Children's Book Festival to also feature American Sign Language storytime

WARWICK — The annual Warwick Children's Book Festival will be held this Saturday, Oct. 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Railroad Avenue in the Village of Warwick.
The free-admission event presented by the Albert Wisner Public Library, the Village of Warwick and primary sponsors Glenn and Susan Dickes will feature 75 authors and illustrators of children's books for grades Pre-K to 12.
And there will be music by Tommy Gardner from the award-winning Uncle Brothers especially geared for families and their children at 12 p.m. Gardner will be joined by popular recording artist and bassist Barry Wiesenfeld.
Tom Roberts and the staff of his Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe will be on hand to help with sales.
In the event of rain, the Children's Book Festival will be held at the Warwick Valley Middle School at 225 West St.
A group of hard working youngsters have been learning the American Sign Language at the Library under the tutelage of professional sign language interpreter Ferne Lurie.
And at 11:30 a.m., visitors to the Warwick Children's Book Festival will be treated to a special presentation of Sign Language Storytime in which two picture books, "Bad Kitty," by Nick Bruel and "Be a Tree," by Warwick resident Jordon Novak, will be performed by the teens in American Sign Language (ASL), while their respective authors read them aloud simultaneously.
All books on display will be available for purchase and autographing by the authors during the Festival.
- Roger Gavan