I’m Awesome, Just the Way I Am
No matter who you are, where you’re from, and how you communicate, you are awesome! If you don’t believe us, turn to these wonderful picture books that feel like a big, warm hug. Just. Like. You. by Meredith Steiner is a rhyming story about…
Bite-Sized Biographies: Picture Books of Resistance and Resilience
Join us in this exciting panel of picture book biographers depicting the lives of influential historical figures whose impacts were anything but bite-sized. Edie for Equality by Michael Genhart narrates the numbers-loving and LGBTQ-rights activist…
Nkeiruka Oruche (Notable & Notorious Nigerian Women) coloring book
Join the author for a reading from some pages of the Notable & Notorious Nigerian Women Coloring Book, and a mini coloring session.
Bento Children’s Magazine – storytelling workshop
Peerbagh will share a storytelling experience for kids and families. You will hear a folk story from Upasna Kakroo and then you can create fun endings from your own imagination. Even if you're not a writer or storyteller, you will get an opportunity…
Tiffany Golden activity
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movement with Justine Villanueva
Justine will be leading a movement activity based on her book Mungan and Lola. We will be exploring a butterfly-inspired dance along with some kulintang beats. Kids and adults are invited to join.
Love +
This kaleidoscopic panel will explore the love stories that blossom within broader contexts. In Finding Famous, a secret celebrity father, a potential soulmate, and a whirlwind of paparazzi take the stage in Candice Jalili’s Iranian-American,…
Fantastical Worlds and Beings
Close your eyes and dream without limits… What kind of world does your imagination conjure? For Naseem Jamnia, the result is The Glade, a clearing in the woods of a summer camp, where falling asleep means entering one another’s dreams—and…