10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Rye Free Reading Room

It’s fun! It’s Free!  It’s outdoors!

www.ryebookfestival.com

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

Proudly presented by the Rye Reads Learning Center

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