Children’s Parade to Kick Off AJC Decatur Book Festival

Decatur Families are Encouraged to Participate

The 2007 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival––presented by DeKalb Medical––will kick off at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, September 1 with a children’s parade through downtown Decatur that is open to the public.

The theme of the parade will be based on the book Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, which will be read aloud at the children’s stage at 10 a.m. at the parade’s conclusion. Attendees are encouraged to dress according to the theme. Costumed characters and musicians will lead the parade and alternate modes of transportation such as bikes and wagons are welcome.

The 2007 AJC DBF will be held Labor Day Weekend in the downtown Decatur Square. The festival will feature 200 world-class authors, keynote addresses by Charles Frazier, best-selling author of Cold Mountain, and Kinky Friedman, American singer-songwriter, novelist, humorist, and politician, a children’s stage along with children’s activities, live music and poetry, and cooking demonstrations led by celebrity chefs.