President Doti charms young fans at book festival

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXoettMCMkk]President Jim Doti did a live reading of his new children’s book, A Christmas Adventure in Little Italy, with his illustrator, Lisa Mertins, at the annual Orange County Children’s Book Festival at Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa this past Sunday – an event that drew more than 30,000 people to a day full of readings, performances and booths displaying the latest in children’s literature and related merchandise. 

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6tg1VwIeCI]Before and after their appearance on the festival’s main stage, the pair signed books in a booth sponsored by Chapman’s College of Educational Studies.  Manning the CES booth and cheering the president on were Dean Don Cardinal, Ph.D.; Education Director Michael Madrid, Ph.D.; and Margie Curwen, among others; also on hand and among the crowd we spotted Sandra Robbie, Pattie Sobczak, Mary Platt, Dodge College professor Veston Rowe and his family, Schmid College professor Hesham el-Askary and his family, Chapman trustee Donna Attallah and many other members of the Chapman community.

Dawn Bonker

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