Celebration of Minnesota Children's Authors and Illustrators

This is the the tenth year of this event which is held at the Anderson Center in Red Wing. http://www.andersoncenter.org/eventAuthorsIllustrators.html

My girls love love love these stilts. We arrived early, and they were first in line. They walked around in stilts for over an hour.

Hanging on to the tree for the first few minutes while their brains and bodies "remember" how to walk in the stilts.

Getting comfy

And she's off.....

walking around the horse sculpture.

The water tower

76 steep spiral stairs to the top

top of the tower.

Inside the tower.

making paste paper

Playing marbles with Jonas

Mary Emma says, "Read em an weep." as she wins the game.

more stilts.

Mary Emma won a book

David LaRochelle reading from his new book.