Seymour Simon is the Featured Author for the 2019 Book Festival!

Seymour Simon has been honored with many awards for his work, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Awardfor his lasting contribution to children’s science literature; the New York State Knickerbocker Awardfor Juvenile Literature; the Hope S. Dean Memorial Awardfrom the Boston Public Library for his contribution to children’s science literature; The Washington Post/Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction; the Jeremiah Ludington Award for his outstanding contribution to children’s nonfiction; the Empire State Awardfor excellence in literature for young people; and the Lifetime Achievement Awardfrom the National Forum on Children’s Science Books. His website, SeymourSimon.com, is a WebbyAwardhonoree and was named one of twelve “2012 Great Websites for Kids” by the American Library Association. More than seventy-five of Seymour Simon’s books have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).

Seymour Simon (@SeymourSimon), whom the New York Times called “the dean of the [children’s science] field,” is the author of over 300 highly acclaimed science books, more than seventy-five of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). He has introduced tens of millions of children to a staggering array of subjects, and says: “I’m more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than I am in teaching the facts. The facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring the world will remain with them for the rest of their lives.”

If you’d like to be a participating author at the 2019 Hudson Children’s Book Festival, please download and complete the 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 March 15, 2019.  Please send your completed application to HCBF@hudsoncsd.org or via snail mail at the address on the form.

Email: HCBF@hudsoncsd.org