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2nd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival a Big Success!

We had more than 60 children’s book authors and illustrators at our event, meeting more than 1,500 attendees. It was a wonderful day to celebrate our KidLit community!

 

CBS News covered our event:

 

Owen Roy captured our event in this video:

 

Even the chaos of set up was a lot of fun!



 

We hope you will mark your calendar for our 3rd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival. We have a new, larger locatio

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