Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival

The 7^th annual Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival (CCBF) will take place on Saturday, June 11 from 10am to 2pm at the Talbot County Free Library Easton Branch.

The theme this year is Oceans of Possibility! Author Carole Boston Weatherford will be delivering a keynote speech at 10:30 am and Author/illustrator Bryan Collier and will be delivering a second keynote speech at 11:30 am. The Easton High School Jazz Band will be performing. Thanks to lead sponsor Flying Cloud Booksellers, a Bluepoint Hospitality property, children ages 18 and under who sign up for the library’s Summer Reading Challenge will receive a voucher valued at $20 for a free book of their choice from Flying Cloud Booksellers while supplies last. The YMCA will also be providing a summer reading program prize of a six-month family membership for Easton YMCA along with swimming lessons.

Other authors attending CCBF include David Owen Bell, Melanie Conklin, Nancy Viau, Diane Salerni, Ginger Park, Frances Park, Joan Waites, Michael Rex, Lee Harper, and Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival Co-Founder Timothy Young.