Bob Woodward , Pulitzer prize winning author, signs books for readers. Photo credit: Craig D'Ooge
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A father and daughter surfing the internet. Photo credit: Craig D'Ooge
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Children listen to stories from a storyteller outside. Photo credit: Craig D'Ooge
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Young readers having fun with the Library of Congress website in the Kids’ Zone. Photo credit: Francine Liem
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Historian Tom Wiener, author of Forever a soldier, interviewed Darlene Iskra, one of the veterans featured in the book. She was the first woman to command a ship in the U.S. Navy and had served during the Persian Gulf War. Photo credit: Francine Liem
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Ezra Hill, a Tuskegee Airman, poses with his daughters Cynthia (left) and Linda (right). Photo credit: Francine Liem
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Alexandra Stoddard, interior designer and author, speaks to a crowd in the Home & Family pavilion. Photo credit: Francine Liem
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Bullseye, the Target dog, in the Let’s Read America II pavilion ready to take pictures with more people. Photo credit: Francine Liem
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Kay Bailey Hutchison, former Texas senator, speaks about her newest book American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country. Photo credit: Jane Sargus
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Elmer Kelton, author of over 40 primarily western novels, speaks about his most recent western novels, The Raiders: Sons of Texas and Six Bits a Day. Photo credit: Jane Sargus
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John Hope Franklin, American historian and first distinguished visiting scholar at the Library of Congress under the John W. Kluge endowment, speaks in the history and biography pavilion. Photo credit: Jane Sargus
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John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog, signs a book for a reader. Photo credit: Erin Allen
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Kevin Clash, a puppeteer best known for his portrayal of Elmo in Sesame Street, an Elmo fan, and Elmo at the Home and Family Pavilion. Photo credit: Erin Allen
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John Cole, director of the Center of the Book, speaks with Keith Michael Fiels of the American Library Association in the Pavilion of the States. Photo credit: Pat Fisher
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Festivalgoers gather around a woman making crafts as part of the U.S. Virgin Islands booth in the Pavilion of the States. Photo credit: Pat Fisher
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Mrs. Frizzle, the TV character from The Magic School Bus, signs books for young readers in front of the Magic School Bus. Photo credit: Gail Fineberg
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Tony DiTerlizzi draws one of the beasts from the series in The Spiderwick Chronicles Field Guide for a young reader. Photo credit: Gail Fineberg
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Doreen Cronin, children’s author, signs a copy of Giggle, Giggle, Quack. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet, speaks in the poetry pavilion. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol
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Richard Peck holds up the collection of stories Guys Write for Guys Read edited by Jon Scieszka, in which he is one of the featured authors, during his talk. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol
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Judith Viorst, author of children’s books, poetry, science, adult fiction, and nonfiction, speaks in the children’s pavilion about her most recent book Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol
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Festivalgoers leave after a long day of activities. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol
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Kids excitedly show off their Pavilion of the States map. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol
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Kids decorate bookmarks in the children’s pavilion. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol
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A young reader asks Judith Viorst a question. Photo credit: Michaela McNichol