MEET THE AUTHORS
FIND NCTE TITLES, CONVENTION-THEMED GIFTS, AND MORE AT NCTE CENTRAL:
Wednesday: 4:00–7:00 P.M. | Thursday: 7:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M.
Friday: 6:30 A.M.–6:00 P.M | Saturday: 6:30 A.M.–5:00 P.M. Sunday: 8:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Don’t Miss These Authors Speaking at General Sessions and Meal Events!
Note: Specific book signing details for these events will be announced during each session.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
THURSDAY GENERAL SESSION
4:00–5:15 P.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC Kate McKinnon
FRIDAY GENERAL SESSION
8:15–9:15 A.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC
Dr. Joy Buolamwini Lee Ann Potter
FRIDAY NCTE IN PRIMETIME EVENT
6:30–8:00 P.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC
Bryan Stevenson
SATURDAY GENERAL SESSION
9:45–10:45 A.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC
Note: Specific book signing details for these events will be announced during each session.
Shelley Rodrigo
Ada Limón
SUNDAY GENERAL SESSION
12:00–1:15 P.M. / Exhibit Hall B 1, BCEC
Tonya B. Perry
FRIDAY FIRST-TIMERS’ BREAKFAST
7:15–8:00 A.M. / BCEC, Room 253 A-C
Ijeoma Oluo
FRIDAY ELATE LUNCHEON
11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A
FRIDAY MIDDLE LEVEL SECTION LUNCHEON
11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 C
Ruta Sepetys
Steve Sheinkin
Ellen Oh
SATURDAY ALAN BREAKFAST
7:00–9:15 A.M. / BCEC, Room 210 B
Celeste Ng
SATURDAY SECONDARY SECTION LUNCHEON
12:30–2:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A
Sarah Everett Sneed Collard III
SATURDAY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS LUNCHEON
12:30–2:30 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 B
Note: Specific book signing details for these events will be announced during each session.
SUNDAY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY BREAKFAST
7:00–8:45 A.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A
SUNDAY AFFILIATE BREAKFAST
7:00–8:45 A.M. / BCEC, Room 052 A
SUNDAY NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT BRUNCH
10:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M. / BCEC, Room 210 A
Lesa Cline-Ransome
James Ransome
Antero Garcia
Emily Kirkpatrick
NCTE AUTHOR STRAND SESSIONS
FRIDAY 9:30–10:45 A.M.
ROOM 151 B (LEVEL 1)
E.1 NCTE Author Strand: Reading the World through Sports and Young Adult Literature
This session is designed to help attendees see students’ engagement in sports culture as a pathway into the meaningful exploration of contemporary sociopolitical issues. Examples provided will support attendees in using award-winning and recommended works of sports-related young adult literature and related texts to teach for critical literacy.
Chair: Kristen Bakehorn, Fort Wayne Community Schools
Presenters: Alan Brown, Wake Forest University
Kavitha Davidson
Mark A. Lewis, James Madison University
Luke Rodesiler, Purdue University Fort Wayne
Respondent: Guy Hill, Triton High School
FRIDAY 11:00 A.M.–12:15 P.M.
ROOM 102 A (LEVEL 1)
F.1 NCTE Author Strand: Deepening Student Engagement with Diverse Picturebooks through a Critical Literature Response
Drawing on the NCTE Policy Research Brief on Teaching Children’s and Young Adult Literature, this interactive session will invite participants to reimagine and rethink picturebooks instruction as essential, critical, multimodal, and multilingual work for both literacy development and a broader sense of citizenry among students.
Chair: Cathy Fleischer, Eastern Michigan University (Emerita)
Presenters: Whitney Hoffmann, Grant Elementary School, Columbia, MO
Angie Zapata, University of Missouri
NCTE AUTHOR STRAND SESSIONS
FRIDAY 3:30–4:45 P.M.
ROOM 151 B (LEVEL 1)
J.1 NCTE Author Strand: Sonic Literacy: Using the Mode of Sound to Teach High School Reading and Writing
In this session, we’ll talk about our book, a guide to the theory and practice of leveraging the audio mode to empower student readers and writers. Covering sound text genres like radio ads, audio dramas, speeches, etc., our research-backed discussions and classroom-ready assignments explore the audio mode’s accessibility, diversity, and relevance in ELA students’ lives.
Presenters: Danah Hashem, UMass Boston
Anne Mooney, Malden High School
SATURDAY 1:15–2:30 P.M.
ROOM 258 A (LEVEL 2)
N.1 NCTE Author Strand: Digital Source Evaluation: Guiding Secondary Students through a Deepfake World
Navigating today’s complex digital spaces requires developing habits of mind to protect students’ autonomy online. In this session, participants should come prepared to act as students as the presenters simulate several activities they developed to support ongoing, embedded practice to prepare our students to be responsible readers, researchers, and creators.
Presenters: Kristine Pytash, Kent State University
Beth Walsh-Moorman, ESC of the Western Reserve
NCTE AUTHOR STRAND SESSIONS
SATURDAY 2:45–4:00 P.M.
ROOM 052 A (EXHIBIT LEVEL)
O.2 NCTE Author Strand: Power in Pictures: Picturebooks That Energize Secondary ELA Instruction
Picturebooks generate engagement and interest in students of all ages. Postmodern picturebooks for older students provide many opportunities for teaching and learning. In this session, after an overview of the many benefits of using picturebooks to teach several aspects of ELA, teachers will share specific applications from their own classrooms.
Chair: Deborah Dean, Brigham Young University
Presenters: Mercedes Allen, Brigham Young University
Karen Brown, Provo High School
Annika Nielson, Wasatch High School
Abby Scoresby, Bryan High School
Madison Simpson, View Ridge Middle School
SATURDAY 4:15–5:30 P.M.
ROOM 151 B (LEVEL 1)
P.1 NCTE Author Strand: Tools and Strategies to Personalize Reading
Reading is a lifelong skill. No matter the grade level, all teachers need to support a range of readers and meet students where they are at. Enhance your literacy toolbox to support the diverse readers in the classroom with strategies and tools grounded in SoR, UDL, and assistive technology.
Presenter: Michele Haiken, Rye Middle School/ Manhattanville College, Westchester, NY
All times are in Eastern Time
10:30–10:50 A.M.
BYS.1 Love Makes a Family
Kelsie Corriston Burnett, The University of Texas at Austin
Emily McDonald, The University of Texas at Austin
Katie Trautman, The University of Texas at Austin
11:00–11:20 A.M.
BYS.2 Heart Books to Inspire Readers
Greg Micek, Maercker School District 60/ Holmes Primary School
Katie Russell, Murphysboro Middle School
11:30–11:50 A.M.
BYS.3 Translingual Picturebooks and Multilingualism: Challenging English as the Norm
Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona
12:00–12:20 P.M.
BYS.4 The Hope for Muslim YA: Humanizing through Heartfelt Narratives
Zainab Jabak, Alief Taylor High School
12:30–12:50 P.M.
BYS.5 Envisioning Future Worlds
Cathline Tanis, North Plainfield School District
BUILD YOUR STACK® LOCATED IN EXHIBIT HALL A (BCEC, exhibit level) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
1:00–1:20 P.M.
BYS.6 The Heart of the Matter: Centering Mental Health with Picturebooks
Jessica Walsh, Granger Middle School, Indian Prairie District #204, Aurora, IL
Maria Walther, literary consultant, Aurora, IL
1:30–1:50 P.M.
BYS.7 Picturebooks That Scaffold Excavation, Regulation, and Transformation in Classroom Communities
Clare Landrigan, Stenhouse
Keisha Smith-Carrington, Princeton Public Schools
Michelle Yang-Kaczmarek, Dobbs Ferry School District
2:00–2:20 P.M.
BYS.8 Books with Powerful Author’s Notes
Lynsey Burkins, Dublin City Schools
Franki Sibberson, Franki Sibberson, LLC
2:30–2:50 P.M.
BYS.9 We Keep Us Safe
Anna Falkner, University of Memphis
Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, Michigan State University
3:00–3:20 P.M.
BYS.10 2024/2025 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels
Junko Sakoi, Tucson Unified School District, and the NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee
3:30–3:50 P.M.
BYS.11 “Where a Flower Blooms, So Does Hope”: Books That Celebrate Nature
Michelle Houts, Ohio University Press/ Feeding Minds Press/Random House
Laura Shovan, Vermont College of Fine Arts
Tricia Springstubb, Holiday House/ Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
4:00–4:20 P.M.
BYS.12 Great Debuts in YA
Michelle Peterson-Davis, Uniondale UFSD
Christina Zandstra, Roy C. Ketcham High School
5:00–5:20 P.M.
BYS.13 What Do Picturebook Authors Read?
Josh Funk, Union Square Kids
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
All times are in Eastern Time
10:00–10:30 A.M.
Jonell Joshua Booth 237
ALAN/Levine Querido
· How Do I Draw These Memories?
Raakhee Mirchandani Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Mama’s Roti
· Kamala Raised Her Hand
Donna Barba Higuera Booth 814
ABRAMS
· The Yellow Handkerchief
10:00–10:45 A.M.
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Soul Step
· Will’s Race for Home
Megan Davidhizar & Kathleen Glasgow Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Silent Sister
· The Glass Girl
10:00–11:00 A.M.
Lisa Varchol Perron Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Penguin Random House/Lerner Publishing
· All the Rocks We Love
· Patterns Everywhere
Cedar Pruitt Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Capstone
· Fire Flight: A Wildfire Escape
Kari Lavelle Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· Butt or Face?
10:00–11:30 A.M.
Caroline Héroux Booth 708 Forbidden Press Books
· Do Not Enter! 1
10:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M.
Julia Volkman Booth 230 Maitri Learning
· Teacher Mentoring Communities
10:15–10:45 A.M.
Suma Subramanian Booth 935
Kids Can Press
· A Bindi Can Be
10:15–11:15 A.M.
Sean O’Brien Booth 823
Norton Young Readers
· White House Clubhouse
· White House Clubhouse: White House on Fire!
10:30–11:00 A.M.
Nashae Jones Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Courtesy of Cupid
· advanced copies of Nashae’s next middle grade novel
10:30–11:30 A.M.
Adriana Hernandez Bergstrom Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Orchard Books
· Tumble
Teresa Robeson Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· Queen of Physics
Pablo Cartaya Booth 822
Disney Publishing
· Curveball
Rebecca Caprara Booth 912
Charlesbridge
· Worst-Case Collin
11:00–11:30 A.M.
Kathleen Glasgow Booth 237
ALAN/Random House Children’s Books
· Glass Girl
Nathalie Alonso Booth 408
Barefoot Books
· Old Clothes for Dinner?!
Angela Quezada Padron Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· As the Seas Rise
Kalynn Bayron Booth 612
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
· Sleep Like Death
Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Bros
· Crowning Glory
Nina Crews Booth 731
Christy Ottaviano Books
· Extraordinary Magic
11:00–11:45 A.M.
Kate Messner & Kari Percival Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Chronicle Books
· The Next Scientist
· Over and Under the Wetlands
· Safe Crossing
Natalie Wexler & Judith Hochman Booth 505
Amplify/Jossey-Bass
· The Writing Revolution 2.0
11:00–11:45 A.M. continued
Elvira K. Gonzalez & Amra SabicEl-Rayess Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph
· Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War
Don Tate & Traci Sorell
Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· The Day Madear Voted
· Being Home
Chrystal D. Giles & Tina Cane Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Not an Easy Win
· Are You Nobody Too?
Federico Erebia Booth 1023
Levine Querido/Chronicle
· Pedro & Daniel
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Kate Fussner
Booth 133
SCBWI New England/HarperCollins
· The Song of Us
Debbie Dadey Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Graphix/SImon & Schuster
· The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
· Mermaid Tales
Nora Shalaway Carpenter Booth 711
Hachette Book Group
· Fault Lines
Winsome Bingham Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Missing Momma
· The Walk
· Soul Food Sunday
Michael Leali Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· The Truth about Triangles
11:15–11:45 A.M.
Jarred Amato
Booth 725
Corwin
· Just Read It!
11:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Charlotte Offsay
Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· The Quiet Forest
Rhonda Roumani Booth 715
Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
· Insha’Allah, No, Maybe So
Patricia Newman Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Giant Rays of Hope
Lori Alexander & Nathalie Alonso Booth 1014
Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers
· Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park
· Call Me Roberto! Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos
11:30 A.M.–12:20 P.M.
Dan Santat Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· Lefty
11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
Minda Dentler Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· The Girl Who Figured It Out
Jen Calonita Booth 822
Disney Publishing
· Fairy Godmother
Rex Ogle Booth 823
Norton Young Readers
· When We Ride
· Road Home
12:00–12:30 P.M.
Jessie Janowitz Booth 237 ALAN/Sourcebooks
· All the Ways to Go
Karen Chow Booth 731
Christy Ottaviano Books
· Miracle
12:00–12:45 P.M.
George M. Johnson
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Flamboyants
· All Boys Aren’t Blue
Ellen Hopkins Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Sync
Kim Johnson & Patricia Park Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· The Color of a Lie
· What’s Eating Jackie Oh
12:00–1:00 P.M.
Gabriella Aldeman Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/ Charlesbridge
· Squawk of Spanish
Andrew Hacket Booth 711
Hachette Book Group
· Hope and the Sea
Michelle Schwaub Booth 725
Sleeping Bear Press
· Leafy Landmarks
Nidhi Chanani Booth 814 ABRAMS
· Super Boba Cafe
Naomi Shihab Nye Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Grace Notes
12:30–1:00 P.M.
William Alexander Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· The Legend of Memo Castillo (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #4)
1:00–1:30 P.M.
Sacha Lamb Booth 237
ALAN/Levine Querido
· When the Angels Left the Old Country
Phaea Crede Booth 408
Barefoot Books
· Jet the Cat (Is Not a Cat)
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris
Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Plátanos Are Love
R. M. Romero Booth 715
Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
· Death’s Country
Deborah Lakritz Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Things That Shimmer
Sneed B. Collard III
Booth 1014
Astra Books for Young Readers
· Like No Other: Earth’s Coolest One-of-a-Kind Creatures
1:00–1:45 P.M.
Jessica Lanan & Elisha Cooper Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Jumper
· Before You Were Here
· Emma Full of Wonders
Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Bridges Instead of Walls
Dan Santat & Sita Singh
Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
· Mango Memories
Hannah Moushabeck
Booth 1023
Chronicle Books
· Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine
1:00–2:00 P.M.
Harshita Jerath Booth 215
Sourcebooks
· Cooler Than Lemonade
Kate Hosford Booth 725
Booksource/Chronicle Books
· You’ll Always Be My Chickadee
John Hendrix Booth 814
ABRAMS
· The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien
Sy Montgomery & Matt Patterson Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· The Book of Turtles
1:15–2:00 P.M.
Nora Lester Murad Booth 916
Interlink Publishing
· Ida in the Middle
1:15–2:15 P.M.
Michelle Schaub Booth 823
Norton Young Readers
· A Place for Rain
1:30–2:00 P.M.
Rina Singh Booth 223
Orca Book Publishers
· Barefoot Skateboarders
Maggie Tokuda-Hall Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Love in the Library
Rachael Romero Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Tale of the Flying Forest
1:45–2:15 P.M.
Anne Rellihan Booth 715
Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
· Not the Worst Friend in the World
2:00–2:30 P.M.
Melissa Stewart Booth 322
Silver Unicorn Bookstore/Reycraft Books
· Shape Search
· Whale Fall
· Mega-Predators of the Past
Alexandra Alessandri Booth 408 Barefoot Books
· Our World: Colombia
David Bowles Booth 612
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
· Hearts of Fire and Snow
Jo Knowles Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Someone’s Gonna End Up Crying
R.M. Romero Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Tale of the Flying Forest
Sarah Aronson Booth 1014
Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers
· Abzuglutely! Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug
2:00–2:45 P.M.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Simon & Schuster
· Rebellion 1776 (advanced reader copies)
Seema Yasmin Booth 237
ALAN/Simon & Schuster
· book title TBD
Martha Brockenbrough & Katherine Marsh Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything
· The Lost Year
Halli Gomez Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· List of Ten
Suma Subramaniam & Nadia Solomon Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· My Name Is Long as a River
· A Voice of Hope
2:00–2:45 P.M. continued
Angela Burke Kunkel & Kari Lavelle Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· World More Beautiful
· Ode to Grapefruit
Jonell Joshua Booth 1023
Levine Querido/Chronicle
· How Do I Draw These Memories?
2:00–3:00 P.M.
Autumn Allen Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Kokila (Penguin)
· All You Have to Do
Rhonda Roumani Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Holiday House/ Union Square & Co.
· Insha’Allah, No, Maybe So
· Tagging Freedom
Cindy Rodriguez Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Cardinal Rule Press/HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Three Pockets Full
· Lola Reyes Is So Not Worried
S. J. Taylor Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster
· Madsi the True
Sharon Draper Booth 202
Simon & Schuster
· Out of My Mind
Jessie Janowitz Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· All the Ways to Go
Jennifer De Leon
Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Atheneum
· Borderless
Susan Hood Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Lifeboat 5
Amanda Davis Booth 711
Hachette Book Group
· Moonlight Memories
Veera Hiranandani Booth 725
Penguin Random House
· Amil and the After
· The Greatest
Duncan Tonatiuh Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Game of Freedom
· ¡Felicidades!
Sneed B. Collard III Booth 912
Charlesbridge
· Border Crossings
Christina Soontornvat Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Made in Asian America
2:30–3:00 P.M.
Caren Stelson & Selina Alko Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Stars of the Night
Rina Singh Booth 935
Kids Can Press
· 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl
2:30–3:30 P.M.
Kwame Alexander Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· The Door of No Return
· Black Star
3:00–3:30 P.M.
Victor Pinero Booth 237 ALAN/Sourcebooks
· Time Villians
Anna Staniszewski Booth 408
Barefoot Books
· My Cousin’s Mermaid
Sarah Myer Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
Vicky Fang Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Ava Lin, Best Friend!
Donna Jannell Bowman Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Wings of an Eagle
3:00–3:45 P.M.
Kate Messner
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Bloomsbury Children’s Books
· The Trouble with Heroes
Karen Hallion Booth 605
Macmillan Publishers
· She Changed the World
Lisa Fipps
Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· And Then Boom!
Liz Garton Scanlon & Vera Ahiyya Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple
· Getting Ready for Kindergarten
3:00–4:00 P.M.
Alex Villasante Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Penguin
Random House
· The Grief Keeper
Alison Green Myers Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Penguin/Dutton
· A Bird Will Soar
Ginger Johnson Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Bloomsbury
· The Other Side of Luck
Darrin Smith Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Normal Avenue Press
· Abby’s Big Debate
Casey W. Robinson Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore/Penguin
Random House
· Small Things Mended
Anika Aldamuy Denise Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore/ HarperCollins
· Planting Stories
Josh Funk Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· Attack of the Scones
3:00–4:00 P.M. continued
Phaea Crede
Booth 822
Disney Publishing
· Stitch Crashes Disney
Jasmine Warga Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
3:30–4:15 P.M.
Miriam Plotinsky Booth 823
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
· Writing Their Future Selves: Instructional Strategies to Affirm Student Identity
3:30–4:30 P.M.
Jarrett Lerner Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· A Work in Progress
· Welcome to Scare School
Jewell Parker Rhodes Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Soul Step
· Will’s Race for Home
David L. Harrison Booth 912
Charlesbridge
· Wild Brunch: Poems about How Creatures Eat
3:45-4:15 P.M.
H. E. Edgmon Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· The Flicker
4:00–4:30 P.M.
Simon Boughton Booth 731
Christy Ottaviano Books
· The Wild River and the Great Dam
Mariana Llanos Booth 927
Benchmark Education/Reycraft Books
· Vampirita and the Angry Mob
· Vampiritay la turba enfurecida
4:00–4:45 P.M.
Daniel Nayeri
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Levine Querido
· Newbery Honor Book Samir, the Seller of Dreams
Huda Fahmy Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Huda F Cares?
Gennifer Choldenko & Stephen Briseño Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
· Tamales for Christmas
4:00–5:00 P.M.
Diana Sussman Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Harbor Lane Books LLC
· The Neighbors’ Secret
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Abrams Kids/ Getty Publications
· The Pocket Book
· The Traveling Camera
Jen Calonita Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· The Isle of Ever
Gabriela Orozco Belt Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival /Balzer + Bray
· Only for a Little While
Rebecca Caprara & Jennifer De Leon Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
· Spin
· The Magic of Melwick Orchard
· Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
· White Space: Essays on Culture, Race & Writing
Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Fighting with Love
Annie Cardi Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· Red
James Dashner Booth 708
Cardinal Publishers Group
· Godhead Complex
Michelle Markel Booth 725
Booksource/Chronicle Books
· Tomfoolery! Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books
SD Nelson Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Grandma’s Tipi
Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison
4:30–5:15 P.M.
Luz Santana & Dan Rothstein Booth 227
The Right Question Institute/Harvard Education Press
· Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
J. S. Lemon & Allie Millington Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Greta
· Olivetti
4:45–5:45 P.M.
Torrey Moldonado Booth 202
Mackin/Penguin
· Hands/Manos
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Booth 823
Norton Young Readers
· Crossing the Stream
· Flying Up the Mountain
5:00–5:30 P.M.
Jeannine Atkins
Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Hidden Powers
· advanced copies of Jeannine’s upcoming middle grade verse novel
Suma Subramaniam Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· V. Malar: Greatest Host of All Time
Melanie Conklin Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Crushed
Kerry O’Malley Cerra Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Make a Little Wave
Vivian Kirkfield & Beth Anderson Booth 1014
Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers
· Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World
· Thomas Jefferson’s Battle for Science Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose!
5:00-5:45 P.M.
Tracey Baptiste
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Boy 2.0
· African Icons
Floyd Cheung Booth 1000
Penguin Random House
· The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration
Lynne Kelly & Elly Swartz
Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· The Secret Language of Birds
· Hidden Truths
5:00-6:00 P.M.
The Brown Bookshelf Storytellers Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/The Brown Bookshelf
· books from Black authors and illustrators
Laura Parnum
Booth 133
SCBWI New England/HarperCollins
· Peril at Price Manor
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs
Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Charlesbridge
· The Lobster Lady
· I Am Made of Mountains
Srividhya Venkat Booth 210
Sambasivan & Parikh
· Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps
Susan E. Richmond Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
· Night Owl Night
Kristen Kiesling Booth 814
ABRAMS
· The Harrowing
Codie Crowley Booth 822
Disney Publishing
· Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch
Traci Sorell & Charles Waters Booth 912
Charlesbridge
· Mascot
Sarah Everett Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· The Shape of Lost Things
· The Probability of Everything
5:30-6:00 P.M.
Alexandra Alessandri Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Grow Up, Luchy Zapata
5:30-6:15 P.M.
Jen Wang Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Ash’s Cabin
5:30-6:30 P.M.
Marta Magellan Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Eifrig
Publishing
· Monarch Butterflies: Up, Up, and Away
A. S. King Booth 237
ALAN/Penguin Young Readers
· The Collectors
Tracey Baptiste Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Boy 2.0
· African Icons
Daniel Nayeri Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Drawn Onward
5:45-6:30 P.M.
Priya Parikh Booth 210
Sambasivan & Parikh
· Dancing Devi
6:00-6:30 P.M.
Sylvia Chen Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Tricky Chopsticks
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris Booth 731
Christy Ottaviano Books
· Gloriana, Presente
Linda Coombs & Mae Respicio Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Colonization and the Womponoag Story
· Isabel in Bloom
All times are in Eastern Time
11:00–11:20 A.M.
BYS.16 Texts That Cultivate Wonder and Curiosity about Our Natural World
Kristine Schutz, University of Illinois Chicago
Jen Vincent, Bannockburn School
11:30–11:50 A.M.
BYS.17 Storybook Connections: Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents through Literature
Vivett Dukes, Teachers College, Columbia University
12:00–12:20 P.M.
BYS.18 Science in Poetry: Picturebooks and Poetry Collections That Weave Facts and Form
Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Oak View Elementary School/Fairfax County Public Schools
12:30–12:50 P.M.
BYS.19 From Hushed to Heard: The Picturebooks That Amplify the Accomplishments of Black Women and Their Impact on the World
Markesha Tisby, Tisby Educational Consulting
1:00–1:20 P.M.
BYS.20 Books That Give Us HOPE for HUMANITY
Laura Haney, L.W. Conder Arts Integration Magnet School
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
BUILD YOUR STACK® LOCATED IN EXHIBIT HALL A (BCEC, exhibit level)
1:30–1:50 P.M.
BYS.21 What the Heart Wants: Books That Don’t Get Returned
Carrie M. Santo-Thomas, Warren Township High School Almond Campus
2:30–2:50 P.M.
BYS.22 Pairing Picturebooks and Novels
Aliza Werner, Bookelicious
3:00–3:20 P.M.
BYS.23 Characters (Real & Fictional) That Inspire Hope, Heart, and Humanity
Bitsy Parks, Beaverton School District
Mandy Robek, Olentangy Local School District
3:30–3:50 P.M.
BYS.24 Read Alouds of Resistance and Joy in the Face of Grief and Pain
Samira Ahmed, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Luz Yadira Herrera, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Nawal Qarooni, NQC Literacy
Jasmine Warga, Balzer + Bray/ HarperCollins
4:00–4:20 P.M.
BYS.25 Reading Is Life: Diversity. Equity. Cultures.
Joyce Brooks
Mary Jade Haney, Horrell Hill Elementary School/Richland County School District One
Erica Jennings Deedra Lee, Southeast Middle School
4:30–4:50 P.M.
BYS.26 Inspiring Hope with Queer Representation
Julie Hoffman, Springfield Public Schools
Cindi Koudelka, Fieldcrest CUSD 6/ Aurora University
5:00–5:20 P.M.
BYS.27 People You Should Know: Engaging Biographies for Middle Grade and High School
Michelle Houts, Ohio University Press/ Feeding Minds Press, Random House
5:30–5:50 P.M.
BYS.28 The Orbis Pictus Award®: Selected Nominated Titles You Should Know
Caryl Crowell, Retired, Tucson Unified School District
Julia López-Robertson, University of South Carolina
Janelle Mathis, University of North Texas
Melissa Summer Wells, University of Mary Washington
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
All times are in Eastern Time
11:00–11:30 A.M.
John Schu Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Louder Than Hunger
Helen Taylor Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· How to Eat in Space
Rhonda Roumani Booth 916
Interlink Publishing
· Umm Kulthum: The Star of the East
Lindsey Carmichael & Rochelle
Strauss Booth 935
Kids Can Press
· Polar
· The Global Ocean
Lindsay H. Metcalf Booth 1014
Astra Young Readers/Astra Books for Young Readers
· Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm
11:00–11:45 A.M.
Maysa Odeh & Katrina Moore Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· A Map for Falasteen
· The Star in You
Veera Hiranandani Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Amil & the After
· The Greatest
Nic Stone Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Dear Manny
Martha Brockenbrough Booth 1023
Chronicle/Levine Querido
· Frank & the Puppy Series
11:00–11:50 A.M.
Hena Khan Booth 202
Mackin/Random House Children’s Books
· We Are Big Time
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Dayna Lorentz Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Clarion Books/ HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Wayward Creatures
Kelly Carey Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Charlesbridge
· How Long Is Forever?
Victor Pineiro Booth 215
Sourcebooks
· Time Villains
Josh Funk Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
· My Pet Feet
Nora Lester Morud Booth 333
Teaching the World/Interlink Publishing
· Ida in the Middle
Brad Montague Booth 336
Penguin Young Readers
· The Circles All Around Us (while supplies last)
Barbara Dee Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Unstuck
· advanced copies of Barbara’s upcoming middle grade novel
Susan Verde & Caron Levis Booth 814
ABRAMS
· I Am We: A Book of Community
· Mighty Muddy Us
Barb Rosenstock & Katherine Roy Booth 823
Norton Young Readers
· Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso
11:00 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
Shan Woo Liu & Kaili Liu Gormley Booth 930
MIT Kids Press
· Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-Teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic
11:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M.
Julia Volkman Booth 230
Maitri Learning
· Teacher Mentoring Communities
11:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Sarah Silberstein Swartz Booth 223
Orca Book Publishers/Second Story Press
· Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust
Jyoti Rajan Gopal Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Love Is Here with You: A Lullaby of Blessings
David L. Harrison Booth 715
Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
· A Tree Is Community
Kate Messner Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Emma McKenna, Full Out (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #1)
Irene Latham & Charles Waters Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· The Mistakes That Made Us
11:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
Alexandra Alessandri Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Beaming Books
· Lupita’s Hurricane Palomitas
Federico Erebia Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Levine Querido
· Pedro & Daniel
Kimm Topping Booth 237
ALAN/Lee & Low
· Generation Queer
Seema Yasmin Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Unbecoming
Freddie Kolsch Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· Now, Conjurers
Zainab Khan Booth 725
Candlewick
· Noura’s Crescent Moon
Clare Osongco Booth 822
Disney Publishing
· Midnights with You
12:00–12:30 P.M.
Emma Otheguy Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Martina Has Too Many Tías
· advanced copies of Emma’s upcoming middle grade novel
Marcella Pixley Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Neshama
Kekla Magoon Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #6)
12:00–12:45 P.M.
Renée Watson
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
· All the Blues in the Sky
Jas Hammonds Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Thirsty
Tobias Madden Booth 605
Macmillan Publishers
· Wrong Answers Only
Randy Ribay & A. S. King Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Everythng We Never Had
· Pick the Lock
Rob Buyea & Sarvenaz Tash Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Carter Avery’s Tricky Fourth-Grade Year
· The Queen of Ocean Parkway
Lesléa Newman Booth 1023
Chronicle/Levine Querido
· Joyful Song
12:00–1:00 P.M.
David A. Kelly
Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Curveball Books
· Satchel’s Stolen Strike (Ballpark Mysteries #20)
· The Two-Minute Warning (Football Mysteries #1)
E. E. Dowd
Booth 133
SCBWI New England/EduMatch
· Shipshape
Pam Muñoz Ryan Booth 202
Scholastic/Mackikn
· Mañanaland
Gareth Hinds Booth 712
GarethHinds.com/Candlewick Press
· The Odyssey
· The Iliad
· Graceling
· Beowulf
· Poe
· Macbeth
Nidhi Chanani & Hannah V. Sawyerr Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Super Boba Cafe
· All the Fighting Parts
Rajani LaRocca Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Sona and the Golden Beast
12:15–12:45 P.M.
Scott Riley & Huy Voun Lee Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Rats to the Rescue
12:30–1:00 P.M.
Eliot Schrefer Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Wyatt Hill’s Best Friend Is a Lizard (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class #5)
12:30–1:30 P.M.
Katherine Pryor Booth 711
Hachette Book Group
· Home Is Calling
Evan Griffith Booth 725
Sleeping Bear Press
· Wild at Heart
1:00–1:30 P.M.
Kim Johnson Booth 237
ALAN/Random House Children’s Books
· The Color of a Lie
Rebecca Gardyn Levington Booth 408
Barefoot Books
· Whatever Comes Tomorrow
Eliot Schrefer Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Wyatt Hill’s Best Friend Is a Lizard
Karen Bao Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Pangu’s Shadow
Samrath Kaur Booth 933
Annick Press
· Mandeep’s Cloudy Days
1:00–1:45 P.M.
James Dashner
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Cardinal Publishers Group
· The Godhead Complex
Tony Weaver Jr. Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Weirdo
Bushra Rehman Booth 605
Macmillan Publishers
· Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
Padma Venkatraman & Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Safe Harbor
· The Night War
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Rob Cameron Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Operation Sisterhood
· Daydreamer
1:00–2:00 P.M.
Rekha Rajan Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· Can You Dance Like a Peacock?
Aaron H. Aceves Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Simon & Schuster
· This Is Why They Hate Us
Rob Harrell Booth 336
Penguin Young Readers
· Wink (while supplies last)
Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 814 ABRAMS
· Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s
Eliot Schrefer Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· The Brightness Between Us
1:00–2:30 P.M.
Caroline Héroux Booth 708
Forbidden Press Books
· Do Not Enter! 2
1:00–3:00 P.M.
Aya Khalil Booth 333
Teaching the World/Tilbury House Publishers
· The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale
1:30–2:00 P.M.
Gennifer Choldenko Booth 237
ALAN/Random House Children’s Books
· The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
Jennifer De Leon Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Borderless
Steve Watkins
Booth 612
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
· The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers’ Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields
Emi Watanabe Cohen
Booth 1023
Chronicle/Levine Querido
· Golemcrafters
1:30–2:30 P.M.
Sherri L. Smith
Booth 725
Scholastic
· Pearl: A Graphic Novel
Elaine Dimopoulos Booth 912
Charlesbridge
· The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow
2:00–2:30 P.M.
James Bird
Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· No Place Like Home
Ashley Granillo & Lyn Miller-Lachmann Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Cruzita and the Mariacheros
· Eyes Open
2:00–2:45 P.M.
Sharon M. Draper
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Simon & Schuster
· Out of My Dreams
Sarah Mughal Rana Booth 605
Macmillan Publishers
· Hope Ablaze
Sherri L. Smith
Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· American Wings
Barb Rosenstock & Kate Messner Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· The Great Lakes
· History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials
2:00–2:50 P.M.
Nic Stone
Booth 202
Mackin/Random House Children’s Books
· Chaos Theory
2:00–3:00 P.M.
David Anthony Durham Booth 237
ALAN/Lee & Low
· The Shadow Prince
Susan Lynn Meyer Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· A Sky Full of Song
Cara Bean Booth 711
Hachette Book Group
· Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health
Samira Ahmed Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· This Book Won’t Burn
· The Singular Life of Aria Patel
Kwame Mbalia Booth 814
ABRAMS
· On Again, Awkward Again
Carrie Kruck Booth 822
Disney Publishing
· Iggy Who Breathes Fire
Matt Forrest Esenwine Booth 823
Tilbury House Publishers
· The Thing to Remember about Stargazing
Elana K. Arnold Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· The Blood Years
Nora Shalaway Carpenter Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Candlewick
· Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
· Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assmptions About Small-Town America
Sarah Aronson Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers Beach Lane Books
· Abzuglutely: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug
· Just Like Rube Goldberg
2:30–3:15 P.M.
Sherry Winston & Leah Stecher Booth 612
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
· Shark Teeth
· The Things We Miss
2:45-3:15 P.M.
Jonathan Roth Booth 935
Kids Can Press
· Rover and Speck: It’s a Gas!
3:00-3:30 P.M.
Mariana Llanos Booth 408
Barefoot Books
· Run, Little Chaski!
· Benita and the Night Creatures
Hanh Bui Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Ánh›s New Word: A Story About Learning a New Language
Caroline Carlson
Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Wicked Marigold
Sunshine Bacon Booth 715
Holiday House/Peachtree
· Rabbit, Rabbit
NoNieqa Ramos Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· They Thought They Buried Us
David L. Harrison Booth 927
Benchmark Education
· The Fluency Development Lesson: Closing the Reading Gap
Sarah Albee Booth 1014
Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers
· The Painter and the Presdient: Gilbert Stuart’s Brush with George Washington
· Bounce! A Scientific History of Rubber
3:00–3:45PM
Dashka Slater
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Shifa Saltagi Safadi Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Kareem Between
Ellen Oh & Jamie Jo Hoang Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· On the Block
· My Father Is the Panda Killer
3:00–4:00 P.M.
Andrea Wang Booth 117
Collaborative Classroom/Holiday House/Kokila
· Watercress (illustrated by Jason Chin)
· The Many Meanings of Meilan
Padma Venkatraman Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Penguin
· Born Behind Bars
Tameka Fryer Brown Booth 131 Highlights Foundation/FSG/Macmillan/ Lerner Publishing
· All the Greatness in You
· Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change
Tammy Gerhard Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Anavah Publishing
· Cocoa Hugs and Coffee Mugs
· I Love My Community
Marge Silvestri Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Marge Silvestri
· Like a Rainbow
Vicky Fang Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· The Boo Crew Needs You
Elizabeth Santiago Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Lee & Low
· The Moonlit Vine (English & Spanish editions)
Eliot Schrefer Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
· Charming Young Man
· Queer Ducks
3:00–4:00 P.M. continued
Jarrett Lerner Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore/Simon & Schuster
· A Work in Progress
Kaz Windness Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Bitsy Bat
· School Star
· Go Go Dino
Nick Newlin Booth 609
Nicolo Whimsey Press
· The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology
Randy Ribay Booth 725
Penguin Random House
· Patron Saints of Nothing
Carole Lindstrom Booth 814
ABRAMS
· My Powerful Hair
Michelle Cusolito Booth 912
Charlesbridge
· A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone
Katherine Marsh Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Medusa
3:30–4:00 P.M.
Desmond Hall Booth 237
ALAN/Simon & Schuster
· book title TBD
Barb Rosenstock Booth 1014
Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers
· American Spirits: The Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad That Haunted a Nation (signing sampler)
Kari Allen Booth 1027
Kind World Publishing
· Maddie and Mabel Ready for Snow
3:30–4:15 P.M.
Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· They Call Me Teach
· One Big Open Sky
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Matt Forrest Esenwine Booth 208
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
· A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems for a Multicolored World
Cynthia Levinson Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Free to Learn
Amina Luqman-Dawson Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Freewater
3:45–4:15 P.M.
Emily Barth Isler Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· The Color of Sound
4:00–4:30 P.M.
Hayley Dennings Booth 237
ALAN/Sourcebooks
· This Ravenous Fate
Carole Boston Weatherford Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Kin
Ruth Chan Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back
Nancy Castaldo Booth 715
Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
· Riverkeeper
Dinah Johnson Booth 731
Christy Ottaviano Books
· Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote
Melissa Stewart Booth 927
Benchmark Education/Reycraft Books
· Shape Search
Susan Goldman Rubin Booth 1014
Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers
· The Women Who Built Hollywood: 12 Trailblazers in Front of and Behind the Camera
4:00–4:45 P.M.
Amina Luqman-Dawson
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Freewater
Emily Jenkins Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· All The Best Dogs
4:00–5:00 P.M.
Meera Trehan Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Candlewick
· The View from the Very Best House in Town
Andrea J. Loney Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/Albert Whitman and Company
· Abby in Orbit: All Systems Whoa
· Abby in Orbit: Mission: Moon
Nancy Tandon Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Aladdin
· The Ghost of Spruce Point
Carol Gordon Ekster Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Beaming Books/ Capstone
· Some Daddies
· Trucker Kid
Rhonda Roumani Booth 704
Union Square & Co.
· Tagging Freedom
4:00–5:00 P.M. continued
Kyle Lukoff Booth 725
Penguin Random House
· Too Bright to See
Chelsea Lin Wallace Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Dare to Be Daring
Kwame Mbalia Booth 822
Disney Publishing
· Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Aya Khalil Booth 823
Tilbury House Publishers
· The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale
· The Arabic Quilt
Renée Watson Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Cicely Tyson
4:15-5:00 P.M.
Grant Snider & K. A. Holt Booth 1023
Chronicle Books
· Poetry Comics
· Benbee and the Teacher Griefer
4:30-5:00 P.M.
Raj Haldar Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· This Book Is Banned
Kern Carter Booth 237
ALAN/Penguin Random House Canada
· And Then There Was Us
Phoebe Sinclair Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· Confessions of a Candy Snatcher
Yangsook Choi Booth 833
Lerner Publishing Group
· Slippery, Spicy, Tingly: A Kimchi Mystery
Vikram Madan Booth 1014
Wordsong/Astra Books for Young Readers
· Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock: A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters!
4:30–5:15 P.M.
Matt de la Pena & Kyle Lukoff Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· A Perfect Place
· I’m Sorry You Got Mad
4:30–5:30 P.M.
Jennifer Nielsen Booth 202
Mackin/Scholastic
· Uprising or Iceberg
Megan Litwin & Rajani LaRocca Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
· Dirt & Bugsy: Bug Catchers
· Dirt & Bugsy: Beetle Mania
· I’ll Go and Come Back
Jordan K. Casomar Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· How to Lose a Best Friend
5:00–5:30 PM
Josh Galarza Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
Anne Nesbet Booth 714
Candlewick Press
· The Long Way Around
Vikram Madan Booth 715
Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
· Owl and Penguin: Here and There
Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich Booth 1023
Chronicle/Levine Querido
· You’re Breaking My Heart
5:00-5:45 P.M.
Christopher Denise
Author Signing Booth (near the NCTE Green Room)
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Knight Owl
· Knight Owl & Early Bird
Dan Nott & Candace Fleming Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· Hidden Systems
· Narhwal
5:00–6:00 P.M.
Kelly Starling Lyons Booth 131
Highlights Foundation/HarperCollins
· Ty’s Travels: Showtime
Lulu Delacre
Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Lee & Low
· Rafi & Rose Menu (English & Spanish)
Desmond Hall Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Better Must Come
Jenn Bishop Booth 725
Booksource/Chronicle Books
· Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up
Christopher Denise Booth 731
Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Knight Owl
· Knight Owl & Early Bird
Brittany N. Williams Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Saint-Seducing Gold
· That Self-Same Metal
Janae Marks Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· A Split Second
5:30–6:00 P.M.
Donna Janell Bowman & SD Nelson Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Wings of an Eagle
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24
All times are in Eastern Time
8:00–8:30 A.M.
Leslé Honoré Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Brown Girl, Brown Girl
8:00–8:45 A.M.
Edel Rodriguez Booth 605
Macmillan Publishers
· Worm
Gary D. Schmidt Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Jupiter Rising
Brad Montague Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Fail-A-Bration
Meera Srimam & Sheetal Sheth Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· The Spice Box
· Bravo Anjali
8:00–9:00 A.M.
Hayley Dennings Booth 215 Sourcebooks
· This Ravenous Fate
Laurie Morrison Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Keeping Pace
8:00–11:30 A.M.
Julia Volkman Booth 230
Maitri Learning
· Teacher Mentoring Communities
8:30–9:15 A.M.
Dhonielle Clayton Booth 237
ALAN/Macmillan
· book title TBD
Gene Luen Yang & LeUyen Pham Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Lunar New Year Love Story
8:30–9:30 A.M.
Aixa Pérez-Prado Booth 233
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival/Lee & Low
· Mercedes Sosa (English & Spanish)
Gayle Forman Booth 512
Simon & Schuster
· Not Nothing
8:45–9:30 A.M.
Johnnie Christmas Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· Gamerville
9:00–9:30 A.M.
Debra Kempf Shumaker Booth 935
Kids Can Press
· Wind Is a Dance
9:00–9:45 A.M.
José Olivarez Booth 605
Macmillan Publishers
· Promises of Gold
Rob Harrell Booth 1000
Penguin Young Readers
· Popcorn
Hena Khan & Debbie Fong Booth 1006
Random House Children’s Books
· We Are Big Time
· Next Stop
9:00–10:00 A.M.
Taylor Tyng Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Pixel & Ink
· Clara Poole and the Wrong Way Up
· Clara Poole and the Long Way Round
Jennifer McCarty Plucker Booth 202
Mackin/Solution Tree
· Inspiring Lifelong Readers
Frank Cole Booth 237
ALAN/Shadow Mountain Publishing
· book title TBD
Raul the Third Booth 731
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· The Snips: A Bad Buzz Day
Lynnor Bontigao Booth 814
ABRAMS
· Seashell Key
9:30–10:15 A.M.
Amber McBride Booth 604
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
· Onyx & Beyond
Gayle Forman Booth 922
HarperCollins Children’s Books
· After Life
10:00 A.M.
Raúl the Third Booth 322
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
· title tbd
10:00–10:30 A.M.
Grant Snider Booth 237
ALAN/Chronicle Books
· Poetry Comics + art print
10:00–10:45 A.M.
Nancy Tupper Ling Booth 1006
Penguin Random House
· Bless the Earth
10:00–11:00 A.M.
Wendy Page Arruda Booth 133
SCBWI New England/Whimsical Wordsmith Publishing LLC
· Silly Sounding Sentences—ABC Phonics Fun!
Olive Olini
Booth133
SCBWI New England/Wanderwood Media Group
· Juniper of Wanderwood
· Juniper Eats the Rainbow
10:15–11:15 A.M.
Lorraine M. Radice Booth 202
Mackin/Solution Tree
· Leading a Culture of Reading
10:30–11:00 A.M.
Aya Khalil Booth 408 Barefoot Books
· Our World: Egypt
· the Hello, Body! series
10:30–11:30 A.M.
Jolene Gutiérrez Booth 233
Latinx KidLit Book Festival/Chronicle Books
· The Ofrenda That We Built
10:45–11:30 A.M.
Lee Sanders Booth 237
ALAN/Catalyst Press
· Under the Light of Fireflies
11:00–11:30 A.M.
Mia Wenjen Booth 408 Barefoot Books
· Food for the Future
Purchase a complete set of the All About... Series bundle (25 books) for $75 (a $161.75 retail value)!
Use the code AANCTE to claim your offer. Valid through June 30, 2025.
Visit us at Booth #708 to see more titles or go online at brpressbooks.com.
AUTHOR SIGNING (FREE Books While Supplies Last)
Saturday, November 23 | 3-4 PM
Andrea Wang
Author of the Caldecott & Newbery Honor-winning Watercress and The Many Meanings of Meilan
Booth #117
This month, we’re raising a glass to the amazing teachers who bring our books to life. Your passion and creativity inspire us every day, and we’re thrilled to celebrate you as part of our birthday festivities. Thank you for being a vital part of the Norton family—cheers to you!
Scan the QR code for party details and to reserve your complimentary mimosa. seagull.wwnorton.com/celebrate-ncte-24 Visit NCTE Central to save 30% off retail prices on NCTE books and quick-reference guides. While you’re there, shop our selection of new gift items, pick up sample copies of NCTE journals, and chat with NCTE Publications staff.
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