Downers Grove School District 58’s three-day-long Children’s Author Festival 2012 will end this week with a public book-signing event held in both Meeting Rooms of the Downers Grove Public Library (DGPL), located at 1050 Curtiss Street in Downers Grove, Illinois 60515. The Book Fair will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 2012.
Authors and illustrators of children’s books will be at the DGPL for the Author Signing from 7:00 to 8:00. One can buy the books in question at Anderson’s Bookshop at 5112 Main Street in downtown Downers Grove, around the corner from the DGPL.
The phone number at the DGPL if one has a question is (630) 960–1200. Registration for this event is not necessary.
In an article published Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Staff Reporter Debbie Lively wrote in The Downers Grove Bugle, “This year’s visiting authors include Jim Aylesworth, Phil Bildner, Henry Cole, Carolyne Crimi, Larry Day, Judy Fradin, James Kennedy, W. Nicola-Lisa, Craig Pierce, S.L. Rottman, and Sally M. Walker” (“Children’s author book festival comes to town”). Ms. Lively also reported that District 58 alternates celebration of this annual event between schools on the north side of town and schools on the south side of town.
This year, the north side elementary schools that will participate in the Author Fest from the 15th to the 18th of February are Belle Aire Elementary School, Henry Puffer Elementary School, Highland Elementary School, Hillcrest Elementary School, Lester Elementary School, and Pierce Downer Elementary School. Herrick Middle School and O’Neil Middle School will also participate.
Anderson’s Bookshop is advertising an event that seems related. The 10th Annual Children’s Literature Breakfast on Saturday, February 18, 2012 will feature special guest authors Gordon Korman, Jane O’Connor, and David Small. The event will take place at Abbington Banquets, located at 3S002 Illinois Route 53 in Glen Ellyn (at Butterfield Road and Route 53).
The 10th Annual Children’s Literature Breakfast is scheduled to last from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 and includes a full breakfast with breakfast service starting at 7:30.
On the Web site, Anderson’s Bookshop states there will be “book talks, many Illinois authors and illustrators, door prizes and book sales. CPDU credits will be available. Tickets are $55. Reservations are required. Call (630) 820-2802 for details.”
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