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| Rochester Children's Book Festival: Rochester, NY - November 15,2014 |
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18th annual Rochester Children's Book Festival! (held on the campus of Monroe Community College)
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Paul Acampora
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MJ and Herm Auch
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Susan Backhorn Williams
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Sally Gardner and Julie Berry
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Suzanne Bloom
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Elizabeth Bluemle
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Judy Bradbury
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Laurie Calkhoven
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Frank Cammuso
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Nancy Castaldo
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Peter Catalanotto
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Yangsook Choi
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Cynthia Cotten
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Cynthia DeFelice
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Eileen Christelow
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Erin Dionne
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Sibby Falk, one of the directors of the festival
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Kathleen Blasi, the other co-director of the Festival
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Scott Gibala Broxholm
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Linda Sue Park and Marsha Hayles
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Ingrid Hess
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James Howe
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Will Hubbell (who writes and illustrates picture books under his own name, and who writes YA and adult fiction under the name Morgan Howell)
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David Kalvitis
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Michelle Knudsen
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Kevin Kurtz
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Jeff Mack
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Matt McElligott and Larry Tuxbury
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Kate Messner
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Jim and Jane O'Connor
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Rose O'Keefe and Joe Sottile
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Matt Phelan and Aaron Starmer
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James Preller
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Robin Pulver
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Jennifer Sattler
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Lisa Scott
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Mark Shulman
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Tanya Stone
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Sally Valentine
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Vivian Vande Velde (princess, without frog) and daughter Elizabeth (Festival photographer)
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Ellen Stoll Walsh
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Lisa Wheeler
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Roxane Chadwick, Festival Librarian
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The festival could not exist without its many, many volunteers, under the leadership of Barbara Underhill.
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Book sales by Lift Bridge Books.
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All sorts of activities throughout the day...
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A visit by Clifford the Big Red Dog.
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A reading by Channel 8's Kevin Doran.
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Since Kevin read Xander's Panda Party by Linda Sue Park, Linda Sue came to the presentation.
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Presentation by Mikki Knudsen
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Presentation by Jeff Mack
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Presentation by Robin Pulver
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Presentation by Eileen Christelow
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Presentation by Jennifer Sattler
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Presentation by Jane O'Connor
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Presentation by Yangsook Choi
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Presentation by Kevin Kurtz
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Presentation by firefighters
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Presentation by Scott Gibala-Broxholm
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therapy dogs
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One Busy Bookworm Place--activity room
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Some of the people who stopped by...
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It was a busy but fun-filled day.
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Elizabeth Falk (on right), one of the directors of the Festival, seen here with her daughter Sarah, one of the volunteers
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