The 2025 Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival
It’s time for the fabulous Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival!!!
I can’t wait to meet more readers, talk books with everyone, and catch up with all my favorite children’s authors and illustrators.
I’ll be there signing copies of my YA novel TOUCHING THE SURFACE!
Experience the afterlife in this lyrical, paranormal debut novel that will send your heart soaring.
When Elliot finds herself dead for the third time, she knows she must have messed up—big-time. She doesn’t remember how she landed in the afterlife again, but she knows this is her last chance to get things right.
Elliot just wants to move on, but first she will be forced to face her past and delve into the painful memories she’d rather keep buried. Memories of people she’s hurt, people she’s betrayed…and people she’s killed.
As she pieces together the secrets and mistakes of her past, Elliot must find a way to earn the forgiveness of the person she’s hurt most and reveal the truth about herself to the two boys she loves…even if it means losing them both forever.
Before heading to the Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival, read an excerpt of TOUCHING THE SURFACE HERE.
The Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival is back for another year! Join me and over 100 children’s book authors and illustrators for this fun day on Saturday, March 29, from 10 AM – 3 PM at Dutchess Community College: free admission and parking. Learn more at: poklib.org/bookfestival
Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival
Saturday, March 29 from 10 AM – 3 PM
Dutchess Community College
50 Mascot Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (GPS Address)
Website: https://poklib.org/bookfestival/
Library District handles:
FB: @PoughkeepsiePublicLibraryDistrict
IG: @PokLibNY
X: @poklib
Book Fest Hashtag: #PokBookFest
I look forward to hanging out with you at the Poughkeepsie Chaildren’s Book Festivals and sharing TOUCHING THE SURFACE. 
If you are an aspiring children’s author—of any age—I’ll have resources for you.
Teachers: stop by to discuss my free TOUCHING THE SURFACE Curriculum Guide.
—Kimberly
