BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV (In person)
Schedule
Sat Nov 02 2024 at 09:00 am to 02:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Bank Street College of Education | New York, NY
About this Event
We are thrilled to be offering our first live BookFest @ Bank Street in 5 years!
BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV
November 2, 2024
Why Children’s Books Matter More than Ever
Registration 9:00 - 9:30
Coffee and bagels
9:30 - 9:35
Introduction by Cynthia Weill, Director Center for Children’s Literature
9:35 - 10:25
Remembering Robie Harris
Ben Harris, Clinical Psychologist
Elizabeth Levy, Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy and the Red Scare
Lois Lowry, Number the Stars, The Giver
Hilary Van Dusen, editor Candlewick Press
Susan Kuklin, Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Amy Hest, Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing
Moderator: Fatima Shaik, PEN America, Children’s and Young Adult Books Committee
10:25 - 11:10
New York City Middle Grade Authors We Love
Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich, Operation Sisterhood
Emma Otheguy, Sofia Acosta Makes a Scene
Carlos Hernandez, Strange Academy: The Deadly Field Trip
Karina Yan Glaser, The Van der Beekers series
Moderator: Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal
11:10 - 11:25
Break
11:25 - 11:30
Raffle
11:30 - 12:20
Communication and Collaboration: 6 Brilliant Book Creators Cheerfully Co-exist in a Brooklyn Workspace
Sophie Blackall, Ahoy!
Brian Floca, With Dad
Doug Salati, Hot Dog
Johnny Marciano, The 66th Rebirth of Frankie Caridi #1
Dasha Tolsitkova, The Bad Chair
Rowboat Watkins, Go, Go Guys
Moderator: Roxie Munro, ABCity
12:20 - 12:45
Keynote:
Lois Lowry, Number the Stars, The Giver
12:45 - 1:45
Book signing
Books provided by Books of Wonder
Music provided by Bill Wurtzel Jazz
Cookies and tea
Where is it happening?
Bank Street College of Education, 610 West 112th Street, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 40.00