About the Hudson Childrens’ Book Festival
The Hudson Children’s Book Festival, established in 2009, is held each year in the historic city of Hudson, NY, and strives to create, sustain, and nurture a culture of literacy in partnership with our community and schools. This free, public event fosters a love of reading as families meet and greet world-class creators of books for children of all ages.
Our 13th Annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival set for May 4th 2024!
Look Who’s Attending the Festival!
Go to the Authors and Illustrators page to learn more about them!
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2024 Poster!
Our 2024 poster is now available — click to view/download.
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!
Fun Facts
Did You Know?
The Hudson Children’s Book Festival is one of the biggest book festivals in New York State!
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!
We are so excited to see Rajani LaRocca (@rajanilarocca) this weekend!
Rajani LaRocca was born in India, raised in Kentucky, and now lives in the Boston area, where she practices medicine and writes award-winning books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor winning middle grade novel in verse, Red, White, and Whole. She’s always been an omnivorous reader, and now she is an omnivorous writer of fiction and nonfiction, novels and picture books, prose and poetry. She finds inspiration in her family, her childhood, the natural world, math, science, and just about everywhere she looks.
See you Saturday!
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We are so excited to see Leslie C. Youngblood (Leslie C Youngblood) at the Hudson Children's Book Festival! Here are some fun facts about them:
1. I've interviewed Oprah, Usher, and baseball legend Hank Aaron.
2. A mural of my debut novel, LOVE LIKE SKY, graces the wall of the Arnett Public Library, Rochester, NY.
3. A few of my favorite shows are Chopped, Shark Tank, Jeopardy, and Columbo.
See you Saturday!
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We are so excited to see Sylvie Kantorovitz (@sylviekant) at the Hudson Children's Book Festival!
Sylvie Kantorovitz was born in Casablanca, Morocco, grew up in France, and now lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley. She is the author-illustrator of SYLVIE, a middle-grade graphic-novel about her young years in France.
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We can't wait to see Gabrielle Balkan (Gabrielle Balkan) this weekend!
Gabrielle Balkan is best known for non-fiction books that delight readers ages 0-12 with curious and essential facts about the United States, animal record-breakers, ground-breaking artists, and foundational tools, like maps!
See you Saturday!
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Hurrah! I have got three more days to find one of my fav props: dinosaur poop...it's somewhere in the house...hmmmm...
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We’re so grateful for the whole Hudson Children's Book Festival team! ❤️
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These great organizations will be joining us this year at the Hudson Children's Book Festival! Visit them in the community room!
1. New York State Assembly
2. Renewal by Anderson
3. Columbia Children's Center
4. Catholic Charities of Columbia & Greene Counties
5. Hudson High School Environmental Club and DEC's Adventure New York
6. MCSES PTO
7. Kiwanis
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Happy Sponsorship Saturday! Thank you so much to Coldwell Banker for their support of the Hudson Children's Book Festival! We appreciate your support so much! ... See MoreSee Less
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We can't wait to see Alan Katz at the book festival! Read his bio and see him on Saturday, May 4th!
Alan Katz has written 50+ highly acclaimed books for young readers, including Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs and OOPS!, Alan is the co-author (with the Today Show’s Dylan Dreyer) of Misty the Cloud, a New York Times Bestseller. Alan’s other recent titles include Got Your Nose!, Really Stupid Stories for Really Smart Kids, three Lieographies, and the first five books in the Society of Substitutes series. Alan has also created comic books, trading card sets, TV series and commercials, and hundreds of other special projects for kids and their parents.
See you there!
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