"Everybody ready? 1... 2... 3...." Kentucky First Lady Britainy Beshear said, gearing up a classroom full of kids at Lexington's Northern Kentucky Elementary to say their names all at once.
It was an enthusiastic greeting for Beshear right off the heels of her unveiling of this year's Kentucky Book Festival lineup.
The First Lady praised "any opportunity we have to bring Kentucky authors together, or brand new authors together, and put them in an easily accessible place for the general public to come, which is free... to come and to see what's out there to read and to find that title that just grabs you."
The festival will be returning to Joseph-Beth Booksellers on November 2.
"We are a natural home for the Kentucky Book Festival, which underscores the importance of reading and writing as it connects book lovers to some of our favorite authors," Mayor Linda Gorton said.
Some authors who will be on hand this year: America's weatherman, Al Roker; Yolanda Renee King, the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King; former Kentucky poet laureate Crystal Wilkinson; and Louisville chef Edward Lee
For more information, visit the Kentucky Book Festival site.
