Kid Lit All About the Books

Join us for our first All About the Books event of the year! We'll start the day with presentations by ten authors/illustrators and end the day with education.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM • Author & Illustrator Presentations

Laura Alary, author of The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)

Derrick Barnes, author of Seven Million Steps (Amistad)

Lars Kenseth, author of Call Me Moby (Macmillan Children's)

Adib Khorram, author of One Word Six Letters (Macmillan Children's)

TZ Layton, author of The Academy III: Tournament of Champions (Sourcebooks for Young Readers)

Frances Lee, author of Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers (Levine Querido)

Àlàbá Ònájìn, author of The Case of the Missing Kolo (Holiday House)

Margaret Renkl, author of The Weedy Garden (Greenwillow Books)

Felicita Sala, author of Bored (Neal Porter)

Shannon Stocker, author of The Roach King of Raleigh (HarperCollins Focus)

1. 12:30 - 2:00 PM • Education Session

It's Just a Little Crush: Recognizing and Handselling Tween and Young Teen Romance

Do you panic when a 12-year-old asks for a romance recommendation? And flounder between MG and YA? Authors and publishing professionals join us to discuss the challenges and rewards of helping tweens and younger teens discover appealing, age-appropriate romantic stories. 

Moderator:

Kayla Januchowski (General Manager of Lovestruck Books in Cambridge, MA)

Panelists: 

Nicola Yoon (author of Instructions for Dancing, The Sun is Also a Star, and Everything, Everything; co-founder of Joy Revolution / PRH)

David Yoon (author of Super Fake Love Song and Frankly in Love; co-founder of Joy Revolution / PRH)

Amalie Howard (author of Rebel Heiress (forthcoming), Lady Knight, and Queen Bee in The Diamonds series / Joy Revolution)

G.F. Miller (author of Maybe We’re Meant to Last (forthcoming), What If You Fall for Me First?, Not If You Break Up with Me First, and Glimpsed / Simon)