from Zetta Elliot‘s blog:
If you’re going to be in or near Philadelphia next weekend, be sure to stop by the annual African American Children’s Book Fair! Saturday, February 7, 2009, 1-3 p.m., Community College of Philadelphia (Gymnasium), 17th Spring Garden Street. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call 215-878-BOOK. For an interview with the event founder, see The Brown Bookshelf.
FEBRUARY 7, 2009
presenting
Tonya Bolden
Cozbi A. Cabrera
R. Gregory Christie
Bryan Collier
Zetta Elliott
Kristina Evans
Laura Freeman
Lorraine Dowdy Gordon
Deborah Gregory
Tonya Cherie Hegamin
Cheryl Hudson
Wade Hudson
G. Lawrence
E.B. Lewis
Lori Nelson
Charisse Carney Nunes
Charles Smith, Jr.
Shadra Strickland
Omar Tyree
Carole Boston Weatherford
Allison Whittenberg
SPONSORED BY:
THE AFRICAN AMERICNA CHILDREN’S BOOK PROJECT
FOUNDER: VANESSE J. LLOYD-SGAMBATI
NBC10, PECO, THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS AND URBAN GENESIS
Literary Angels: Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, Health Partners, Comcast, Youth In Action, Community College of Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Cares, The Lloyd Family and The Literary
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