Avon Library Hosts Children's Author Afternoon

From the Avon Library:

Meet the people behind the pages! At these events, the Avon Library invites great writing talent from throughout New England to share their stories with you. The casual atmosphere allows you meet, mingle, and listen to the creative process of writing a book. Our authors bring their titles to sell, but there is no pressure to buy! Each of these events offers a special glimpse into the world of writers.
Events are free and open to all ages.

Chidlren's Author Afternoon is
Friday, July 15, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Meet these authors:

Martha Seif Simpson is the Head of Children's Services at the Stratford Library in Stratford, CT. Over the past 22 years, she has written lots of songs and rhymes for storytimes and published five resource books for librarians and teachers. The Dreidel That Wouldn't Spin: A Toyshop Tale of Hanukkah, is her second picture book.

New Hartford resident, Donna LeBlanc, is the author of the award-winning children's series, "Explorations of Commander Josh." "Miss Donna," as known by her students, is a piano instructor and owns Delicate Designs, an interior decorating and painting company.

After 30 years as a Connecticut educator, Pat Clark Smith retired from the Avon Bd of Education where she served as Assistant Principal & Supervisor of Reading & Language Arts at Pine Grove School (1991-2001) and Principal of Thompson Brook School. Pat has written & self-published six children's book; illustrated her daughter's book, "Isabella's Blizzard Party"; and served as an editor for Rhyme Time Books. In retirement, Pat enjoys writing, art, gardening, researching her family tree, spending time with her family and friends, and vacationing on Long Island.

In 2008 Christine Ieronimo, a registered nurse for the last 11 years at Bristol Hospital, traveled to Ethiopia to adopt a little girl, her daughter. A day after their return, Christine found her drinking from a puddle in their driveway. That inspired her to write a children's book about water across the world. The need for clean water in Ethiopia and around the world has become her passion. It is her hope that this story, her very first book, will inspire other children to want to learn more about this global problem.

Millie Wilson Ostroski, author of Ducktape 2. Book will be for sale at this event.

Bring your friends!