One exciting new trend are books featuring Indigenous characters created by Indigenous authors and illustrators. Three Indigenous authors who write different genres for different audiences will talk about this movement to provide Native stories by Native voices -- both why it matters and their views on the trends in the books being published.
| Where: | Education Room 333 (Seats 44, Wheelchair accessible)    |
| When: | Sat, Mar 4, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
| Signing area: | Signing Area - Children (following presentation)
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| Genres: | Children / Teens, 2023 Big Read |
| Moderator: | LaCher Pacheco |
Dawn Quigley is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota. The first book in her Jo Jo Makoons chapter book series was selected as a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal and American Indians in Children's Literature, and received five starred reviews; it was also chosen as a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book....
Ari Tison is a Bribri (Indigenous Costa Rican) American and African descended poet and storyteller. Her poems and short works have been published in Yellow Medicine Review, The Under Review, Rock & Sling and POETRY's first ever edition for children....
Daniel Vandever (Diné) is an award-winning author and entrepreneur from Haystack, N.M. He is the CEO of South of Sunrise Creative, a strategic communications firm that helps advance education initiatives through community-based solutions....
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