CCBF Jumps Into Summer Reading
The 7th annual Chesapeake Children's Book Festival (CCBF) is the kick-off event for Talbot County Free Library’s Summer Reading Program (SRP) which runs from June 1 through July 31, 2022. Registration for the Summer Reading Program will open on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, and we highly encourage everyone to visit both library branches for more information and goodies!
Thanks to lead sponsor Flying Cloud Booksellers, a Bluepoint Hospitality property, children ages birth – 18, who sign up for the library’s Summer Reading Challenge, will receive a voucher valued at $20 for a free book of their choice from Flying Cloud Booksellers while supplies last. YMCA will be providing a summer reading program prize of a six-month family membership for Easton YMCA as well as swimming lessons.
Author Carole Boston Weatherford will be delivering the first keynote speech at 10:30 a.m. and Author/illustrator Bryan Collier will deliver the second keynote speech at 11:30 a.m.! The Easton High School Jazz Band will also be in attendance to perform on this special day at the Easton Library.
Weatherford has received three Caldecott Honors, two NAACP Image Awards, an SCBWI Golden Kite Award, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and more. She is well known for her books, “Dreams for a Daughter,” “Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre,” and “RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul.”
Collier is a beloved author/illustrator known for his unique style of combining watercolor and detailed collage. He is a four-time Caldecott Honor recipient for “Rosa,” “Martin’s Big Words,” “Dave the Potter,” and “Trombone Shorty.” His recent books include “The Five O’Clock Band,” “Between the Lines,” and “By and by, Thurgood.”
Other authors attending CCBF include David Owen Bell, Melanie Conklin, Lee Harper, Michael Rex, Diane Salerni, Nancy Viau, Ginger Park, Frances Park, Joan Waites, and Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival Co-Founder Timothy Young.
Summer reading events will also be going on at both library branches throughout the summer including Sharks!, Reptile Wonders, New Moon Theatre, Spanish and English Story Time, Mindful Start Kids Yoga, Teen Herbal Spa Make & Take, and more!
On Wednesday, August 10, 2022 prizes will be awarded for the SRP at the library’s End of Summer Celebration.
Adults, don’t worry, we welcome you to join in on the fun too! You are cordially invited to start the Summer Reading Program Celebration from July 1-August 31. Information about prizes and parties for adults will come at a later date, so stay tuned!
Partners and Sponsors of the 7th annual CCBF include Bluepoint Hospitality, What’s Up? Media, Maryland Public Television (MPT), Academy of Art Museum, The Country School, Critchlow Adkins, Flying Cloud Booksellers, Friends of the Talbot County Free Library, Imagination Library, Judy Center, Horn Point Lab – University of Maryland, Talbot County Council, Talbot Arts Council, Talbot County Public Schools, YMCA, and Easton High School Jazz Band. CCBF is funded in part by Talbot Arts with revenues provided by the Maryland State Arts Council and the governments of Talbot County, Easton, Oxford, and St. Michaels.
