| Program 10:00AM - 10:30AM ET | Exhibit Hall Opens 10:30AM - 11:00AM ET | Opening Keynote Conversation
Black Joy Breakfast featuring a conversation with the award-winning author and illustrator, Andrea Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, Bright Brown Baby (Scholastic) Studio Spotlights | Available on-demand all day starting at 10:30AM ET
Step inside artists’ studios as they discuss their work, from technique and medium to design and collaboration.
Jen Betton, Barn at Night (Feeding Minds) Watercolor art
Ned Bustard, The O in Hope (IVP) Cut paper art; Technique
Tullio Corda, Cat & Dog: A Tale of Opposites (Red Comet Press) Design
Andy Harkness, Wolfboy (Bloomsbury) Technique
Marie Letourneau, How to Change the World in 12 Easy Steps (Tanglewood) Digital art Two Panels Running Concurrently 11:05AM - 11:55AM ET | Fitting In, At Home and School
Children are the first to feel left out, and sometimes, the ones who find the way in.
Suzanne del Rizzo, Birds on Wishbone Street (Pajama Press)
Rashin Kheiriyeh, The Shape of Home (Levine Querido)
Magdalena Mora, I Wish You Knew (Macmillan)
Bahram Rahman, A Sky-Blue Bench (Pajama Press) 11:05AM - 11:55AM ET | We Are AAPI Creators
Creating and promoting stories and art is complicated enough. Our panelists talk about their work, coping with racism, and making books that open up the world for young readers.
Thao Lam, Thao (Owlkids)
Huy Voun Lee, Like a Dandelion (HarperCollins)
David Namisato and J. Torres, Stealing Home (Kids Can Press)
Gracey Zhang, Lala’s Words (Scholastic) Two Panels Running Concurrently 12:00PM - 12:30PM ET | In Conversation
JR Ford, Vanessa Ford, authors of Calvin (Penguin), and Adria Karlsson, author of My Sister Daisy (Capstone) 12:00PM - 12:50PM ET | Nourishing and Nurturing
Food traditions and holiday gatherings are more than eating, bringing together family and friends while forging new traditions.
Winsome Bingham, Soul Food Sunday (Abrams)
Christine Taylor Butler, The Get-Together (Reycraft)
Angela Dalton, Ruby's Reunion Day Dinner (HarperCollins)
Meera Sriram, Dumpling Day (Barefoot Press) 12:50PM - 1:20PM ET | Break / Visit the Exhibit Hall 1:20PM - 1:50PM ET | Lunch Keynote Conversation
Bugs for Lunch with Ashley Spires, But the Beetle Doesn't Bite (Kids Can), and Rosemary Mosco, Butterflies Are Pretty...Gross (Tundra). Grab a brown bag and spend your lunch with two authors whose books deliver humor along with the facts. Two Panels Running Concurrently 1:55PM - 2:45PM ET | #BlackJoy Is More Than a Hashtag
These illustrators discuss the passion, creativity, and unfettered curiosity of their subjects in artwork that dances, boogies, and leaps across the pages.
Keturah A. Bobo, Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free (HarperCollins Christian)
C.G. Esperanza, Boogie Boogie Y’All (HarperCollins)
Frank Morrison, Kick, Push (Bloomsbury)
Kaija Langley, When Langston Dances (Simon & Schuster) 1:55PM - 2:45PM ET |Civil Rights Is Not a History Lesson
A look at forthcoming titles that highlight the work of individuals who fought for citizen rights in Congress, courtrooms, and behind the camera.
Maryann Cocca-Leffler, We Want To Go To School (Albert Whitman)
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs, The Traveling Camera (Getty)
Katie McCabe, We Wait for the Sun (Macmillan) 2:45PM - 3:15PM ET | Break / Visit the Exhibit Hall Two Panels Running Concurrently 3:15PM - 4:05PM ET | Mindfulness as a Way to Cope
Children have weathered the pandemic, and are now facing new normals. These creators discuss books on mindfulness to help kids keep calm.
Katy Hudson, Mindful Mr. Sloth (Capstone)
Juana Medina, I Will (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Jelani Memory, A Little Book About Fear (A Kids Book About)
Jennifer E. Smith, The Creature of Habit (Random)
Cleo Wade, What the Road Said (Macmillan) 3:15PM - 4:05PM ET | Keeping Them Curious
From biography to the natural sciences, a look at what’s new in nonfiction.
Gloria Amescua, Child of the Flower-Song People (Abrams)
Amanda Davis, 30,000 Stitches (Hachette/Worthy Kids)
Kate Allen Fox, Pando (Capstone)
Don Tate, Pigskins to Paintbrushes (Abrams)
Loveis Wise, The People Remember (HarperCollins) 4:10PM - 4:40PM ET | Closing Keynote TBD | 