Fall & Children's Authors Festival - Ox Cart Man Turns 40!
Date and Time
Saturday Oct 12, 2019
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 10 am - 5 pm
Location
Strawbery Banke Museum 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth NH
Fees/Admission
Adults: $19.50 Children (17 & under): FREE all day thanks to Berwick Academy Military, military families, & veterans: Free
Contact Information
Stephanie Seacord
603-433-1102
sseacord@sbmuseum.org
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Description
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Donald Hall's "The Ox-Cart Man" Strawbery Banke’s Fall & Children's Authors Festival showcases traditional New England handmade crafts, heritage breed, and farm animal demonstrations, and the museum's heirloom gardens and seed-saving program. The event also incorporates the 5th Annual Children's Book Festival, featuring 20+ local authors and illustrators in the TYCO Visitors Center 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. This year's event celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 'Ox-Cart Man' written by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. The book tells the story of an early-19th-century farmer in New Hampshire, who uses an ox-cart to transport family-made goods to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In addition, Fall Festival welcomes NorthEast Seacoast Unit - Herb Society of America, making sachets & tussie mussies; the NH Wheelmen, antique bicycle demonstration; Seacoast Modern Quilt Guild's exhibit of newly-made quilts and Slow Food Seacoast with an heirloom seed share. TICKET PRICE + INFORMATION: • Adults: $19.50 • Children (17 & under): FREE all day thanks to Berwick Academy • Military, military families, & veterans: Free
