmJavaka Steptoe
Presentation - 1:45pm
Autographings - 10:45-11:45pm - 2:30-3:30pmJerry Pinkney
Presentation - 2:30pm
Autographings - 1:00-2:00pm & 3:15-4:15pmDaniel Waters
Presentation - 11:15am
Autographings - 12:00-1:00pm & 2:00pm-3:00pmChris Raschka
Presentation - 12:15pm
Autographings - 10:30-11:30am & 1:15-2:15pm
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 CrocodileSkippyjon Jones
Strega Nona
Wild Thing
Clifford the Big Red Dog, who joins us for the Book Fair every year!
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.
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