Schedule 

Join us For These Exciting Author Presentations

Sunny Bear and the Secrets of Sunflowers with Patsy Baldus

11:30am-12:30pm

Join author Patsy Baldus, along with Sunny Bear, an adorable teddy bear who hides in the garden, for a rollicking adventure in the world of sunflowers. Get ready for audience interactive play using rhyming vocabulary and a special chant to coax Sunny Bear out of hiding. A featured slideshow that kids can relate to enhances and reinforces the benefits and uses of sunflowers. Fun follow-up activities in the back of the book are perfect for parents, teachers, librarians, home schoolers, and community organizations. Kids should bring their favorite "stuffie" to celebrate Sunny Bear and the Secrets of Sunflowers!

Outdoor Life at Work with Kim Millick

1:30pm-2:30pm

Being a game warden is the best job when it's warm and sunny or when trees are in fall colors. Your office is the outdoors. But when a hunter is lost or a fisherman hasn't come home, it's now dark and cold and their families are calling for your help. You are a first responder, and your knowledge of the territory may save a life. As one of the first women to ever serve, Kim Millick had to prove she was capable. Woods and water have been Kim's office since she started as a Wisconsin game warden before changing to forestry and working in Maine's North Woods. She uses her experiences as a basis for her stories.

Inspired by the Northern Forest and Waterways with Laurie Chandler

2:30pm-3:30pm

Maine's unforgettable forests and waterways have long inspired writers and storytellers. In Upwards and Through Woods & Waters, Laurie Chandler was honored to add her voice to this rich tradition. Her stories, of two solo canoe journeys across these wild lands, are part adventure, part celebration of the area's history, abundant wildlife, people, and natural wonders.

ENTERTAINMENT

FABULOUS FOOD FROM: Station 118 & Stone Fox Farm Creamery

LIVE MUSIC BY: Don & Cindy Roy

Don and Cindy Roy's music is deeply rooted in two strains of Franco-American tradition: Quebecois (from Canada's province of Quebec) and Acadian (from the Maritime provinces of Canada), both significant to the heritage of New England's robust French-Canadian communities.

ACTIVITES AVAILABLE ALL DAY

Open Studio with Maine Artists!

During the festival, take a moment to explore the open studios of local artists located right inside the Thomaston Library building!

FEATURING: 

Howard Greenberg

Brandon Berkenbile 

Doreen Dufour 

Elizabeth Greenberg

Janet Dwelley 

Jessica Manbeck

Ron Frontin

Children's Scavenger Hunt

Young explorers are invited to embark on a Maine Woods & Waters Scavenger Hunt! Follow nature-themed clues, and discover hidden treasures scattered throughout the festival grounds.

Children's Area

Come and have some fun at our children's tent. Toys, games, nature-themed activities, and more!

Free Admission