Book festival draws huge crowd

Nearly 100,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, last Saturday for the 6th annual National Book Festival. The annual celebration of books and reading was sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush. Many well-known authors of both adult and children's books talked about their work and signed books. For further information, read an article by Shannon Maughan and see photos posted on the Publishers Weekly website.