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Children’s Illustrators Auction

   October 29th, 2015

Dream Big autographed print by Peter H. ReynoldsI was at the New England Library Association's annual conference earlier this week, where I learned from a colleague something amazing her library is doing.

The Bacon Free Library in Natick, MA, is having a Children's Illustrators Auction as a library fundraiser, and it runs from November 1st - 15th.

She said they have 80+ illustrators contributing over 100 prints or original artwork, which is phenomenal. Plus,

In addition, we have a children’s picture book signed by Former President Jimmy Carter and we will have a picture book personalized and signed by Former First Lady Laura Bush (did you know they both wrote picture books with their respective children?). AND we’ll have two limited edition signed poems from literacy superstar Jane Yolen!

The auction is online, with software was written by someone on their staff. They also have an online preview, as well as a reception on the first day of the auction to view the work and meet some of the illustrators.

This sounds like a huge event to manage, but one that is probably a lot of fun for both staff and patrons - and hopefully also for the generous donors.

If you're interested, check it out at http://auction.baconfreelibrary.org. Good luck, Bacon Free Library!




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2 Responses to “Children’s Illustrators Auction”

  1. Meena Says:

    Thanks Brian! Great to see you at NELA, as always. I can’t wait for this auction – someone asked me the other day which piece of art was my favorite and, although not as hard as “Sophie’s Choice”, I couldn’t pick a favorite 🙂

  2. Brian Herzog Says:

    @Meena: you are welcome, and it was nice talking to you too. I only quickly skimmed through them, but of course Peter Reynolds’ “Dream Big” seemed the perfect illustration for a blog post about this event. I hope all goes well, and I’ll look forward to hearing about it next time I see you.