Our 13th Annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival set for May 4th 2024!

Authors & Illustrators — Would you like to participate in the 2024 Festival?

If you’d like to be a participating author at the 2024 Hudson Children’s Book Festival, please complete our online application.  Participating authors and illustrators are chosen at our discretion and each applicant will be notified of their status whether accepted or not. If you are not chosen as a participating author, you will be placed on a wait list. The deadline for applying is February 16, 2024.

Look Who’s Attending the Festival!

Go to the Authors and Illustrators page to learn more about them!

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We can't wait to see Susan Verde (Susan Verde) at the Hudson Children's Book Festival this year! Here are some fun facts about this wonderful author:

1. I love yoga.
2. I have a pet tarantula named cuddles.
3. My favorite flavor of ice cream is Heath Bar Crunch!

See you on May 4th!

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We cant wait to see Susan Verde (@susanverde) at the Hudson Childrens Book Festival this year! Here are some fun facts about this wonderful author:

1. I love yoga.
2. I have a pet tarantula named cuddles.
3. My favorite flavor of ice cream is Heath Bar Crunch!

See you on May 4th!

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We are so excited to welcome Christian Trimmer to the Hudson Children's Book Festival! Here are some fun facts about this fantastic author:

1. When I was 11, I broke my left thumb doing the shuttle run in gym class.
2. My favorite book when I was young was THE GIRL WHO OWNED A CITY by O.T. Nelson, a story in which all the adults in the world are gone.
3. I learned to drive stick shift in a Porsche (it wasn’t mine).

See them on May 4th!

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We are so excited to welcome Christian Trimmer to the Hudson Childrens Book Festival! Here are some fun facts about this fantastic author:

1. When I was 11, I broke my left thumb doing the shuttle run in gym class.
2. My favorite book when I was young was THE GIRL WHO OWNED A CITY by O.T. Nelson, a story in which all the adults in the world are gone.
3. I learned to drive stick shift in a Porsche (it wasn’t mine).

See them on May 4th!

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We are so excited to welcome Hudson Talbott (@hudson.talbott Hudson Talbott) to this year's Hudson Children's Book Festival! Learn some more about this fabulous author and chat with them on May 4th!

1. I was in an elephant stampede in Africa while doing research for my book “Safari Journal”.
2. I was traveling with a jungle doctor in the Amazon Rainforest doing research for my book “Amazon Diary” when the motor on our dugout canoe lost power and we had to drift through headhunter territory.
3. I was on the original album cover of the Village People, creating the role of the cowboy.

See you there!

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We are so excited to welcome Hudson Talbott (@hudson.talbott Hudson Talbott) to this years Hudson Childrens Book Festival! Learn some more about this fabulous author and chat with them on May 4th!

1. I was in an elephant stampede in Africa while doing research for my book “Safari Journal”.
2. I was traveling with a jungle doctor in the Amazon Rainforest doing research for my book “Amazon Diary” when the motor on our dugout canoe lost power and we had to drift through headhunter territory.
3. I was on the original album cover of the Village People, creating the role of the cowboy.

See you there!

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We cannot wait to see Chad Sell (@chadsell01) at the Hudson Children's Book Festival on May 4th! Learn more about this fantastic author and cartoonist with these fun facts:

1. I love video games!
2. I’m weirdly good at croquet.
3. I love cats.

See you there!

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We cannot wait to see Chad Sell (@chadsell01) at the Hudson Childrens Book Festival on May 4th! Learn more about this fantastic author and cartoonist with these fun facts:

1. I love video games!
2. I’m weirdly good at croquet.
3. I love cats.

See you there!

#hudsonchildrensbookfestival #childrensliteracy #kidlit #childrensbooks

We are so excited to share that Beth Ferry (@bethferry1) will be joining us at the Hudson Children's Book Festival this year! Learn some more about this author, and see them on May 4th!

1. I have a pet cactus named Henry
2. I only grow pumpkins in my garden
3. I have a bulldog named Chaucer who eats all the pumpkins I grow.

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We are so excited to share that Beth Ferry (@bethferry1) will be joining us at the Hudson Childrens Book Festival this year! Learn some more about this author, and see them on May 4th!

1.  I have a pet cactus named Henry
2. I only grow pumpkins in my garden
3. I have a bulldog named Chaucer who eats all the pumpkins I grow.

#hudsonchildrensbookfestival #childrensbooks #kidlit #literacy #bookstagram

We are so excited to have John Patrick Green joining us at this year's HCBF! Learn more about this wonderful author with these fun facts, and chat with them on May 4th!

1. I got my start making comics as a little kid, by selling drawings of Garfield in third grade.
2. I went to School of Visual Arts in NYC for graphic design, but while I was there I started self-publishing comics with a friend, Dave Roman, starting a fantasy series called Jax Epoch.
3. I work traditionally, meaning that I draw my comics with pencils and pens on paper.

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We are so excited to have John Patrick Green joining us at this years HCBF! Learn more about this wonderful author with these fun facts, and chat with them on May 4th!

1. I got my start making comics as a little kid, by selling drawings of Garfield in third grade.
2. I went to School of Visual Arts in NYC for graphic design, but while I was there I started self-publishing comics with a friend, Dave Roman, starting a fantasy series called Jax Epoch.
3. I work traditionally, meaning that I draw my comics with pencils and pens on paper.

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Happy Sponsorship Saturday! We would like to give a huge shoutout to the Spark of Hudson (Spark of Hudson) for helping to make the Hudson Children's Book Festival possible. We are so grateful for your generosity, thank you!

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Happy Sponsorship Saturday! We would like to give a huge shoutout to the Spark of Hudson (@sparkofhudson) for helping to make the Hudson Childrens Book Festival possible. We are so grateful for your generosity, thank you!

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We are so excited to have Barbara Dee (@barbaradeebooks) joining us at the Hudson Children's Book Festival on May 4th! Learn some more about this incredible author with these fun facts:

1. I’m scared of roller coasters.
2. My favorite band is Radiohead.
3. My favorite team is the NY Yankees.

See you there!

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We are so excited to have Barbara Dee (@barbaradeebooks) joining us at the Hudson Childrens Book Festival on May 4th! Learn some more about this incredible author with these fun facts:

1. I’m scared of roller coasters.
2. My favorite band is Radiohead.
3. My favorite team is the NY Yankees.

See you there!

#hudsonchildrensbookfestival #kidlit #childrensbooks #bookstagram

We are so excited to welcome Christine Ko (@christinejeanko) to the Hudson Children's Book Festival on May 4th! Learn some fun facts about this author and chat with them at the festival!

1. I read books out of page order.
2. I LOVE chocolate!
3. I also love the endorphin-rush of exercise.

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We are so excited to welcome Christine Ko (@christinejeanko) to the Hudson Childrens Book Festival on May 4th! Learn some fun facts about this author and chat with them at the festival!

1. I read books out of page order.
2. I LOVE chocolate!
3. I also love the endorphin-rush of exercise.

#hudsonchildrensbookfestival #childrensliteracy #childrensbooks #bookstagram
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2024 Poster!

Our 2024 poster is now available — click to view/download.

Hudson Talbott reading at the Hudson Childrens Book Festival

Fundraisers!

Support the Festival
Through out the year, HCBF holds fundraisers to benefit the festival. You’ll find information about them posted here and our Facebook page!

Authors at the Hudson NY Childrens Book Festival

Fun Facts

Did You Know?
The Hudson Children’s Book Festival is one of the biggest book festivals in New York State!

Authors attending the Hudson Childrens book festival held each May in Hudson NY

Listen to our Festival Song!

Junior High School music teacher, Marylou Knull and a group of talented Jr/Sr High students wrote the lyrics and music for the official Hudson Children’s Book Festival song, Inside a Book, and recorded it at Henry Hirsch’s Waterfront Recording Studio! Click the link to listen!