Rochester Children's Book Festival

The Rochester Book Festival is a free event at MCC where kids and their families can hear and watch presentations by illustrators and authors of children's book, from pre-school to junior high. I've visited the festival in the past and attended workshops on fantasy writing (Tamora Pierce and Bruce Coville), writing in general (Susan Williams Beckhorn) and how an author and illustrator work on a project together without ever meeting (Jane Yolen and Mark Teague.) I've also bought books and had them signed. If they have enough time, the illustrators sometimes will not just sign a book for you, but add a little special illustration in it, too.

One of the illustrators visiting this year is London Ladd, a Syracuse illustrator who has worked on a children's picture book about Martin Luther King Jr. Here's a video where he talks about his decisions for the book, "March On."

The annual Rochester Children's Book Festival, will be Saturday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the campus of MCC. Enter from the side nearest I-390 and follow signs.