Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival 2026! We have a NEW location! It’s bigger and has a lot more parking! It’s also accessible via an elevator. This year, we will all be in one big room! Date Sunday, November 15th, 2026 11 am to 3 pm Snow date None…
We had more than 60 children’s book authors and illustrators at our event, meeting more than 1,500 attendees. It was a wonderful day to celebrate our KidLit community! CBS News covered our event: Owen Roy captured our event in this video: Even the chaos of set up was a lot of fun!…
What a thrill to be part of the NCTE book awards celebration! The 2025 Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Orbis Pictus Award® for Outstanding Nonfiction, and Notable Children’s Poetry Books and Verse Novels List winners will be recognized, with keynote speakers Antwan Eady (The Last Stand), Dan SaSuWeh Jones (Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the…
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5: 3:00 pm: Notable Social Studies Trade Books Program, Room 204A. Samira Ahmed, author of This Book Won’t Burn Mia Wenjen, author of We Sing From the Heart SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6: 2:00 pm Book Signing: WE SING FROM THE HEART at Publisher Spotlight Booth, Booth 701 and 703 4:00 pm:…
If you are going to NCTE 2025 in Denver, Colorado, I’d love to meet up with you! I’ll be leading a roundtable and attending an awards luncheon. Roundtable: The Nerdy Book Club: Dreaming of a More Empathetic World—One Book and Reader at Time Venue: Colorado Convention Center Room: Mile High Ballroom 1A/1B Date/Time: November…
We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival! Sunday, November 16, 2025 11 am to 3 pm New Art Center 61 Washington Park Newton, MA 02465 60+ Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators will be selling and signing their books. See the complete list here. We want to thank our sponsors, New Art…
If you are coming to Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival 2025, I hope to see you there! p.s. Related posts: My September Events My First Book Festival: Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival 2023 I’ll be at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival 2024! I’ll Be at the Chappaqua Book Festival: Sept 30, 10am-4pm…