BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV (Via Zoom)

BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV via Zoom

November 2, 2024

Why Children’s Books Matter More than Ever

Program Begins :

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

Contact Books of Wonder via their website to purchase signed copies of many of the books listed on the program: https://booksofwonder.com/collections/bookfest-bank-street-2024

Host or Publisher Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature