by Phil Bildner | Jun 11, 2020 | Events
Watch the replay! Angela Dominguez and Juana Martinez-Neal, In Conversation. Pura Belpré Honoreé and creator of Stella Diaz Has Something to Say, Angela Dominguez, and Caldecott Honor winner and creator of Alma and How She Got Her Name, Juana Martinez-Neal, team up for an eye-opening discussion about their publishing careers. Both Angela and Juana started writing after making their mark in children’s books by reinterpreting traditional fairy tales. They will share how they write from an illustrator’s perspective and how they include their personal lives in their work.
by Phil Bildner | Jun 9, 2020 | Events
Watch the replay! Kate Messner and Padma Venkatraman, In Conversation. Revision involves seeing something a second (or third, or fifteenth) time – yet most authors groan, just as loudly as students in schools when they’re told to revise their work. Be sure to check out Kate Messner and Padma Venkatraman, two award-winning authors who’ve grown to love revision, pull back the curtain on their processes and share practical exercises and tips for writers. They also discuss ideas for adapting their tried-and-true revision strategies for teachers to use in the classroom.
by Phil Bildner | Jun 9, 2020 | Events
Watch the replay! Award-winning authors Brandy Colbert and Elana K. Arnold will discuss their middle grade novels, The Only Black Girls in Town and A Boy Called Bat and will share insights about how their fiction is created by combining real-life experiences, “what if” questions, and true facts about history, animal husbandry, race, and neuroatypicality.
by Phil Bildner | Jun 2, 2020 | Events
Watch the replay! Newberry Honor winner Shannon Hale and Caldecott Honor winner LeUyen Pham have worked together for several years and have been friends for longer than that. Together with Dean Hale, they are the creators of the best-selling Princess in Black series. They are also the creators of the New York Times-bestselling graphic novels Real Friends and Best Friends. Don’t miss these two creators as they discuss making stories together, where their inspiration comes from, and how being best friends on this journey makes it all so much sweeter.
by Phil Bildner | May 22, 2020 | Blog, Featured
Every student deserves to experience an author visit. It doesn’t matter if they attend a rural Title I school in York County, Nebraska or an elite prep school on the Upper West Side of New York City, every student should have the opportunity to experience an author...
