Saturday, March 28, 2026
10am-3pm
Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival (Poughkeepsie, NY) Dutchess Community College, Falcon Hall.
Free admission. No registration required.
Meet and greet authors and illustrators (covering reading ages from preschool to 8th grade) and take your picture with your favorite costumed book characters. Books will be available to purchase and to have signed by the authors and illustrators who made them.
Free Parking:
Free parking in Lot A (30 Mascot Drive) or Lot D (95 Cottage Road).
Each child, 17 and under, will receive one BOOK VOUCHER (valued at $15) upon entry into the Book Festival.
Book vouchers are made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District. *Restrictions apply.
And the festival is made possible by Poughkeepsie Public Library and Merrit Bookstore and Dutchess Community College.
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