Posts Tagged ‘Boston Book Festival’


The Boston Book Festival

This weekend I have the honor of doing a presentation on my first book, A Kid’s Guide to Boston’s Freedom Trail, published with the Freedom Trail Foundation in 2008, for theĀ Boston Book Festival of 2009! I will be standing in the shadows of many creative greats, including Ken Burns, Chris Van Allsburg, John Hodgman (“I’m a PC!” and The Areas of My Expertise), Anita Diamant (The New Jewish Wedding, The Red Tent), and… Alicia Silverstone! with her new book The Kind Diet, just to name a few. Huzzah to my kid’s guide book! And for those of you who join me tomorrow at the library, I’m looking forward to it! See you at 1:00pm!

A Kid's Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail


Story Place at the Boston Public Library

Thousands of readers gathered yesterday in the shelter of Boston’s Public Library to celebrate this year’s Book Festival with many great authors of New England, and the schedule was packed with discussions and signings. My presentation on drawing and cartooning happened in Story Place, where a variety of kid friendly performances engaged the youngest readers throughout the day. Thanks for your interest and enthusiasm, kids! I hope you enjoy your books!

Drawing the cartoon alphabet.

Drawing the cartoon alphabet to make faces in a crowd.