Today was the National Book Festival by the Library of Congress and Laura Bush. What a great festival!! The old man book signing is the one and only, Mercer Mayer! You may ask yourselves..."who is Mercer Mayer? and why am I was I so excited to see him??" Well, do you remember the little critter books? "Just a mess...Little critter sleeps over...Just a daydream Little critter..??" They happened to be some of my favorites as a kid and he is one of the first authors I became familliar with. So I was thrilled to have seen him in person! But I was bummed to find that you had to wait in line for almost 2 hours to get his book signed. That...and we got stuck on the metro for 45 minutes on our way here due to technical difficulties...just my luck! The man speaking is Michael Oren, an American-Israeli scholar, historian, and author best known for his best seller "Power, Faith and Fantasy." Michael spoke about the history of the relationship between our countries and how he had become affiliated and interested in the two countries. He was a very good speaker and I was fascinated with what he had to say. I intend to read his book next, but resisted seeing as I recently started 4 books and am currently reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Housini (excellent so far!) I highly recommend it. 
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