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Children’s Institute to Feature More Than 70 Authors and Illustrators [4]
- By Sydney Jarrard [5]
More than 70 authors and illustrators [7] will appear at the 2018 Children’s Institute [8] over the course of three days of keynote presentations, featured talks, and special events.
Authors appearing at Children’s Institute, from June 19–21 in New Orleans, include:
- Zoey Abbott, Finn’s Feather (Enchanted Lion Books)
- Kwame Alexander, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
- Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster (Amulet)
- David Barclay Moore, The Stars Beneath Our Feet (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers)
- Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little White Lies (Freeform)
- Mac Barnett, Mac Undercover (Orchard Books)
- Andrea Beaty, Ada Twist’s Big Project Book for Stellar Scientists (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
- Max Brallier, The Last Kids on Earth (Viking Books for Young Readers)
- Vera Brosgol, Be Prepared (First Second)
- Jess Butterworth, Running on the Roof of the World (Algonquin Young Readers)
- J.C. Cervantes, The Storm Runner (Rick Riordan Presents)
- Jared Chapman, T. Rex Time Machine (Chronicle Books)
- Eva Chen, Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes (Feiwel and Friends)
- Mallika Chopra, Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement, and More (Running Press Books)
- Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston (Holiday House)
- Chelsea Clinton, She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History (Philomel Books)
- Ally Condie, The Darkdeep (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
- Sarah Crossan, Moonrise (Bloomsbury YA)
- Tony DiTerlizzi, The Broken Ornament (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- Eric Fan, Ocean Meets Sky (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- Terry Fan, Ocean Meets Sky (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- Chris Ferrie, 8 Little Planets (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky)
- Laurie Forest, The Iron Flower (Harlequin Teen)
- Stuart Gibbs, Spy School Goes South (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- Temple Grandin, Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor (Philomel Books)
- Andy Griffiths, The 91-Story Treehouse (Feiwel & Friends)
- Rebecca Hanover, The Similars (Sourcebooks Fire)
- Tracy Hecht, The Peculiar Possum: The Nocturnals (Nocturnals Early Reader #3) (Fabled Films Press)
- Monica Hesse, The War Outside (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Cheryl Willis Hudson, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
- Wade Hudson, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
- Jennifer Richard Jacobson, The Dollar Kids (Candlewick Press)
- Daniel José Older, Dactyl Hill Squad (Arthur A. Levine)
- Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox (Harlequin Teen)
- Elliott Kalan, Horse Meets Dog (Balzer + Bray)
- Kody Keplinger, That’s Not What Happened (Scholastic Press)
- Jacob Kramer, Noodlephant (Enchanted Lion Books)
- Lucy Lareau, Geeky F@b 5 Vol. 1: It’s Not Rocket Science (Papercutz)
- Rafael López, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands (Scholastic Press)
- Corinna Luyken, Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse (Dial Books for Young Readers)
- Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea (HarperTEEN)
- Mélina Mangal, The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just (Millbrook Press)
- Lizzy Mason, The Art of Losing (Soho Teen)
- Liz Merdian Lareau, Geeky F@b 5 Vol. 1: It’s Not Rocket Science (Papercutz)
- Shannon Messenger, Flashback (Aladdin)
- Charlotte Milner, The Bee Book (DK)
- Yuyi Morales, Dreamers (Neal Porter Books)
- Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Arthur A. Levine)
- Naomi Moyer, Black Women Who Dared (Second Story Books)
- Natasha Ngan, Girls of Paper and Fire (Jimmy Patterson)
- Rachel Noble, Finn’s Feather (Enchanted Lion Books)
- Cherie Priest, The Agony House (Arthur A. Levine)
- Betty Quan, Grandmother’s Visit (Groundwood Books)
- Brendan Reichs, The Darkdeep (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
- KaeLyn Rich, Girls Resist (Quirk Books)
- Dan Richards, Stu Truly (Yellow Jacket)
- Bill Richardson, The Bunny Band (Groundwood Books)
- Nancy Richardson Fischer, When Elephants Fly (Harlequin Teen)
- Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Scholastic Press)
- David Shannon, Grow Up, David! (Blue Sky Press)
- Kevin Charles Smith, Bilge Rat—Pirate Adventurer Book 3: Demon Pirate (Journey Publications, LLP)
- Ruth Spiro, Baby Loves Coding (Charlesbridge)
- Hamish Steele, DeadEndia (Nobrow)
- K-Fai Steele, Noodlephant (Enchanted Lion Books)
- David Ezra Stein, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise (Candlewick Press)
- Angie Thomas, On the Come Up (Balzer + Bray)
- Brenna Thummler, Sheets (CubHouse)
- Katie Tsang, Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts (Sterling Children’s Books)
- Kevin Tsang, Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts (Sterling Children’s Books)
- Greg van Eekhout, Voyage of the Dogs (HarperCollins)
- Scott Westerfeld, Impostors (Scholastic Press)
- Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (Delacorte Press)
- Phoebe Yeh, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
- Leslie C. Youngblood, Love Like Sky (Disney-Hyperion)
The ABC Children’s Institute is made possible by the generous support of lead sponsor Baker & Taylor and from publishers large and small [9]. Learn more about the authors appearing at Children’s Institute [7] and check out the full lineup of educational programs, keynote speeches, and special events [10] on BookWeb.
Booksellers looking to attend the 2018 ABC Children’s Institute [8] are encouraged to register as soon as possible [11]. Questions about the ABC Children’s Institute should be sent to [email protected] [12].