About this Event
BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV and Epic!
Keynote, Laurie Halse Anderson, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Winner
Celebrating Book Joy!
9:00 Registration
coffee
9:30 Program Begins
9:30 - 10:05
A Conversation with Sonia Manzano, Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx
Moderator: Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
10:05 - 11:00
Illuminating the American Experience: Five Brilliant Picture Book Authors and Illustrators
CJ Esperanza, Fish Fry Friday: A Picture Book
Winsome Bingham, Soul Food Saturday: A Picture Book
Jason Griffin, The Table
Traci Todd, Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins, a Picture Book Biography
Eric Velasquez, The Polar Bear and the Ballerina
Moderator: Lesa Cline-Ransome, The Story of the Saxophone
Break
11:00 - 11:20
11:20 - 12:15
What Do Kids Really Love to Read?: Series Books
Adam Gidwitz, The Unicorn Rescue Society
Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi
Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers of 141 Street
Mika Song, Norma and Belly
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Operation Sisterhood 1 and 2; The Kid’s in Mrs. Z’s Classroom
Moderator: Emma Otheguy, Reina Ramos
12:15 - 12:50
Keynote: Laurie Halse Anderson, Rebellion 1776
12:50 - 2:00
Book Signing in Lobby
Books Provided by Books of Wonder
Enjoy tea and cookies!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bank Street College of Education, 610 West 112th Street, New York, United States
USD 50.00
