WPBS-DT: Ready Set Fun Bookfest

MAY 11th FROM 11AM - 2PM
Watertown High School Gymnasium

For more than 15 years, Ready Set Fun! Bookfest has been the most successful and largest educational event in our area. WPBS-DT is proud to host this event, giving them exposure to over 30 vendors with literacy focused, hands on activities. This events creates an opportunity for children to learn and interact while encouraging literacy. Every year, Ready, Set, Fun! Bookfest attracts over 1,500 children and parents.. Admission to this event is a canned good for donation to a local food bank and this helps WPBS-DT to collect on average 2,000 pounds of food for a local food pantry. Plan on joining WPBS for this exciting event!

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WPBS	1
SPCA of Jefferson County	2
Free Book Giveaway	3,4
Jefferson County Sheriff K-9 Unit	5
Rhonda's Footeworks	6
Jefferson-Lewis Childcare Project	7
New Day Childrens' Center	8
Disabled Persons Action Organization	9
Community Health Advocates	10
New York State Zoo at Thompson Park	11
Aline Newman-Author	12
Jefferson County Childrens Home	13
Sci-Tech Center of NNY	14
Benchmark Family Services	15
Adirondack Kids	16
Cornell Cooperative Extension	17
Cornell Cooperative Extension-4H Camp Wabasso	18
North Country Childrens' Clinic	19
Watertown Daily Times	20
Irene Uttendorfsky-Author	21, 22
Literacy Of NNY	23
Black River Cooperative Preschool	24
Walmart	25
Flower Memorial Library	26
Jefferson County Public Health	27
Martin's Point	28
Hope Marston-Author	29, 30
Scholastic Book Fair-Lobby	A
Used Book Swap-Lobby	B
Food Donation-CPAC	Entrance

This year WPBS is happy to have Hope Marston, Irene Uttendorfsky and Adirondack Kids Press as our local authors.

HOPE IRVIN MARSTON

Hope Irvin Marston is a native of Beech Creek, PA, the eighth child in a farm family of nine. She started school about the time World War II began. Since there were no children's books in their home, the monthly visit of the bookmobile to the little one-room schoolhouse on the corner of the farm was a wonderful event in her eyes.

Once she learned to read, Hope never grew tired of books. She decided at an early age, she would write a book some day. Thus far that dream has been fulfilled twenty-eight times.

Hope enjoys writing in several genres. Her current projects include two historical fiction books and another junior biography.

In 1990 she retired to devote her time to writing. When she isn't working at her computer, you will find her reading, making author appearances, doing research or attending workshops as a presenter or a learner.

She was the founder of the Black River Valley Writers Club and the founder and director of the North Country Children's Writers and Illustrators Workshop. She has taught creative writing workshops at Jefferson Community College and the Jefferson-Lewis Teacher Center for many years. She has also been on staff at Christian Writers Conferences at Hephzibah Heights (MA), Montrose Bible Conference (PA), and a St. Davids Christian Writers Conference at Beaver Falls, Pa. Hope is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and a book reviewer for Church Libraries.

www.hopeirvinmarston.com

Irene Uttendorfsky

I have been writing for many years. My favorite genre is children’s historical fiction, but I also enjoy writing chapter books for younger children, especially my Adirondack Mouse series.When it comes to historical fiction, most of my books have been stories of the Civil War era, two are stories of the Black River and the Erie Canals, and one is a story of the Underground Railroad. I Will Stand With MY Father, my story about the Revolutionary War in the Mohawk Valley will be released soon by Spruce Gulch Press. I love to read and I love to write.

www.ireneuttendorfsky.com

Adirondack Kids Press

Gary and Justin VanRiper are a father and son writing team residing in Camden, New York of the Tug Hill region along with cats, Socks and Dax. They spend many summer and autumn days at camp on Fourth Lake in the Central Adirondacks.

The Adirondack Kids® began as a short writing exercise when Justin was in third grade. Encouraged after a public reading of an early draft at a Parents As Reading Partners (PARP) program in the Camden Central School District, the project grew into a middle reader chapter book series. The Adirondack Kids® is their first book.

Ready Set Fun Bookfest

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