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Bookfest fans and festival tents with the Washington Monument in the background	Bookfest fans	Bookfest fans say cheese	Family with a Dr Suess theme
PBS dog Woofster gives out hugs	Bookfest fans with the Washington Monument in the background	Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature	Dr. Billington and his family at an author presentation
Reading the festival program	Poetry Out Loud winners	‘A Book That Shaped Me’ contest winner with her family	'A Book That Shaped Me' contest winner reads his essay
Detective Cop E Wright of the Copyright Office gives out badges	Young bookfest fans in front of stage	Authors and sisters, Natalie Pope Boyce and Mary Pope Osborne	Fan steps up to the mic
Bookfest fans with questions to ask	The Links, Inc. brought hundreds of young readers to the festival	Field trip to the Book Festival	Mom and son say cheese
Coloring fun at the festival	Author Maggie Stiefvater holds up a shoe	Young fan asks an author a question	Girl Scout troops at the festival
Girl Scout shows off new National Book Festival patch	Young photographers	Four-legged friend listens to author presentation	Peter Brown shows his book “Creepy Carrots!”
Mom and son enjoying a festival presentation	School trip to the Book Festival	Fun inside a bookfest pavilion	Cast of characters present in the Library of Congress Pavilion
Book Festival volunteers roll festival posters to give away	Jewel	Dr. Billington with festival poster artist Rafael López	Let’s read the festival program
Author Donna Britt answers fan questions	Young reader asks a question	Book festival tents with the dome of the Capitol Building in the background

John McCutcheon and Carmen Agra Deedy	Fan next to the Magic School Bus	Susan Cooper	Calef Brown with a Bookfest drawing
A dad reading out loud	Dr Billlington and his family	Young fan asking a question	Bookfest authors smile for their photo
The Wall of imagination	Kids listening to a story	Gregory Maguire at the podium	Julianne Moore
Festival artist Jon J Muth	Bookfest panel	Gary Schmidt laughing with fans	Bookfest fans and festival tents with the dome of the Capitol building in the background
Thumbs up to reading!	Chris Van Dusen signing books	Bookfest fans from Weedsport, New York

Arthur and friends	Harry Bliss	Bookfest fan standing in front of the drawing wall.	Cassandra Clare	The Library's John Cole and a young reader.
Tomie dePaola	Sarah Dessen	Jack Gantos	Rita Williams-Garcia	Deborah Hopkinson
William Joyce wearing a laboratory coat	Gordon Korman	Uma Krishnaswami on the National Mall	Dorie McCullough Lawson with her book Tex	A Junior League member and Ms International
The Librarian of Congress - Dr Billington	John Bemelmans Marciano	Martha speaks	Sam McBratney showing his book You're All My Favorites	Patricia McKissack at the podium
A young photographer	A Book Festival poster on the National Mall	Young reader questioning an author	Brian Selznick and fans

Baby enjoying a story	Clicking to read online	Clifford books	Kids coloring bookmarks
Creative Kids at the Book Festival	David Baldacci reading out loud	Fans with Hilda	Mem Fox holding her book
Kids coloring bookmarks	Margaret Peterson Haddix on stage	Marilyn Nelson and Timothy Basil Ering	Mrs Billington and family
Norton Juster with a drawing	Phillip M. Hoose	Hugs from PBS characters	Rebecca Stead
A Book Festival volunteer	Young readers holding copies of The Exquisite Corpse	The Reading Wall	Friends of the Library from Weedsport, NY
Happy Festival Fans	The Library of Congress Book Festival tent	PBS characters	People lining up for autographs

Anita Silvey	Mannequin of Ben Franklin	Brad Meltzer	The Cat in The Hat at the Book Festival	Making friends at the Book Festival
Dogs like reading too!	Margarita Engle with a fan	Family having fun	Girls getting creative	Clifford
Jules Feiffer on stage	Linda Sue Park speaking at the Book Festival	Mem Fox with her book “Let's Count Goats!”	Festival volunteer and Pat Mora	MT Anderson posing for a photo
Young reader in front of the Read for Life display	Robot from The Exquisite Corpse	Sharing a book	Judith Viorst and family	Mary Brigid Barrett and Katherine Paterson
The Library's John Cole with an Exquisite Corpse poster	Margaret Peterson Haddix and Linda Sue Park	Jerry Pinkney signing autographs	James Ransome on stage	Book Festival poster with the Capitol dome in the background

Jon Scieszka Reading with Megan McDonald and Steven Kellogg	Dr Billington conducts an interview	Kate DiCamillo, Shannon Hale and Jon Scieszka	Holly Black and a fan
Deborah Hopkinson appearing in the Festival of the States tent	Girls listening to an author	John Cole and Anne Boni from Center for the Book	Kids creating their own books
Festival fans from Weedsport New York	Carmen Agra Deddy and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah	Smiling in the rain	Musician performing in a tent
Inside the Library of Congress tent	The LOC's Matt Raymond	Fan in front of the Scholastic autograph board	Exquisite Corpse fans
Mary Brigid Barrett, Jon Scieszka, Megan McDonald, Nikki Grimes, Kate DiCamillo and Shannon Hale	Rick Riordan	Charles Santore	Kate DiCamillo reading
Lois Lowry reading	Patrick Carman on stage	Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson	Craig Hatkoff holding Winter's tailfins
Patrick Carman with fans	Dr. Billington and Judy Blume

View down the National Mall	Arthur welcomes the crowd	Amazed Festival fan	Maya and Miguel at the Book Festival	The Very Hungry Caterpillar and fans
Clifford meeting a fan	Abby Cadabby hugs a Festival fan	Author's Golf Cart	Kids playing Eye Spy with the festival poster	Festival musician
Young Festival fan	Dr James Billington, Marjorie Billington and Guy Lamolinara	Fan creating a bookfest craft	Virgin Islands Girl with conch shell	Stephen Kellogg
Paula Deen cookbook queen	Jerry Pinkney	Sharon Robinson	Mo Willems	Jon Szieska; the first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Jeff Kinney	Jacqueline Woodson	Fan asking a question	Nikki Grimes	Judy Blume
Kadir Nelson	Shannon Hale in the Festival of the States tent