Authors of picture books share their experiences and identify the strategies involved in writing the text for a picture book. Although picture books have a small number of words, writing brief but effective text can be difficult.
| Where: | Education Room 351 (Seats 46, Wheelchair accessible)    |
| When: | Sun, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 10:55 am |
| Signing area: | Signing Area - Children (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Children |
| Moderator: | HeeYoung Kim |
Monica Brown is an award-winning author of more than 30 multicultural picture books, including "Waiting for the Biblioburro," "Frida and her Animalitos," and "Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match," recently named "One of 65 Essential Children's Books" by the Atlantic....
Deborah Marcero is the author and illustrator of picture books, including "In a Jar," which was called stunning in a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and beguiling by The Wall Street Journal. Her novel, "Out of a Jar," was an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year and an ALA Notable Children's Book....
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....
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