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Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
Meet authors and illustrators, enjoy live storytimes with authors, learn from author talks, and have a ton of fun at the Family Fun Zone!
Since its inception in 2013, the festival has grown to over 165 authors and 10,000 attendees from across the tri-state area, making it one of the largest children’s book festivals in the U.S.
New authors in 2025 Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival include Elana K. Arnold, author of the A Boy Called Bat series; James Bird, author of The Brave, No Place Like Home, and the forthcoming Wolf Club; and Leyla Brittan, a Horace Greeley High School graduate and author of the YA novel Ros Demir Is Not The One.
Some of the festival’s most beloved returning authors include:
Victoria Kann, author of Pinkalicious; Dan Gutman, author of My Weird School series; Alyssa Capucilli and Pat Schories, the author and illustrator duo behind the Biscuit books; Tracey Baptiste, author of the Jumbies series and her forthcoming Super Goat Girl, Nick Bruel, creator of the Bad Kitty series; MacKenzie Cadenhead, author of Marvel Super Hero Adventures, and Alan Katz, author of the Funniest Joke Book Ever for Kids.