2024 NCTE Meet the Authors Schedule

MEET THE AUTHORS

FIND NCTE TITLES, CONVENTION-THEMED GIFTS, AND MORE AT NCTE CENTRAL: Wednesday: 4:00–7:00 P.M. | Thursday: 7:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M. Friday: 6:30 A.M.–6:00 P.M | Saturday: 6:30 A.M.–5:00 P.M. Sunday: 8:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.

All times are in Eastern Time

Don’t Miss These Authors Speaking at General Sessions and Meal Events!

Note: Specific book signing details for these events will be announced during each session.

Ketanji Brown Jackson THURSDAY GENERAL SESSION

Kate McKinnon FRIDAY GENERAL SESSION

4:00–5:15 P.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC

8:15–9:15 A.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC

Lee Ann Potter Dr. Joy Buolamwini FRIDAY NCTE IN PRIMETIME EVENT 6:30–8:00 P.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC

Bryan Stevenson SATURDAY GENERAL SESSION 9:45–10:45 A.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC

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Note: Specific book signing details for these events will be announced during each session.

Shelley Rodrigo

Ada Limón

SUNDAY GENERAL SESSION 12:00–1:15 P.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC

Tonya B. Perry FRIDAY FIRST-TIMERS’ BREAKFAST

Ijeoma Oluo FRIDAY ELATE LUNCHEON

7:15–8:00 A.M. / BCEC, Room 253 A-C

11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A

Ruta Sepetys

Steve Sheinkin

FRIDAY MIDDLE LEVEL SECTION LUNCHEON 11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 C

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Ellen Oh SATURDAY ALAN BREAKFAST 7:00–9:15 A.M. / BCEC, Room 210 B

Celeste Ng SATURDAY SECONDARY SECTION LUNCHEON 12:30–2:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A

Sarah Everett

Sneed Collard III

SATURDAY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS LUNCHEON 12:30–2:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 B AUTHORS •

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Note: Specific book signing details for these events will be announced during each session.

Lesa Cline-Ransome

James Ransome

SUNDAY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY BREAKFAST 7:00–8:45 A.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A

Antero Garcia

Emily Kirkpatrick

SUNDAY AFFILIATE BREAKFAST 7:00–8:45 A.M. / BCEC, Room 052 A

SUNDAY NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT BRUNCH 10:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A

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NCTE AUTHOR STRAND SESSIONS FRIDAY 9:30–10:45 A.M. ROOM 151 B (LEVEL 1)

E.1 NCTE Author Strand: Reading the World through Sports and Young Adult Literature This session is designed to help attendees see students’ engagement in sports culture as a pathway into the meaningful exploration of contemporary sociopolitical issues. Examples provided will support attendees in using award-winning and recommended works of sports-related young adult literature and related texts to teach for critical literacy.

Chair: Kristen Bakehorn, Fort Wayne Community Schools Presenters: Alan Brown, Wake Forest University Kavitha Davidson Mark A. Lewis, James Madison University Luke Rodesiler, Purdue University Fort Wayne Respondent: Guy Hill, Triton High School

FRIDAY 11:00 A.M.–12:15 P.M. ROOM 102 A (LEVEL 1)

F.1 NCTE Author Strand: Deepening Student Engagement with Diverse Picturebooks through a Critical Literature Response Drawing on the NCTE Policy Research Brief on Teaching Children’s and Young Adult Literature, this interactive session will invite participants to reimagine and rethink picturebooks instruction as essential, critical, multimodal, and multilingual work for both literacy development and a broader sense of citizenry among students.

Chair: Cathy Fleischer, Eastern Michigan University (Emerita) Presenters: Whitney Hoffmann, Grant Elementary School, Columbia, MO Angie Zapata, University of Missouri

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NCTE AUTHOR STRAND SESSIONS FRIDAY 3:30–4:45 P.M. ROOM 151 B (LEVEL 1)

J.1 NCTE Author Strand: Sonic Literacy: Using the Mode of Sound to Teach High School Reading and Writing In this session, we’ll talk about our book, a guide to the theory and practice of leveraging the audio mode to empower student readers and writers. Covering sound text genres like radio ads, audio dramas, speeches, etc., our research-backed discussions and classroom-ready assignments explore the audio mode’s accessibility, diversity, and relevance in ELA students’ lives.

Presenters: Danah Hashem, UMass Boston Anne Mooney, Malden High School

SATURDAY 1:15–2:30 P.M. ROOM 258 A (LEVEL 2)

N.1 NCTE Author Strand: Digital Source Evaluation: Guiding Secondary Students through a Deepfake World Navigating today’s complex digital spaces requires developing habits of mind to protect students’ autonomy online. In this session, participants should come prepared to act as students as the presenters simulate several activities they developed to support ongoing, embedded practice to prepare our students to be responsible readers, researchers, and creators.

Presenters: Kristine Pytash, Kent State University Beth Walsh-Moorman, ESC of the Western Reserve

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NCTE AUTHOR STRAND SESSIONS SATURDAY 2:45–4:00 P.M. ROOM 052 A (EXHIBIT LEVEL)

O.2 NCTE Author Strand: Power in Pictures: Picturebooks That Energize Secondary ELA Instruction Picturebooks generate engagement and interest in students of all ages. Postmodern picturebooks for older students provide many opportunities for teaching and learning. In this session, after an overview of the many benefits of using picturebooks to teach several aspects of ELA, teachers will share specific applications from their own classrooms.

Chair: Deborah Dean, Brigham Young University Presenters: Mercedes Allen, Brigham Young University Karen Brown, Provo High School Annika Nielson, Wasatch High School Abby Scoresby, Bryan High School Madison Simpson, View Ridge Middle School

SATURDAY 4:15–5:30 P.M. ROOM 151 B (LEVEL 1)

P.1 NCTE Author Strand: Tools and Strategies to Personalize Reading Reading is a lifelong skill. No matter the grade level, all teachers need to support a range of readers and meet students where they are at. Enhance your literacy toolbox to support the diverse readers in the classroom with strategies and tools grounded in SoR, UDL, and assistive technology.

Presenter: Michele Haiken, Rye Middle School/ Manhattanville College, Westchester, NY

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All times are in Eastern Time

10:30–10:50 A.M. BYS.1 Love Makes a Family Kelsie Corriston Burnett, The University of Texas at Austin Emily McDonald, The University of Texas at Austin Katie Trautman, The University of Texas at Austin

11:00–11:20 A.M. BYS.2 Heart Books to Inspire Readers Greg Micek, Maercker School District 60/ Holmes Primary School Katie Russell, Murphysboro Middle School

11:30–11:50 A.M. BYS.3 Translingual Picturebooks and Multilingualism: Challenging English as the Norm Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona

12:00–12:20 P.M. BYS.4 The Hope for Muslim YA: Humanizing through Heartfelt Narratives Zainab Jabak, Alief Taylor High School

12:30–12:50 P.M. BYS.5 Envisioning Future Worlds Cathline Tanis, North Plainfield School District

8 • FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • BUILD YOUR STACK

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 BUILD YOUR STACK® LOCATED IN EXHIBIT HALL A (BCEC, exhibit level)

1:00–1:20 P.M.

3:00–3:20 P.M.

BYS.6 The Heart of the Matter: Centering Mental Health with Picturebooks Jessica Walsh, Granger Middle School, Indian Prairie District #204, Aurora, IL Maria Walther, literary consultant, Aurora, IL

BYS.10 2024/2025 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels Junko Sakoi, Tucson Unified School District, and the NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee

1:30–1:50 P.M. BYS.7 Picturebooks That Scaffold Excavation, Regulation, and Transformation in Classroom Communities Clare Landrigan, Stenhouse Keisha Smith-Carrington, Princeton Public Schools Michelle Yang-Kaczmarek, Dobbs Ferry School District

2:00–2:20 P.M. BYS.8 Books with Powerful Author’s Notes Lynsey Burkins, Dublin City Schools Franki Sibberson, Franki Sibberson, LLC

2:30–2:50 P.M. BYS.9 We Keep Us Safe Anna Falkner, University of Memphis Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, Michigan State University

3:30–3:50 P.M. BYS.11 “Where a Flower Blooms, So Does Hope”: Books That Celebrate Nature Michelle Houts, Ohio University Press/ Feeding Minds Press/Random House Laura Shovan, Vermont College of Fine Arts Tricia Springstubb, Holiday House/ Peachtree/Pixel+Ink

4:00–4:20 P.M. BYS.12 Great Debuts in YA Michelle Peterson-Davis, Uniondale UFSD Christina Zandstra, Roy C. Ketcham High School

5:00–5:20 P.M. BYS.13 What Do Picturebook Authors Read?

Josh Funk, Union Square Kids

FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • BUILD YOUR STACK • 9

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 All times are in Eastern Time

10:00–10:30 A.M.

10:00–11:00 A.M.

Jonell Joshua Booth 237 ALAN/Levine Querido · How Do I Draw These Memories?

Lisa Varchol Perron Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Penguin Random House/Lerner Publishing · All the Rocks We Love · Patterns Everywhere

Raakhee Mirchandani Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Mama’s Roti · Kamala Raised Her Hand Donna Barba Higuera Booth 814 ABRAMS · The Yellow Handkerchief

10:00–10:45 A.M. Jewell Parker Rhodes Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Soul Step · Will’s Race for Home Megan Davidhizar & Kathleen Glasgow Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Silent Sister · The Glass Girl

Cedar Pruitt Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Capstone · Fire Flight: A Wildfire Escape Kari Lavelle Booth 215 Sourcebooks · Butt or Face?

10:00–11:30 A.M. Caroline Héroux Booth 708 Forbidden Press Books · Do Not Enter! 1

10:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M. Julia Volkman Booth 230 Maitri Learning · Teacher Mentoring Communities

10:15–10:45 A.M. Suma Subramanian Booth 935 Kids Can Press · A Bindi Can Be

10 • FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 10:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M.

10:15–11:15 A.M.

11:00–11:30 A.M.

Sean O’Brien Booth 823 Norton Young Readers · White House Clubhouse · White House Clubhouse: White House on Fire!

Kathleen Glasgow Booth 237 ALAN/Random House Children’s Books · Glass Girl

10:30–11:00 A.M. Nashae Jones Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Courtesy of Cupid · advanced copies of Nashae’s next middle grade novel

10:30–11:30 A.M. Adriana Hernandez Bergstrom Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Orchard Books · Tumble Teresa Robeson Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · Queen of Physics Pablo Cartaya Booth 822 Disney Publishing · Curveball Rebecca Caprara Booth 912 Charlesbridge · Worst-Case Collin

Nathalie Alonso Booth 408 Barefoot Books · Old Clothes for Dinner?!

Angela Quezada Padron Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · As the Seas Rise Kalynn Bayron Booth 612 Bloomsbury Children’s Books · Sleep Like Death Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Bros · Crowning Glory Nina Crews Booth 731 Christy Ottaviano Books · Extraordinary Magic

11:00–11:45 A.M. Kate Messner & Kari Percival Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Chronicle Books · The Next Scientist · Over and Under the Wetlands · Safe Crossing Natalie Wexler & Judith Hochman Booth 505 Amplify/Jossey-Bass · The Writing Revolution 2.0

FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 10:15–11:45 A.M. • 11

11:00–11:45 A.M. continued Elvira K. Gonzalez & Amra SabicEl-Rayess Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph · Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War Don Tate & Traci Sorell Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · The Day Madear Voted · Being Home Chrystal D. Giles & Tina Cane Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Not an Easy Win · Are You Nobody Too? Federico Erebia Booth 1023 Levine Querido/Chronicle · Pedro & Daniel

11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Kate Fussner Booth 133 SCBWI New England/HarperCollins · The Song of Us Debbie Dadey Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Graphix/SImon & Schuster · The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids · Mermaid Tales Nora Shalaway Carpenter Booth 711 Hachette Book Group · Fault Lines

Winsome Bingham Booth 814 ABRAMS · Missing Momma · The Walk · Soul Food Sunday Michael Leali Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · The Truth about Triangles

11:15–11:45 A.M. Jarred Amato Booth 725 Corwin · Just Read It!

11:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Charlotte Offsay Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · The Quiet Forest Rhonda Roumani Booth 715 Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink · Insha’Allah, No, Maybe So Patricia Newman Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Giant Rays of Hope Lori Alexander & Nathalie Alonso Booth 1014 Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers · Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park · Call Me Roberto! Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos

12 • FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 11:00 A.M. –12:00 P.M.

Ellen Hopkins Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Sync

11:30 A.M.–12:20 P.M. Dan Santat Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · Lefty

Kim Johnson & Patricia Park Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · The Color of a Lie · What’s Eating Jackie Oh

11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M. Minda Dentler Booth 215 Sourcebooks · The Girl Who Figured It Out

12:00–1:00 P.M. Gabriella Aldeman Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/ Charlesbridge · Squawk of Spanish

Jen Calonita Booth 822 Disney Publishing · Fairy Godmother

Andrew Hacket Booth 711 Hachette Book Group · Hope and the Sea

Rex Ogle Booth 823 Norton Young Readers · When We Ride · Road Home

Michelle Schwaub Booth 725 Sleeping Bear Press · Leafy Landmarks

12:00–12:30 P.M.

Nidhi Chanani Booth 814 ABRAMS · Super Boba Cafe

Jessie Janowitz Booth 237 ALAN/Sourcebooks · All the Ways to Go

Naomi Shihab Nye Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Grace Notes

Karen Chow Booth 731 Christy Ottaviano Books · Miracle

12:30–1:00 P.M.

12:00–12:45 P.M. George M. Johnson Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Flamboyants · All Boys Aren’t Blue

William Alexander Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · The Legend of Memo Castillo (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #4)

FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M. • 13

1:00–1:30 P.M. Sacha Lamb Booth 237 ALAN/Levine Querido · When the Angels Left the Old Country Phaea Crede Booth 408 Barefoot Books · Jet the Cat (Is Not a Cat) Alyssa Reynoso-Morris Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Plátanos Are Love R. M. Romero Booth 715 Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink · Death’s Country Deborah Lakritz Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Things That Shimmer Sneed B. Collard III Booth 1014 Astra Books for Young Readers · Like No Other: Earth’s Coolest One-of-a-Kind Creatures

1:00–1:45 P.M. Jessica Lanan & Elisha Cooper Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Jumper · Before You Were Here · Emma Full of Wonders Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Bridges Instead of Walls

14 • FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 1:00–2:00 P.M.

Dan Santat & Sita Singh Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) · Mango Memories Hannah Moushabeck Booth 1023 Chronicle Books · Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine

1:00–2:00 P.M. Harshita Jerath Booth 215 Sourcebooks · Cooler Than Lemonade Kate Hosford Booth 725 Booksource/Chronicle Books · You’ll Always Be My Chickadee John Hendrix Booth 814 ABRAMS · The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Sy Montgomery & Matt Patterson Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · The Book of Turtles

1:15–2:00 P.M. Nora Lester Murad Booth 916 Interlink Publishing · Ida in the Middle

1:15–2:15 P.M. Michelle Schaub Booth 823 Norton Young Readers · A Place for Rain

1:30–2:00 P.M. Rina Singh Booth 223 Orca Book Publishers · Barefoot Skateboarders Maggie Tokuda-Hall Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Love in the Library Rachael Romero Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Tale of the Flying Forest

1:45–2:15 P.M. Anne Rellihan Booth 715 Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink · Not the Worst Friend in the World

2:00–2:30 P.M. Melissa Stewart Booth 322 Silver Unicorn Bookstore/Reycraft Books · Shape Search · Whale Fall · Mega-Predators of the Past Alexandra Alessandri Booth 408 Barefoot Books · Our World: Colombia David Bowles Booth 612 Bloomsbury Children’s Books · Hearts of Fire and Snow

Jo Knowles Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Someone’s Gonna End Up Crying R.M. Romero Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Tale of the Flying Forest Sarah Aronson Booth 1014 Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers · Abzuglutely! Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug

2:00–2:45 P.M. Laurie Halse Anderson Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Simon & Schuster · Rebellion 1776 (advanced reader copies) Seema Yasmin Booth 237 ALAN/Simon & Schuster · book title TBD Martha Brockenbrough & Katherine Marsh Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything · The Lost Year Halli Gomez Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · List of Ten Suma Subramaniam & Nadia Solomon Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · My Name Is Long as a River · A Voice of Hope FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 1:15–2:45 P.M. • 15

2:00–2:45 P.M. continued Angela Burke Kunkel & Kari Lavelle Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · World More Beautiful · Ode to Grapefruit Jonell Joshua Booth 1023 Levine Querido/Chronicle · How Do I Draw These Memories?

2:00–3:00 P.M. Autumn Allen Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Kokila (Penguin) · All You Have to Do Rhonda Roumani Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Holiday House/ Union Square & Co. · Insha’Allah, No, Maybe So · Tagging Freedom Cindy Rodriguez Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Cardinal Rule Press/HarperCollins Children’s Books · Three Pockets Full · Lola Reyes Is So Not Worried S. J. Taylor Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster · Madsi the True Sharon Draper Booth 202 Simon & Schuster · Out of My Mind Jessie Janowitz Booth 215 Sourcebooks · All the Ways to Go

16 • FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 2:00–3:00 P.M.

Jennifer De Leon Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Atheneum · Borderless Susan Hood Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Lifeboat 5 Amanda Davis Booth 711 Hachette Book Group · Moonlight Memories Veera Hiranandani Booth 725 Penguin Random House · Amil and the After · The Greatest Duncan Tonatiuh Booth 814 ABRAMS · Game of Freedom · ¡Felicidades!

Sneed B. Collard III Booth 912 Charlesbridge · Border Crossings Christina Soontornvat Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Made in Asian America

2:30–3:00 P.M. Caren Stelson & Selina Alko Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Stars of the Night Rina Singh Booth 935 Kids Can Press · 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl

2:30–3:30 P.M. Kwame Alexander Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · The Door of No Return · Black Star

3:00–3:30 P.M. Victor Pinero Booth 237 ALAN/Sourcebooks · Time Villians Anna Staniszewski Booth 408 Barefoot Books · My Cousin’s Mermaid Sarah Myer Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story Vicky Fang Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Ava Lin, Best Friend!

Donna Jannell Bowman Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Wings of an Eagle

3:00–3:45 P.M. Kate Messner Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Bloomsbury Children’s Books · The Trouble with Heroes Karen Hallion Booth 605 Macmillan Publishers · She Changed the World

Lisa Fipps Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · And Then Boom!

Liz Garton Scanlon & Vera Ahiyya Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple · Getting Ready for Kindergarten

3:00–4:00 P.M. Alex Villasante Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Penguin Random House · The Grief Keeper Alison Green Myers Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Penguin/Dutton · A Bird Will Soar Ginger Johnson Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Bloomsbury · The Other Side of Luck Darrin Smith Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Normal Avenue Press · Abby’s Big Debate Casey W. Robinson Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore/Penguin Random House · Small Things Mended Anika Aldamuy Denise Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore/ HarperCollins · Planting Stories Josh Funk Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · Attack of the Scones FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 2:30–4:00 P.M. • 17

3:00–4:00 P.M. continued Phaea Crede Booth 822 Disney Publishing · Stitch Crashes Disney Jasmine Warga Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

3:30–4:15 P.M. Miriam Plotinsky Booth 823 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. · Writing Their Future Selves: Instructional Strategies to Affirm Student Identity

3:30–4:30 P.M. Jarrett Lerner Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · A Work in Progress · Welcome to Scare School Jewell Parker Rhodes Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Soul Step · Will’s Race for Home David L. Harrison Booth 912 Charlesbridge · Wild Brunch: Poems about How Creatures Eat

18 • FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 3:00–4:45 P.M.

3:45-4:15 P.M. H. E. Edgmon Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · The Flicker

4:00–4:30 P.M. Simon Boughton Booth 731 Christy Ottaviano Books · The Wild River and the Great Dam Mariana Llanos Booth 927 Benchmark Education/Reycraft Books · Vampirita and the Angry Mob · Vampiritay la turba enfurecida

4:00–4:45 P.M. Daniel Nayeri Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Levine Querido · Newbery Honor Book Samir, the Seller of Dreams Huda Fahmy Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Huda F Cares?

Gennifer Choldenko & Stephen Briseño Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman · Tamales for Christmas

4:00–5:00 P.M. Diana Sussman Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Harbor Lane Books LLC · The Neighbors’ Secret Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Abrams Kids/ Getty Publications · The Pocket Book · The Traveling Camera Jen Calonita Booth 215 Sourcebooks · The Isle of Ever Gabriela Orozco Belt Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival /Balzer + Bray · Only for a Little While Rebecca Caprara & Jennifer De Leon Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore · Spin · The Magic of Melwick Orchard · Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From · White Space: Essays on Culture, Race & Writing Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Fighting with Love Annie Cardi Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · Red James Dashner Booth 708 Cardinal Publishers Group · Godhead Complex

Michelle Markel Booth 725 Booksource/Chronicle Books · Tomfoolery! Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books SD Nelson Booth 814 ABRAMS · Grandma’s Tipi Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison

4:30–5:15 P.M. Luz Santana & Dan Rothstein Booth 227 The Right Question Institute/Harvard Education Press · Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions J. S. Lemon & Allie Millington Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Greta · Olivetti

4:45–5:45 P.M. Torrey Moldonado Booth 202 Mackin/Penguin · Hands/Manos Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Booth 823 Norton Young Readers · Crossing the Stream · Flying Up the Mountain

FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 4:00–5:45 P.M. • 19

5:00–5:30 P.M. Jeannine Atkins Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Hidden Powers · advanced copies of Jeannine’s upcoming middle grade verse novel Suma Subramaniam Booth 714 Candlewick Press · V. Malar: Greatest Host of All Time Melanie Conklin Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Crushed Kerry O’Malley Cerra Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Make a Little Wave Vivian Kirkfield & Beth Anderson Booth 1014 Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers · Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World · Thomas Jefferson’s Battle for Science Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose!

5:00-5:45 P.M. Tracey Baptiste Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Boy 2.0 · African Icons Floyd Cheung Booth 1000 Penguin Random House · The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration

20 • FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 5:00–6:00 P.M.

Lynne Kelly & Elly Swartz Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · The Secret Language of Birds · Hidden Truths

5:00-6:00 P.M. The Brown Bookshelf Storytellers Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/The Brown Bookshelf · books from Black authors and illustrators Laura Parnum Booth 133 SCBWI New England/HarperCollins · Peril at Price Manor Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Charlesbridge · The Lobster Lady · I Am Made of Mountains Srividhya Venkat Booth 210 Sambasivan & Parikh · Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps Susan E. Richmond Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore · Night Owl Night Kristen Kiesling Booth 814 ABRAMS · The Harrowing Codie Crowley Booth 822 Disney Publishing · Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch

Traci Sorell & Charles Waters Booth 912 Charlesbridge · Mascot Sarah Everett Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · The Shape of Lost Things · The Probability of Everything

Tracey Baptiste Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Boy 2.0 · African Icons Daniel Nayeri Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Drawn Onward

5:30-6:00 P.M.

5:45-6:30 P.M.

Alexandra Alessandri Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Grow Up, Luchy Zapata

Priya Parikh Booth 210 Sambasivan & Parikh · Dancing Devi

5:30-6:15 P.M.

6:00-6:30 P.M.

Jen Wang Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Ash’s Cabin

Sylvia Chen Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Tricky Chopsticks

5:30-6:30 P.M.

Alyssa Reynoso-Morris Booth 731 Christy Ottaviano Books · Gloriana, Presente

Marta Magellan Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Eifrig Publishing · Monarch Butterflies: Up, Up, and Away A. S. King Booth 237 ALAN/Penguin Young Readers · The Collectors

Linda Coombs & Mae Respicio Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Colonization and the Womponoag Story · Isabel in Bloom

FRIDAY, NOV. 22 • 5:00–6:30 P.M. • 21

All times are in Eastern Time

11:00–11:20 A.M. BYS.16 Texts That Cultivate Wonder and Curiosity about Our Natural World Kristine Schutz, University of Illinois Chicago Jen Vincent, Bannockburn School

11:30–11:50 A.M. BYS.17 Storybook Connections: Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents through Literature Vivett Dukes, Teachers College, Columbia University

12:00–12:20 P.M. BYS.18 Science in Poetry: Picturebooks and Poetry Collections That Weave Facts and Form Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Oak View Elementary School/Fairfax County Public Schools

12:30–12:50 P.M. BYS.19 From Hushed to Heard: The Picturebooks That Amplify the Accomplishments of Black Women and Their Impact on the World Markesha Tisby, Tisby Educational Consulting

1:00–1:20 P.M. BYS.20 Books That Give Us HOPE for HUMANITY Laura Haney, L.W. Conder Arts Integration Magnet School

22 • SATURDAY, NOV. 23 • BUILD YOUR STACK

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 BUILD YOUR STACK® LOCATED IN EXHIBIT HALL A (BCEC, exhibit level)

1:30–1:50 P.M.

4:00–4:20 P.M.

BYS.21 What the Heart Wants: Books That Don’t Get Returned Carrie M. Santo-Thomas, Warren Township High School Almond Campus

BYS.25 Reading Is Life: Diversity.

Equity. Cultures.

Joyce Brooks Mary Jade Haney, Horrell Hill Elementary School/Richland County School District One Erica Jennings Deedra Lee, Southeast Middle School

2:30–2:50 P.M. BYS.22 Pairing Picturebooks and Novels Aliza Werner, Bookelicious

4:30–4:50 P.M.

3:00–3:20 P.M. BYS.23 Characters (Real & Fictional) That Inspire Hope, Heart, and Humanity Bitsy Parks, Beaverton School District Mandy Robek, Olentangy Local School District

3:30–3:50 P.M. BYS.24 Read Alouds of Resistance and Joy in the Face of Grief and Pain Samira Ahmed, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Luz Yadira Herrera, California State University, Dominguez Hills Nawal Qarooni, NQC Literacy Jasmine Warga, Balzer + Bray/ HarperCollins

BYS.26 Inspiring Hope with Queer Representation Julie Hoffman, Springfield Public Schools Cindi Koudelka, Fieldcrest CUSD 6/ Aurora University

5:00–5:20 P.M. BYS.27 People You Should Know: Engaging Biographies for Middle Grade and High School Michelle Houts, Ohio University Press/ Feeding Minds Press, Random House

5:30–5:50 P.M. BYS.28 The Orbis Pictus Award®: Selected Nominated Titles You Should Know Caryl Crowell, Retired, Tucson Unified School District Julia López-Robertson, University of South Carolina Janelle Mathis, University of North Texas Melissa Summer Wells, University of Mary Washington

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 All times are in Eastern Time

11:00–11:30 A.M. John Schu Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Louder Than Hunger Helen Taylor Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · How to Eat in Space Rhonda Roumani Booth 916 Interlink Publishing · Umm Kulthum: The Star of the East Lindsey Carmichael & Rochelle Strauss Booth 935 Kids Can Press · Polar · The Global Ocean Lindsay H. Metcalf Booth 1014 Astra Young Readers/Astra Books for Young Readers · Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

11:00–11:45 A.M. Maysa Odeh & Katrina Moore Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · A Map for Falasteen · The Star in You Veera Hiranandani Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Amil & the After · The Greatest

Nic Stone Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Dear Manny Martha Brockenbrough Booth 1023 Chronicle/Levine Querido · Frank & the Puppy Series

11:00–11:50 A.M. Hena Khan Booth 202 Mackin/Random House Children’s Books · We Are Big Time

11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Dayna Lorentz Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Clarion Books/ HarperCollins Children’s Books · Wayward Creatures Kelly Carey Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Charlesbridge · How Long Is Forever?

Victor Pineiro Booth 215 Sourcebooks · Time Villains Josh Funk Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore · My Pet Feet

24 • SATURDAY, NOV. 23 • 11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.

Nora Lester Morud Booth 333 Teaching the World/Interlink Publishing · Ida in the Middle Brad Montague Booth 336 Penguin Young Readers · The Circles All Around Us (while supplies last)

11:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M. Julia Volkman Booth 230 Maitri Learning · Teacher Mentoring Communities

11:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M.

Barbara Dee Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Unstuck · advanced copies of Barbara’s upcoming middle grade novel

Sarah Silberstein Swartz Booth 223 Orca Book Publishers/Second Story Press · Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust

Susan Verde & Caron Levis Booth 814 ABRAMS · I Am We: A Book of Community · Mighty Muddy Us Barb Rosenstock & Katherine Roy Booth 823 Norton Young Readers · Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso

11:00 A.M.–1:00 P.M. Shan Woo Liu & Kaili Liu Gormley Booth 930 MIT Kids Press · Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-Teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic

Jyoti Rajan Gopal Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Love Is Here with You: A Lullaby of Blessings David L. Harrison Booth 715 Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink · A Tree Is Community Kate Messner Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Emma McKenna, Full Out (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #1) Irene Latham & Charles Waters Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · The Mistakes That Made Us

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11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M. Alexandra Alessandri Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Beaming Books · Lupita’s Hurricane Palomitas Federico Erebia Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Levine Querido · Pedro & Daniel Kimm Topping Booth 237 ALAN/Lee & Low · Generation Queer Seema Yasmin Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Unbecoming Freddie Kolsch Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · Now, Conjurers Zainab Khan Booth 725 Candlewick · Noura’s Crescent Moon Clare Osongco Booth 822 Disney Publishing · Midnights with You

12:00–12:30 P.M. Emma Otheguy Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Martina Has Too Many Tías · advanced copies of Emma’s upcoming middle grade novel

Marcella Pixley Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Neshama Kekla Magoon Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #6)

12:00–12:45 P.M. Renée Watson Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Bloomsbury Children’s Books · All the Blues in the Sky Jas Hammonds Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Thirsty Tobias Madden Booth 605 Macmillan Publishers · Wrong Answers Only Randy Ribay & A. S. King Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Everythng We Never Had · Pick the Lock Rob Buyea & Sarvenaz Tash Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Carter Avery’s Tricky Fourth-Grade Year · The Queen of Ocean Parkway Lesléa Newman Booth 1023 Chronicle/Levine Querido · Joyful Song

26 • SATURDAY, NOV. 23 • 11:30 A.M.–12:45 P.M.

12:00–1:00 P.M.

12:30–1:00 P.M.

David A. Kelly Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Curveball Books · Satchel’s Stolen Strike (Ballpark Mysteries #20) · The Two-Minute Warning (Football Mysteries #1)

Eliot Schrefer Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Wyatt Hill’s Best Friend Is a Lizard (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #5)

E. E. Dowd Booth 133 SCBWI New England/EduMatch · Shipshape Pam Muñoz Ryan Booth 202 Scholastic/Mackikn · Mañanaland Gareth Hinds Booth 712 GarethHinds.com/Candlewick Press · The Odyssey · The Iliad · Graceling · Beowulf · Poe · Macbeth Nidhi Chanani & Hannah V. Sawyerr Booth 814 ABRAMS · Super Boba Cafe · All the Fighting Parts Rajani LaRocca Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Sona and the Golden Beast

12:30–1:30 P.M. Katherine Pryor Booth 711 Hachette Book Group · Home Is Calling Evan Griffith Booth 725 Sleeping Bear Press · Wild at Heart

1:00–1:30 P.M. Kim Johnson Booth 237 ALAN/Random House Children’s Books · The Color of a Lie Rebecca Gardyn Levington Booth 408 Barefoot Books · Whatever Comes Tomorrow Eliot Schrefer Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Wyatt Hill’s Best Friend Is a Lizard

12:15–12:45 P.M.

Karen Bao Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Pangu’s Shadow

Scott Riley & Huy Voun Lee Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Rats to the Rescue

Samrath Kaur Booth 933 Annick Press · Mandeep’s Cloudy Days

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1:00–1:45 P.M. James Dashner Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Cardinal Publishers Group · The Godhead Complex Tony Weaver Jr. Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Weirdo Bushra Rehman Booth 605 Macmillan Publishers · Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion Padma Venkatraman & Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Safe Harbor · The Night War Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Rob Cameron Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Operation Sisterhood · Daydreamer

Rob Harrell Booth 336 Penguin Young Readers · Wink (while supplies last) Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 814 ABRAMS · Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s Eliot Schrefer Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · The Brightness Between Us

1:00–2:30 P.M. Caroline Héroux Booth 708 Forbidden Press Books · Do Not Enter! 2

1:00–3:00 P.M. Aya Khalil Booth 333 Teaching the World/Tilbury House Publishers · The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale

1:00–2:00 P.M.

1:30–2:00 P.M.

Rekha Rajan Booth 215 Sourcebooks · Can You Dance Like a Peacock?

Gennifer Choldenko Booth 237 ALAN/Random House Children’s Books · The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

Aaron H. Aceves Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Simon & Schuster · This Is Why They Hate Us

Jennifer De Leon Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Borderless

28 • SATURDAY, NOV. 23 • 1:00–3:00 P.M.

Steve Watkins Booth 612 Bloomsbury Children’s Books · The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers’ Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields Emi Watanabe Cohen Booth 1023 Chronicle/Levine Querido · Golemcrafters

1:30–2:30 P.M. Sherri L. Smith Booth 725 Scholastic · Pearl: A Graphic Novel Elaine Dimopoulos Booth 912 Charlesbridge · The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow

2:00–2:30 P.M. James Bird Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · No Place Like Home

2:00–2:45 P.M. Sharon M. Draper Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Simon & Schuster · Out of My Dreams Sarah Mughal Rana Booth 605 Macmillan Publishers · Hope Ablaze Sherri L. Smith Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · American Wings Barb Rosenstock & Kate Messner Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · The Great Lakes · History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials

2:00–2:50 P.M. Nic Stone Booth 202 Mackin/Random House Children’s Books · Chaos Theory

Ashley Granillo & Lyn Miller-Lachmann Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Cruzita and the Mariacheros · Eyes Open

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2:00–3:00 P.M. David Anthony Durham Booth 237 ALAN/Lee & Low · The Shadow Prince Susan Lynn Meyer Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · A Sky Full of Song Cara Bean Booth 711 Hachette Book Group · Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health Samira Ahmed Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · This Book Won’t Burn · The Singular Life of Aria Patel Kwame Mbalia Booth 814 ABRAMS · On Again, Awkward Again

Nora Shalaway Carpenter Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Candlewick · Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes · Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assmptions About Small-Town America Sarah Aronson Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers Beach Lane Books · Abzuglutely: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug · Just Like Rube Goldberg

2:30–3:15 P.M. Sherry Winston & Leah Stecher Booth 612 Bloomsbury Children’s Books · Shark Teeth · The Things We Miss

2:45-3:15 P.M.

Carrie Kruck Booth 822 Disney Publishing · Iggy Who Breathes Fire

Jonathan Roth Booth 935 Kids Can Press · Rover and Speck: It’s a Gas!

Matt Forrest Esenwine Booth 823 Tilbury House Publishers · The Thing to Remember about Stargazing

3:00-3:30 P.M.

Elana K. Arnold Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · The Blood Years

Mariana Llanos Booth 408 Barefoot Books · Run, Little Chaski! · Benita and the Night Creatures Hanh Bui Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Ánh›s New Word: A Story About Learning a New Language

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Caroline Carlson Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Wicked Marigold Sunshine Bacon Booth 715 Holiday House/Peachtree · Rabbit, Rabbit NoNieqa Ramos Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · They Thought They Buried Us David L. Harrison Booth 927 Benchmark Education · The Fluency Development Lesson: Closing the Reading Gap Sarah Albee Booth 1014 Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers · The Painter and the Presdient: Gilbert Stuart’s Brush with George Washington · Bounce! A Scientific History of Rubber

3:00–3:45PM Dashka Slater Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed Shifa Saltagi Safadi Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Kareem Between Ellen Oh & Jamie Jo Hoang Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · On the Block · My Father Is the Panda Killer

3:00–4:00 P.M. Andrea Wang Booth 117 Collaborative Classroom/Holiday House/Kokila · Watercress (illustrated by Jason Chin) · The Many Meanings of Meilan Padma Venkatraman Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Penguin · Born Behind Bars Tameka Fryer Brown Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/FSG/Macmillan/ Lerner Publishing · All the Greatness in You · Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change Tammy Gerhard Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Anavah Publishing · Cocoa Hugs and Coffee Mugs · I Love My Community Marge Silvestri Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Marge Silvestri · Like a Rainbow Vicky Fang Booth 215 Sourcebooks · The Boo Crew Needs You Elizabeth Santiago Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Lee & Low · The Moonlit Vine (English & Spanish editions) Eliot Schrefer Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore · Charming Young Man · Queer Ducks SATURDAY, NOV. 23 • 3:00–4:00 P.M. • 31

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Jarrett Lerner Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore/Simon & Schuster · A Work in Progress

Desmond Hall Booth 237 ALAN/Simon & Schuster · book title TBD

Kaz Windness Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Bitsy Bat · School Star · Go Go Dino

Barb Rosenstock Booth 1014 Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers · American Spirits: The Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad That Haunted a Nation (signing sampler)

Nick Newlin Booth 609 Nicolo Whimsey Press · The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology

Kari Allen Booth 1027 Kind World Publishing · Maddie and Mabel Ready for Snow

Randy Ribay Booth 725 Penguin Random House · Patron Saints of Nothing

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Carole Lindstrom Booth 814 ABRAMS · My Powerful Hair Michelle Cusolito Booth 912 Charlesbridge · A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone Katherine Marsh Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Medusa

Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome Booth 714 Candlewick Press · They Call Me Teach · One Big Open Sky

3:30 - 4:30 PM Matt Forrest Esenwine Booth 208 Eerdmans Books for Young Readers · A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems for a Multicolored World Cynthia Levinson Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Free to Learn Amina Luqman-Dawson Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Freewater

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3:45–4:15 P.M.

4:00–4:45 P.M.

Emily Barth Isler Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · The Color of Sound

Amina Luqman-Dawson Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Freewater

4:00–4:30 P.M.

Emily Jenkins Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · All The Best Dogs

Hayley Dennings Booth 237 ALAN/Sourcebooks · This Ravenous Fate Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Kin Ruth Chan Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back Nancy Castaldo Booth 715 Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink · Riverkeeper Dinah Johnson Booth 731 Christy Ottaviano Books · Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote Melissa Stewart Booth 927 Benchmark Education/Reycraft Books · Shape Search Susan Goldman Rubin Booth 1014 Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers · The Women Who Built Hollywood: 12 Trailblazers in Front of and Behind the Camera

4:00–5:00 P.M. Meera Trehan Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Candlewick · The View from the Very Best House in Town Andrea J. Loney Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/Albert Whitman and Company · Abby in Orbit: All Systems Whoa · Abby in Orbit: Mission: Moon Nancy Tandon Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Aladdin · The Ghost of Spruce Point Carol Gordon Ekster Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Beaming Books/ Capstone · Some Daddies · Trucker Kid Rhonda Roumani Booth 704 Union Square & Co. · Tagging Freedom

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4:00–5:00 P.M. continued Kyle Lukoff Booth 725 Penguin Random House · Too Bright to See Chelsea Lin Wallace Booth 814 ABRAMS · Dare to Be Daring Kwame Mbalia Booth 822 Disney Publishing · Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek Aya Khalil Booth 823 Tilbury House Publishers · The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale · The Arabic Quilt Renée Watson Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Cicely Tyson

4:15-5:00 P.M. Grant Snider & K. A. Holt Booth 1023 Chronicle Books · Poetry Comics · Benbee and the Teacher Griefer

4:30-5:00 P.M. Raj Haldar Booth 215 Sourcebooks · This Book Is Banned Kern Carter Booth 237 ALAN/Penguin Random House Canada · And Then There Was Us

Phoebe Sinclair Booth 714 Candlewick Press · Confessions of a Candy Snatcher Yangsook Choi Booth 833 Lerner Publishing Group · Slippery, Spicy, Tingly: A Kimchi Mystery Vikram Madan Booth 1014 Wordsong/Astra Books for Young Readers · Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters!

4:30–5:15 P.M. Matt de la Pena & Kyle Lukoff Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · A Perfect Place · I’m Sorry You Got Mad

4:30–5:30 P.M. Jennifer Nielsen Booth 202 Mackin/Scholastic · Uprising or Iceberg Megan Litwin & Rajani LaRocca Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore · Dirt & Bugsy: Bug Catchers · Dirt & Bugsy: Beetle Mania · I’ll Go and Come Back Jordan K. Casomar Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · How to Lose a Best Friend

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5:00–5:30 PM Josh Galarza Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky Anne Nesbet Booth 714 Candlewick Press · The Long Way Around Vikram Madan Booth 715 Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink · Owl and Penguin: Here and There Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich Booth 1023 Chronicle/Levine Querido · You’re Breaking My Heart

5:00-5:45 P.M. Christopher Denise Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Knight Owl · Knight Owl & Early Bird Dan Nott & Candace Fleming Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · Hidden Systems · Narhwal

5:00–6:00 P.M.

Lulu Delacre Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Lee & Low · Rafi & Rose Menu (English & Spanish) Desmond Hall Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Better Must Come Jenn Bishop Booth 725 Booksource/Chronicle Books · Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up Christopher Denise Booth 731 Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Knight Owl · Knight Owl & Early Bird Brittany N. Williams Booth 814 ABRAMS · Saint-Seducing Gold · That Self-Same Metal Janae Marks Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · A Split Second

5:30–6:00 P.M. Donna Janell Bowman & SD Nelson Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Wings of an Eagle

Kelly Starling Lyons Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/HarperCollins · Ty’s Travels: Showtime

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 All times are in Eastern Time

8:00–8:30 A.M. Leslé Honoré Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Brown Girl, Brown Girl

8:00–8:45 A.M. Edel Rodriguez Booth 605 Macmillan Publishers · Worm Gary D. Schmidt Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Jupiter Rising Brad Montague Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Fail-A-Bration Meera Srimam & Sheetal Sheth Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · The Spice Box · Bravo Anjali

Laurie Morrison Booth 814 ABRAMS · Keeping Pace

8:00–11:30 A.M. Julia Volkman Booth 230 Maitri Learning · Teacher Mentoring Communities

8:30–9:15 A.M. Dhonielle Clayton Booth 237 ALAN/Macmillan · book title TBD Gene Luen Yang & LeUyen Pham Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Lunar New Year Love Story

8:30–9:30 A.M.

8:00–9:00 A.M.

Aixa Pérez-Prado Booth 233 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Lee & Low · Mercedes Sosa (English & Spanish)

Hayley Dennings Booth 215 Sourcebooks · This Ravenous Fate

Gayle Forman Booth 512 Simon & Schuster · Not Nothing

36 • SUNDAY, NOV. 24 • 8:00–11:30 A.M.

8:45–9:30 A.M. Johnnie Christmas Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · Gamerville

9:00–9:30 A.M. Debra Kempf Shumaker Booth 935 Kids Can Press · Wind Is a Dance

Frank Cole Booth 237 ALAN/Shadow Mountain Publishing · book title TBD Raul the Third Booth 731 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · The Snips: A Bad Buzz Day Lynnor Bontigao Booth 814 ABRAMS · Seashell Key

9:30–10:15 A.M. 9:00–9:45 A.M. José Olivarez Booth 605 Macmillan Publishers · Promises of Gold Rob Harrell Booth 1000 Penguin Young Readers · Popcorn Hena Khan & Debbie Fong Booth 1006 Random House Children’s Books · We Are Big Time · Next Stop

9:00–10:00 A.M. Taylor Tyng Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Pixel & Ink · Clara Poole and the Wrong Way Up · Clara Poole and the Long Way Round

Amber McBride Booth 604 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group · Onyx & Beyond Gayle Forman Booth 922 HarperCollins Children’s Books · After Life

10:00 A.M. Raúl the Third Booth 322 The Silver Unicorn Bookstore · title tbd

10:00–10:30 A.M. Grant Snider Booth 237 ALAN/Chronicle Books · Poetry Comics + art print

Jennifer McCarty Plucker Booth 202 Mackin/Solution Tree · Inspiring Lifelong Readers

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10:30–11:00 A.M.

Nancy Tupper Ling Booth 1006 Penguin Random House · Bless the Earth

Aya Khalil Booth 408 Barefoot Books · Our World: Egypt · the Hello, Body! series

10:00–11:00 A.M. Wendy Page Arruda Booth 133 SCBWI New England/Whimsical Wordsmith Publishing LLC · Silly Sounding Sentences—ABC Phonics Fun! Olive Olini Booth133 SCBWI New England/Wanderwood Media Group · Juniper of Wanderwood · Juniper Eats the Rainbow

10:15–11:15 A.M. Lorraine M. Radice Booth 202 Mackin/Solution Tree · Leading a Culture of Reading

10:30–11:30 A.M. Jolene Gutiérrez Booth 233 Latinx KidLit Book Festival/Chronicle Books · The Ofrenda That We Built

10:45–11:30 A.M. Lee Sanders Booth 237 ALAN/Catalyst Press · Under the Light of Fireflies

11:00–11:30 A.M. Mia Wenjen Booth 408 Barefoot Books · Food for the Future

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