I will be hosting a Storytime Walk at Powisset Farm as part of a Kids’ Cooking Class event. I hope you can join me! Saturday, May 23, 2026 10 am-1 pm Powisset Farm 37 Powisset Street Dover, MA 02030 Guided StoryWalk with Mia Wenjen and Kiddos in the Kitchen! Enjoy a spring day…
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…