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Award-winning children’s author and illustrator David Ezra Stein is the featured guest for the East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s 49th Annual Author-Illustrator Program on Thursday, October 8 and Friday, October 9.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Stein developed a love of books and storytelling at an early age. Encouraged by beloved author and teacher Pat Cummings, he decided to pursue a career in children’s books. Before becoming a full-time author and illustrator, he worked as a window display artist, puppeteer and puppet builder, illustrator, and New Yorker cartoonist.
Stein’s first book, Cowboy Ned & Andy, was published in 2006, and he has since published more than 20 picture books. Interrupting Chicken received a 2011 Caldecott Honor, while Leaves won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice and a School Library Journal Best Book. Pouch! was named a 2010 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book. His latest books include Wake Up, Grouchy Bear! and the forthcoming Interrupting Chicken Raises Her Wing.
The 49th Annual Author-Illustrator Program will feature three opportunities to hear from Stein. All events are free and open to the public. A selection of books will be available for purchase at the Thursday evening and Friday event. Cash and checks only. Autographs are limited to books purchased at these events.
Virtual School Visit
Thursday, October 8 | 10–10:45 a.m.
Students in grades K–5 are invited to a virtual presentation with David Ezra Stein. Registration is required at ebrpl.co/stein
Meet the Author
Thursday, October 8 | 7–8 p.m.
Families and children’s literature enthusiasts can meet David Ezra Stein and hear about his work as an author and illustrator. Stein will be joined by his wife and creative partner, Miriam Kessler, a puppeteer, for a special puppet show. An autograph session will follow. Registration is not required.
Behind the Writing
Friday, October 9 | 8:30 a.m.–noon
School media specialists, educators, librarians and children’s literature enthusiasts are invited to go behind the scenes of Stein’s creative process. Stein and his wife and creative partner, puppeteer Miriam Kessler, will also perform a puppet show. An autograph session will follow. Registration is required at ebrpl.com/events.
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Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd,Baton Rouge,LA,United States
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