Goodreads Finalist for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction Teen Book of the Year (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin) YALSA 2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin) YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin)
With a focus on the Ghanaian adze featured in my book Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting, I will teach young readers about vampire myths around the world as a way to teach about multiculturalism and how similar concepts can be found through seemingly different cultures.Īwards: New York Times Bestseller (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin) Presentation: More than Just Dracula: Exploring Vampire Myths from Around the WorldĮveryone knows Dracula, but fewer know that vampires can be found in folklore all over the world. Mac lives in Oakland, California.īook: Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Silver Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. Mac’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. Mac Barnett is a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children and the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of Shape Island on Apple TV+. Presentation: A Million Laughs or Your Money Back: A Free Presentation by Mac BarnettĪwards: Two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B.
An editor, life-long advocate for libraries, she has serves on the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.īook: Twenty Questions/The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza The Yellow Star - Jane Addams Peace Prize (Honor Book)ġ4 Cows for America - New York Times BestsellerĬarmen Agra Deedy, is an award-winning author of fifteen books and the host of the four-time Emmy-winning children’s program, Love That Book! Deedy is also an accomplished lecturer, having been a guest speaker for the Library of Congress, Columbia University, TED and TEDx Conference. Sometimes being a good human, or a good wombat, requires opening your doors and your heart to others––even if you lose your best slippers in the process.Īwards: Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach - Pura Belpre Medal (honor book) What could a great-hearted marsupial, an Australian bushfire, and a Cuban refugee possibly have in common? In what promises to be a laughter-filled session, please join Carmen Agra Deedy as she shares the backstory to her newest children's book, Wombat Said Come In, and find out.
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