Children's connections to different family members are a source of hugs, history, belonging, and confidence. Families, both biological and found, offer children the gifts they need to live happy, fulfilled lives.
| Where: | Education Room 353 (Seats 92, Wheelchair accessible) ![]() ![]() |
| When: | Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Signing Area - Children (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Children |
| Moderator: | Kristy Pavatea |

Steph Littlebird is an artist, author, curator and enrolled member of Oregon's Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes. Littlebird is known for her vibrant graphic imagery combining the traditional styles of her Indigenous ancestors with contemporary illustration aesthetics....

Cynthia Harmony is a bilingual children's author and educational psychologist, originally from Mexico City. Her most recent titles include "Apapacho Love," "Heart," and "Forest en Familia/El Bosque en Familia....

Cynthia Leitich Smith writes books for all ages, including "Here Come the Aunties," "Jingle Dancer," "Sisters of the Neversea," the Blue Stars series, "Rain Is Not My Indian Name," and "Hearts Unbroken....
Pasha Westbrook, a multiracial writer and a Chickasaw and Choctaw Freedmen descendant, is the author of "Braided Roots." Westbrook lives among the Arizona cacti with her husband and three beautiful boys....


