BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV and Epic!
Schedule
Sat Nov 01 2025 at 09:00 am to 01:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Bank Street College of Education | New York, NY
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!
Where is it happening?
Bank Street College of Education, 610 West 112th Street, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 50.00
