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Wolf Conservation Center - various times Pick
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Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum - various times Pick
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New Rochelle Public Library - 4:00 PM Pick
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Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival

Sat Mar 29, 2025
10:00am to 3:00pm ET
Age: 2-18
Price: Free
Location:
Dutchess Community College, Falcon Hall
Meet and greet authors and illustrators (covering reading ages from preschool to young adult), take pictures with your favorite costumed book characters, and have fun with some hands-on activities at the Poughkeepsie Book Festival at Dutchess Community College.
Books will be available to purchase and to have signed by the authors and illustrators who made them.
Parking in Lot A (30 Mascot Drive) or Lot D (95 Cottage Road)
Free to attend. No registration is required.
Each child, 17 and under, will receive one FREE BOOK VOUCHER (valued at $15) upon entry into the Book Festival.
Book Vouchers are made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District. *Restrictions apply.
** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.