event takes place October 19-24
TweensRead 2020 will be a virtual event this year and will take place throughout the week of October 19-24. Check the Schedule/Event tab for the date and time each panel of authors will speak.
Middle grade readers and fans across the country are invited to attend the tenth annual Tweens Read Book Festival, which will take place virtually this year the week of October 19-24. Tweens Read is a free festival put on in conjunction with Blue Willow Bookshop that offers middle grade readers (students in grades five through eight) a chance to discover new books and connect with established authors and illustrators.
Newbery award-winning author and illustrator Jerry Craft headlines the festival as the keynote speaker. His newest graphic novel, Class Act, releases in October from Quill Tree Books, a division of HarperCollins Children's Books. Craft won the Newbery Medal for his graphic novel New Kid. He has worked on numerous picture books, graphic novels, and middle grade novels. Jerry is the creator of Mama's Boyz, an award-winning syndicated comic strip. He has won five African American Literary Awards, and he is a cofounder of the Schomburg Center's Annual Black Comic Book Festival. He will appear in conversation with colleague and friend Eric Velasquez, illustrator of Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing, also from HarperCollins Children’s Books. Over 30 additional local and national authors/illustrators will be in attendance, including Brandy Colbert, Nathan Hale, Nic Stone, and Kelly Yang. The festival will feature virtual sessions throughout the week that individuals can register for on the Blue Willow Bookshop website. The panels will offer valuable insight into the creative processes of the diverse group of authors and students will still be able to ask questions of the authors.
Read the full Press release here:
http://tweensread.com/uploads/3/4/1/9/34192247/tweensreadpressrelease2020.pdf
more info at their website:
http://tweensread.com/index.html
flyer for event:
http://tweensread.com/uploads/3/4/1/9/34192247/tweensread2020flyer.pdf