The NJ Center for the Book will showcase the creative spirit evidenced in prose, poetry, and drawing from the seventeen youth detention centers in New Jersey. Displays are woven around the theme of self-worth and community support as developed in the book Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli. We encourage the library profession and friends in New Jersey to visit the National Book Festival.

We will be assisted in the Pavilion of States by Bonnie Kunzel of the NJ State Library and the New Jersey State Society. For information visit the Library of Congress Website: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/

Photos from the National Book Festival on October 9, 2004

Top to Bottom: Renee Swartz and Fred Cooper

Left to Right: Renee Swartz, Bonnie Kunzel, and Electra Ares (Volunteer member of the NJ State Society)

Left to Right: Fred Cooper, Renee Swartz, and Bonnie Kunzel