Kentucky Young Patriots To Visit the Southern Kentucky Festival of Books April 15-16

Children, parents and educators can learn more about America's historical heroes and heroines as Young Patriots Series creator Florrie Binford Kichler visits the Southern Kentucky Festival of Books (sokybookfest.org) in Bowling Green, KY . on April 16. In a presentation at 10:30 am, Ms. Kichler will bring famous Americans to life for young readers.

(PRWEB) April 6, 2005

Children, parents and educators can learn more about America's historical heroes and heroines as Young Patriots Series creator Florrie Binford Kichler visits the Southern Kentucky Festival of Books (http://www.sokybookfest.org) in Bowling Green, KY . on April 16. In a presentation at 10:30 am, Ms. Kichler will bring famous Americans to life for young readers.

Who was:

• The ninth president of the United States who was appointed major-general of the Kentucky militia during the War of 1812?
• The author of the bestselling novel of the 19th century, Ben-Hur?
• The older brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, explorer and founder of Louisville, Kentucky?

If you answered “Kentucky heroes,” you are right--William Henry Harrison, Lew Wallace, and George Rogers Clark all had ties to the Bluegrass state. Children, parents and educators can learn more about these heroes as Young Patriots Series creator Florrie Binford Kichler visits the Southern Kentucky Festival of Books (http://www.sokybookfest.org) in Bowling Green, KY . on April 16. In a presentation at 10:30 am, Ms. Kichler will bring the Young Patriots Series' famous Americans to life for young readers. Each Young Patriot book features the childhood adventures of American heroes and heroines, with 9 titles currently available.

Originally published 50 years ago as the Childhood of Famous Americans Series™, the Young Patriots Series titles were known by millions of baby-boomers as the “orange biographies” due to their bright orange covers. Forty years after a long childhood illness that began Ms. Kichler’s love affair with reading AND those orange biographies, she founded her company with the mission of reintroducing the old series, long since out of print, to today’s children.

“Kids are kids no matter what century they live in,” notes Florrie. “Whether it’s George Rogers Clark longing for the outdoors while sitting in school or William Henry Harrison running away from his tutor to go fishing, children of today will recognize themselves in each one of the Young Patriots Series heroes and heroines.”

For more information, visit http://www.patriapress.com

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