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2004 National Book Festival
A dreary day for tourists, but a fabulous day for readers.
9:00 a.m. and the Connecticut table in the Pavilion of the States was ready to roll!
Dense traffic was the order of the day, with more than 75,000 attendees.
Truly a family event!
Great customer service by staff members from the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
The Junior League of Washington provided more than 350 volunteers to staff booths. 2 shots
Mary Engels, director of the Connecticut State Library’s Middletown Library Service Center, helping a young reader fill out our raffle coupon.
John Y. Cole, director of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Dr. James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress, chatting with Letters About Literature contest national winners.
An appreciative audience listening to Mary-Caitlin Harding of Brookfield as she reads her award-winning letter to Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Little Match Girl. She was one of this year’s six national winners.
Mary-Caitlin with her seventh grade language arts teacher, Barbara Jennes (left), and Dr. Genie Slone, Principal, Whisconier Middle School, on the stage of the Teens and Children Pavilion.
L to r: Connecticut Center for the Book coordinator, Kat Lyons with Mary Caitlin and her parents, Stephen and Ann Marie. |
