Tune in to this fun, upbeat session, where children’s book author and illustrator Will Hillenbrand chats best tips and tricks to get kids of all ages excited about reading with these three talented picture book authors.
Jessica Young is the author of the award-winning My Blue is Happy, Play this Book and Pet this Book, the Haggis and Tank Unleashed series, the Finley Flowers series, Spy Guy the Not-So-Secret Agent, A Wish is a Seed, the Fairlight Friends series, and I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams.
A Wish is a Seed is a celebration of the power and potential of hope often hidden in small packages and unexpected places.
Carmen Oliver is the author of the picture book series Bears Make the Best Buddies (Reading, Math, Writing, and Science) as well as the nonfiction picture book biography A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal, a Junior Library Guild spring 2019 pick.
Adelaide loves writing. Bear loves writing. But Theo does NOT love writing. Thankfully, Adelaide and Bear are ready to team up and persuade the entire class, including Mrs. Fitz-Pea, that Bears make the best writing buddies.
Rita Lorraine Hubbard is the author of a number of nonfiction books for adults and runs the children’s book review site Picture Book Depot.
In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was married and had her first child. By age 68, she had worked numerous jobs, including cooking, cleaning, babysitting, and selling sandwiches to raise money for her church.
Will Hillenbrand is a celebrated children’s author and illustrator whose works include Snow Friends, his 70th book which will be published in October 2020.
Snow! Snow! And more snow! Oscar was itching to go outside and no one was awake, not even his boy Matt. When Oscar finally gets out to play, he can’t resist the chance to run away and pursue his own wintry escapades- all with the help of his new friend Daisy.
