10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Rye Free Reading Room
It’s fun! It’s Free! It’s outdoors!
Free Family Fun
10:30 am – 11:00 am/ 1:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Sensory Story Time with Miss Lisa
Join Rye Reads Learning Center’s Miss Lisa
for a sensory story exploration of Fall.
50/50 raffle Free Family Fun!3:00 to benefit the RFFR Children’s Library
Stop by for free giveaways!
11:30 am – 12:00 n
Sing and Dance with Dawny Dew
Dawn Halasz (a.k.a. Dawney Dew) turns children’s songs, stories and rhymes into
fun filled activities. She and her puppets Sonny, Goo, Goo, Gaga and many others, enchant and delight children of all ages.
ALL DAY BIRDHOUSE PAINTING FUN!
Korth & Shannahan Painting and Carpentry
All day birdhouse painting for kids!
FAMILY RAFFLE “Free Painter for a Day”
– 8 free hours of work by one of Korth & Shannahan’s expert painters or carpenters, materials included.
ALL DAY ART CRAFT
Team Tannenbaum – Lisa for Rye City Council
Rye City’s Got Gratitude!
Our essential workers, Department of
Public Works, Police, Fire and EMS do a fabulous job for our community. They
worked especially hard helping us recover from Hurricane Ida. Stop by to decorate a card to say THANK YOU!
ALL DAY BALLLON CRAFTS
Genesis Balloon and Decoration
All day raffles, free balloon give aways and balloon decorating samples for every
11:00 am – 11:30 am
A SPECIAL DISCUSSION ON HOW THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR BRING STORIES TO LIFE WITH WORDS AND PICTURES
Cynthia McCalla and Melyssa Proctor
Author Cynthia McCalla and illustrator Melyssa Proctor discuss their collaboration on the children’s book, “How Can I Touch the Moon.”
10:00 am – 10:20 am
Nancy Silberkleit ,co-CEO of Archie Comics and Author
Come listen to how comics and comic books help Nancy develop a love of reading!
Free Author Read Aloud
10:30 – 11:00………………… Paul Czajak Trees Make Perfect Pets
11:00 – 11:30…………………….Sally Cook Hey Batta Batta Swing! The Wild Old Days of Baseball
11:30 – 12:00……………..Susanna Reich Minette’s Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat
12:00 – 12:30……………………….Jason Eaton Great, Now We’ve Got Barbarians!
12:30 – 1:00 Christopher Healy This is NOT that Kind of Book
1:00 – 1:30……..Linda Elovitz Marshall The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine .
1:30 – 2:00………………………Artie Bennett The True Story of Zippy Chippy: The Little Horse That Couldn’t
2:00 – 2:30……….Zeldis McDonough The Bicycle Spy Popular
2:30 – 3:00 …………Laurie Wallmark Dino Pajama Party
3:00 –3:30 ………….………….Alan Katz Take Me Out of the Bathtub
Come Meet and Welcome Our 2021 Participating Authors
Artie Bennett
Stephanie Calmenson
Sally Cook
Margery Cuyler
Paul Czajak
Barbara Dee
Jason Carter Eaton
Nancy Furstinger
Jenna Gavigan
Krystyna Poray Goddu
Gary Golio
Tommy Greenwald
Christopher Healy
Susan Hood
Kate Hosford
Jessie Janowitz
Alan Katz
Leslie Kimmelman
Laurie Smollett Kutscera
Cynthia McCalla
Maryann Macdonald
Fran Manushkin
Linda Marshall
Michele McAvoy
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Roxie Munro
Diane Murray
Martt Myklusch
Melyssa Proctor
Anna Raff
Susanna Reich
Karen Ruelle
Amy Schwartz
Nancy Silberkleit
Ira Trapani
Laurie Wallmark
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