Monday, October 18, 2010

The Texas Book Festival: A Photoblog


A beautiful weekend in Austin, Texas. The Capitol was under construction, sadly,
and there were new security measures in place.

I left a few BookCrossing books.

The line for Laura Bush was already around the block
and I was two hours early.

David Wiesner, a three-time Caldecott winner, read his new book.


For the first time, I met four real live Texas book bloggers.

Bonnie Becker read from her book, A Bedtime for Bear.

Children introduced Chicken Big author Keith Graves.


I got to meet Ladybug Girl.

Who wouldn't love to read to a dog?!


The 2010-11 Bluebonnets were announced.

Shark vs. Train author Chris Barton reads from his book.

Author/illustrator Anna Dewdney draws her Llama Llama.

Here is Anna Dewdney autographing a book for our school library.

Chris Barton autographs a book for our school library.

I ended the day by going to a used library book store.
Look at these clever sculptures made from old books.

What a fantastic weekend! 

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10 comments:

  1. Felicity Grace TerryOctober 16, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    How I wish I was there.

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  2. MollyOctober 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    sounds like a total blast - I would love to be there with y'all :)

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  3. CarinOctober 16, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    It was nice to meet you today!

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  4. AshOctober 18, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    I adore Ladybug Girl! Looks like you had fun. I know it was exciting to meet some real live bloggers this weekend for me, glad you got the chance to do so in Texas.

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  5. bermudaonionOctober 18, 2010 at 9:11 PM

    I recognize a couple of those bloggers! Sounds like a fun event!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 18, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    Debbie - I didn't realize on Saturday, but I've been following your blog for months. Darn, I wish we could have talked more about your trip to Paris.

    Glad you had a great time. It was nice to meet you.

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  7. JanelOctober 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    Thanks for sharing the pictures! It looks like you had a great time!

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  8. Marie CloutierOctober 19, 2010 at 4:08 PM

    Great post! To answer your question, no I've never been to the Texas book festival but I'd love to go! Looks awesome!

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  9. IlianaOctober 20, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    Hi Debbie - I'm so sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you! So cool to know there are a few of us out here in Texas. Next Book Festival we'll have to plan on a dinner or something so we can all catch up a bit more :)

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  10. AshleyOctober 21, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    Looks like you had fun. They never have anyting like that up here in the dallas/ft worth area. I need to remember that for next year..

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