UK's recent flurry of creative and literary festivals - think Hay, Womad, Green Man, or Port Eliot - makes me twitch with envy. Who doesn't love tramping around muddy fields covered in glitter? Or making your own Mad Hatter hat? Or joining awesome authors at read-a-longs? Or creating a one-minute-poem while in line for fancy food trucks. Yes, I want some of that! So last summer, 2015, I brought some of this spirt to our local beach town in New York. Bellport residents were intrigued. On a summer afternoon in 2015, throngs of children turned up for our used-book exchange, garden games, homemade lemonade, writing and illustrating workshops, and interative storytime with our favorite celebrities. As you can see, we had a wild time.
Stay tuned for the 2nd Annual gathering this summer...
Authors and illustrators came from out of town.
Star story time
Garden games
Live singing and interactive story telling
Writing workshop
'Write your own book' session
Stayed tuned for summer '16!