Dinner at the Kid's Table
Sunday, September 18 - 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Hotel Murano Venice Ballrooms
Sponsored by Scholastic Tickets required)
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Corinna Luyken / Patchwork
Best-selling illustrator Corinna Luyken’s vibrant artwork is perfectly matched with Newbery Medal winner Matt de la Peña’s text in Patchwork (G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR/PRH), an exploration of the multitudes of possibility that dwell in every child. A young dancer might one day become a coder; inside a basketball player might be a poet; and tomorrow’s teacher might be quietly waiting inside today’s class clown. The complexity and uniqueness of each and every child is a story still being written, a moving lesson for children and adults alike. Corinna Luyken is the author/illustrator of several picturebooks, including The Book of Mistakes and the New York Times bestseller My Heart, as well as the illustrator of Adam Simcox Does Not Have a Horse and Nothing in Common. She lives in Olympia. |
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Jordan Scott / My Baba’s Garden
Poet Jordan Scott once again teams up with illustrator Sydney Smith for a wistful and loving portrait for young readers of a boy and his grandmother in My Baba’s Garden (Neal Porter Books/PRH). Inspired by Scott’s own childhood memories, the text recounts the sights, sounds and smells of a boy spending time with his grandmother, his beloved Baba, especially the time they spent together tending Baba’s garden. Jordan Scott, who lives in the Comax Valley of Vancouver Island, is the author of several poetry collections, a memoir, and was the subject of two National Film Board of Canada projects. His previous collaboration with Sydney Smith was the award-winning picturebook I Talk Like a River. My Baba’s Garden will be published in March, 2023 |
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Saadia Faruqi / Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party
A little case of birthday party envy gets a third-grade girl in hot water in Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party (Amulet Books/Abrams), the first book in a charming new chapter book series by Saadia Faruqi. When her wealthy neighbor Alexa brings fancy party invites to school, Marya can’t help herself, and invites everyone to her most epic henna party ever. Now all she has to do is figure out how to get her family to help her make it happen. Saadia Faruqi is the author of the Yasmin and the Must Love Pets series for new readers, as well as middle-grade novels such as Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero. Originally from Pakistan, she now lives in Houston. |
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Renée Watson / Ways to Share Joy
Award-winning author Renée Watson returns with Ways to Share Joy (Bloomsbury Children’s Books/Macmillan), the third installment in her Ryan Hart series for middle-graders. Ryan’s sunny disposition and bright spirit help her navigate changes in her family, challenges with her friends, and lessons learned from a classmate’s teasing. Watson’s Ryan Hart books are perfect for readers who love the Ramona stories of Beverly Cleary, enhanced with a more modern and diverse take on family, friends, and feeling good about oneself. Renée Watson is the New York Times best-selling author of numerous books for young readers and young adults; her novel, Piecing Me Together, received a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award. She divides her time between Portland and New York. |
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Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen / The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Goats, bridge, troll. If you think you know this story, think again. The power team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen give The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Orchard Books/Scholastic) a hilarious new twist with this debut book of their new Fairy Tale series. Barnett’s clever rhymes (literally) build the story of an increasingly excited and hungry troll as the three smart goats clip-clop over his bridge. Klassen’s troll is suitably gross, with a greedy gleam in his beady eyes, fork and spoon at the ready. Mac Barnett is the best-selling author of numerous children’s books, including the Caldecott Honor and E. B. White Read Aloud Award-winner, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. Jon Klassen’s book This Is Not My Hat won both the Caldecott and the Kate Greenway Medals. Barnett and Klassen previously collaborated on three eponymous picture books featuring friends Circle, Square and Triangle. |