Meet Your Favorite Historical Hero -- Young Patriots Series Creator to Appear at Western Kentucky Book Expo

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) October 20, 2005

Meet America’s historical heroes and heroines as children when Young Patriots Series creator Florrie Binford Kichler visits the Western Kentucky Book Expo at the John A Arnold Convention Center in Sturgis KY on Oct. 28 and 29.

As a participant in Children’s Day on Oct. 28, Ms. Kichler will bring famous Americans to life for young readers in a brief presentation at the Convention Center and a longer program in a Book Expo-sponsored visit to a local elementary school. Florrie will discuss heroes with Kentucky connections featured in the Young Patriots Series, including John Audubon, William Henry Harrison, Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur and George Rogers Clark, founder of Louisville and older brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

“Role models aren’t perfect and 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.”

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.

Come visit Ms. Kichler at the Western Kentucky Book Expo on Saturday, Oct. 30, and meet your hero!

More information about The Young Patriots Series, winner of six national awards for excellence, can be found at http://www.patriapress.com

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