Scholastic Summer Reading Roadtrip Set For July 21 In Marietta

NORTHEAST COBB, GA -- Families with children are invited to come out to support a popup reading festival presented by Scholastic next month. The free 2017 Scholastic Summer Reading Roadtrip event will be held at the Switzer Library outdoor plaza in downtown Marietta, 266 Roswell St., Marietta 30060.

Available for book signings at the festival will be the following authors: Carmen Agra Deedy ("Martina The Beautiful Cockroach") and Sandra Merkle ("What If You Had Animal Teeth?". (To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the East Cobb Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

The festival will run from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, July 21 and feature award-winning authors, games, crafts and costume characters Clifford the Big Red Dog and Geronimo Stilton.

Also on hand will be Dewey, the library’s mascot, and the Atlanta Gladiators hockey team mascot Maximus. See more of what's in store at www.cobbcat.org.

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