FW: Virtual National Book Festival Sept. 25-27 – Register Now!
See information below about the Library of Congress 2020 National Book Festival.
Every year the Festival has a Parade of States, where each state’s Center for the Book has great information for kids and families. Here’s information about what the NJ Center for the Book will feature at their virtual booth this year. This year, as usual, I’ll be volunteering at the Festival on behalf of the Center. I hope you’ll stop by!
The New Jersey Center for the Book has selected Robobaby (Clarion, an imprint of Houghton, Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, 2020) by David Wiesner to represent New Jersey at the 2020 National Book Festival. The book is the state’s selection for the Festival’s “Discover Great Places Through Reading” map. Each state chooses one book about the state or by an author from that state that is a good read for children or young adults. The map is listed in “Great Reads About Great Places” on the websites of the Library of Congress http://read.gov/greatreads/ and New Jersey Center for the Book http://www.njcenterforthebook.org/.
In Wiesner’s Robobaby, a family awaits the arrival of a new baby – only this is a family of robots – and baby Flange must be assembled from many parts. The adult robots are completely out of their depth and unwilling to admit it. It’s up to tech savvy big sister Cathode “Cath,” to come to their rescue. This chaotic story, reminiscent of a Marx Brothers movie, is laugh out loud funny. Gorgeously illustrated by Wiesner, a three-time Caldecott winner, it joyously celebrates girl ingenuity and maker culture in a fantastically fun way.
This year the National Book Festival will be a virtual event held on September 25-27, 2020 at LOC.Gov/bookfest with a special PBS broadcast on September 26 at 6 pm ET. States will feature videos of their Great Read selections in the festival’s virtual Roadmap to Reading exhibits.
The New Jersey Center for the Book was founded to promote books, reading, libraries and literacy.
~Sharon
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The 2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival
2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity The 2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival will celebrate its 20th birthday this year! And, for the first time in its history, the event will be completely virtual. Join us next weekend for an interactive, online celebration of American Ingenuity featuring more than 120 authors, poets and illustrators. The festivities will culminate with a PBS television special “The Library of Congress National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity,” hosted by Hoda Kotb on Sunday, Sept. 27, 6-8 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings). Register Today! Create your FREE account now at loc.gov/bookfest to access on-demand videos, live author chats and discussions during the Festival weekend, Sept. 25 – 27. You’ll have options to personalize your own festival journey with timely topics, and to explore book buying possibilities through the festival’s official bookseller, Politics & Prose. Check Out the Author Lineup
View the full author lineup: loc.gov/events/2020-national-book-festival/authors/ Explore Timely Topics New to this year’s festival is an opportunity to take a deeper dive into timely topics engaged by many books across the festival’s stages. You are invited to follow three newsworthy threads that weave through the festival and offer a more profound appreciation for the subjects. They are: • “Fearless Women” – books by and about strong women and trailblazers. Friday, Sept. 25: A Day of Programming for Schools, Children & Teens at Home
Young people can also check out the Roadmap to Reading, which features a list of “Great Reads from Great Places” – 53 books that reflect the literary heritage of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read more: loc.gov/item/prn-20-061/ Help Spread the Word
Thank you to our National Book Festival Supporters The festival is free to the public with support from our sponsors and donors including National Book Festival Co-Chair, David M. Rubenstein, Charter Sponsor, The Washington Post, Patrons, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, Wells Fargo, Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, and many Friends and Media Partners. The full list can be found at loc.gov/events/2020-national-book-festival/sponsors/. Please join us in thanking all of our supporters and consider making your gift to the Library of Congress at loc.gov/donate.
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