RCBF Virtual Book Festival Schedule

November 6, 2021

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Click above to pre-register for FREE, and you can attend all the sessions you want!

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Meet The Authors & Illustrators:

 10:00 AM

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  ROOM 1 

Read To Me Corner – Picture Book Stories Read By The Author

• Annette Dunn

• Susannah Buhrman-Deever

• Unseld Robinson

 ROOM 2 

Picture Books: How Are You Feeling? Coping With Emotions

• Heidi Stemple

• Jane Yolen

• Susan Verde

• James Howe

 11:00 AM

 

  ROOM 1 

Graphic Fiction: Drawing Demonstration  (Interactive – Pencil And Paper Required)

• Frank Cammuso

• Steve Ellis

• Brian Yanish

  ROOM 2 

For Our Younger Book Lovers: Stories and Songs (Interactive)

• Iza Trapani

• Tiffany Polino and Margaret Pence

 12:00 PM

 

 ROOM 1 

Fantastical Fantasy for Middle Grade Readers

• Vivian Vande Velde

• Sheela Chari

• Bruce Coville

 ROOM 2 

Historical Fiction – Fact and Fiction Storytelling

• Keely Hutton

• Elizabeth Falk

• Susan Williams Beckhorn

• Marsha Hayles

 1:00 PM

 

  ROOM 1 

Diverse Themes in Middle Grade Literature​

• Alex Sanchez

• MJ and Herm Auch

• Leslie C. Youngblood

  ROOM 2  

How Authors Use Poetry and Verse To Tell A Story​

• Linda Sue Park

• Joseph Bruchac

• Nikki Grimes

 2:00 PM

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  ROOM 1 

Picture Books: Fiction and Non-Fiction

• Susannah Buhrman-Deever

• Kevin Kurtz

• Mylisa Larsen

 ROOM 2 

Get Hooked on Chapter Books: Mysteries, Non-Fiction, and Humor

• James Preller

• Laurie Calkhoven

• Michelle Knudsen

• Judy Bradbury

  ROOM 2 

How Picture Book Authors and Illustrators Work Together​

• Peggy Thomas

• Kathleen Blasi

• London Ladd

• Yuko Jones

 4:00 PM

 

  ROOM 1 

How To Write Non- Fiction That Middle Graders Want To Read​

• Ronny Frishman

• Rose O’Keefe

• Andrea Page

• Sally Valentine

  ROOM 2  

Read To Me Corner – Picture Book Stories Read by the Author

• Mylisa Larsen

• Yuko Jones

• Kathy Blasi

 3:00 PM

 

 ROOM 1 

Doing It All: Writing and Illustrating Your Books

• Jeff Mack

• Frank Cammuso