Authors mine their memories to uncover stories within the stories of their lives. Memoir can take a range of forms from intergenerational connections to family memories to embedded folklore in the telling of their lives. These books creatively play with the memoir format.
Where: | Education Room 353 (Seats 92, Wheelchair accessible) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
When: | Sat, Mar 4, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Signing area: | Signing Area - Children (following presentation)
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Genre: | Children / Teens |
Moderator: | Jana Maiuri |
Monica Brown is the award-winning author of more than 30 children's books, including "Sharuko: Peruvian Archeologist/el arqueólogo Julio C. Tello," "Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/no combina," "Waiting for the Biblioburro" and the Lola Levine series....
Daniel Nayeri was born in Iran and spent a couple of years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age eight with his family. His autobiographical novel, "Everything Sad is Untrue" (a true story) was the winner of the Michael L....
Andrea Wang is an acclaimed author of children's books. Her book "Watercress" was awarded the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, among other accolades....