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SCHEDULE 

10:00 AM

​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

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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

• Sibby Falk

• Sue Beckhorn

• Marsha Hayles

1:00 PM

Room 1: Diverse Themes in Middle Grade Literature​

• Alex Sanchez

• Lesa Cline-Ransome

• 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

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

3:00 PM

Room 1: Doing It All: Writing and Illustrating Your Books

• Jeff Mack

• James Ransome

Room 2: How Picture Book Authors and Illustrators Work Together​

• Peggy Thomas

• Kathy 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