The Penn Forest Township Recreational Park held its annual Fall Festival on Saturday to help kick off the fall festival season.

Nearly two dozen vendors had tents set up to sell a variety of items such as jewelry, hand-crocheted gifts, clothing, fall and Christmas decorations, and various food items.

Alfred Wohlmuth of Albrightsville had copies of his books, including “Dragon’s Dust: The Secret Hunters”; “Dragon’s Dust: The Vulpine Warrior”; Dragon’s Dust: The Book of Seregon.”

“I wrote the books and did the artwork for the covers,” Wohlmuth said. “I first created a sculpture of the dragon used on the cover, and used that as a model for an oil on canvas painting.”

The books feature a mix of fantasy and reality, and are becoming popular with all ages.

Sue Bulanda, author and animal behavior expert, and whose books specialize in how animals took part in the world wars and other events, had copies of her books for sale, including “Military Dogs of World War II,” and “Where are you, Nicholas?: The Holocaust Account of Yvonne Redgis and the Dog Who Gave Her Hope.”

“All my books are nonfiction,” Bulanda explained. “For example, this book (‘Military Dogs of World War II’) is about dogs that served in World War II from all different countries, not just the United States.

“This one (‘Where Are You, Nicholas’), she was a member of the Rothchild family,” Bulanda said. “Her family gave me her journals from when she was arrested in the Holocaust.”

Mary Dougherty and Megan Thornborrow had a tent representing the Dimmick Memorial Library in Jim Thorpe.

“We’re signing people up for library cards, we have little handouts about our events and activities,” Thornborrow said. “We’re selling some merchandise and some candy bars

“We just started doing these events recently. It’s a really nice way to meet with the community; they don’t remember that they have a library here in town.”

Char-Wills German Shepherd Rescue in New Ringgold was set up to provide more information about the organization and to accept donations.

Speaking of food, Good’s Mountain Mug and Tommy’s, both from Jim Thorpe, sold lots of delicious food and drink to satisfy a variety of tastes.

“I really love their coffee,” Meghan Andrews of Towamensing Township said of Good’s. “And we like to get a pup cup for Harley,” she said, referring to the Jack Russell terrier by her side.

Live music was provided by Inked: Blunt Unplugged.

Children enjoyed the inflatable obstacle course/bounce house set up for them.