Favorite #40:Book Festival

A Fun Day at the Book Festival

Community Book Festival

It was a glorious day for an event, but even more glorious because of the number of people who came to the Rowan Public Library for the Books Under the Big Top event on Saturday, April 13th, 2013. This event was a joint effort sponsored by the Rowan Public Library and the Rowan Salisbury Schools to promote and encourage the love of books and reading.

A circus theme was chosen for the event, with an invitation extended to North Carolina authors to showcase their books under the “Big Top.” Other activities planned were storytelling, puppets, face painting, clowns, balloons, animals from Dan Nicholas Park and Lazy 5 Ranch, music and food. The event was scheduled to begin at 10:00 at the Rowan Public Library, but even before then an atmosphere of excitement was in the air.

As an author, I arrived about thirty minutes early and noticed one big tent and several little tents on the front lawn of the library, with colorful banners blowing in the breeze welcoming visitors. Much activity was everywhere in preparation for the day, including a clown making balloon critters at the entrance. It was almost like overnight the library had been transformed into a circus.

Listening to the comments of those in attendance, it was easy to see how much fun everyone was having and how much they appreciated family oriented activities that encourage the love of reading. With talk of another event next year, it will be fun to see what theme will be used to inspire and motivate the community to get excited about reading. Well, whatever it is, I’m sure it will be great. Besides, with a whole year to plan, there’s no doubt it will be even bigger and better next year.

Congratulations to the Rowan Public Library and Rowan Salisbury Schools for working together to inspire a love of books and reading in the community. Because of your combined efforts, Books Under the Big Top is my favorite event of the week.

To read more about Books Under the Big Top, check out the following Salisbury Post link:http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20130427/SP01/130429742/0/SEARCH&slId=2

Do you know of an event that inspired a love of books and reading in your community? If so, I would like to hear from you. Leave a comment, message on Facebook or email dicysm@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Dicy