Friday, May 4, 2018

Featured Authors
​Blue/White Rooms
Jeanne Birdsall - 10:30 -11:30 a.m.
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Jeanne Birdsall
Jeanne Birdsall is a New York Times best-selling author of   books for children. Her middle grade novels about the Penderwick family have collected many honors, including the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, and have been translated into thirty languages. She also writes picture books for younger children.

Jeanne Birdsall's books include The Penderwicks, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, and The Penderwicks in Spring, as well as the picture books Flora's Very Windy Day, Lucky and Squash, and My Favorite Pets. 
Jordan Sonnenblick   -  10:45 - 11:30  am
2018 PSLA Outstanding  Pennsylvania Author
Jordan will be presenting   Writing is Life: Connecting Books to your Students Experiences during   Session A in Empire C, .
Jordan was public school teacher for fourteen years but always dreamed of being a writer.   One day in 2003 he sat down and started his first young adult novel, Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie, which was published by Scholastic in 2005. Jordan’s book was named to the American Library Association’s Teen’s Top Ten List, sold over 600,000 copies, and has been translated into fifteen foreign languages. Jordan followed Drums with six more acclaimed books for teens: Notes from the   Midnight Driver, Zen and the Art of Faking It, After Ever After, Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip, Are You Experienced?, and Falling Over Sideways. Jordan has   also written the Dodger and Me trilogy of funny fantasy books for middle- grade readers, which includes Dodger and Me, Dodger for President, and Dodger for Sale.
Jordan’s newest book, The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade, was published in
August 2017 by Scholastic. You can always keep track of Jordan’s comings and goings through his website, the cleverly-named www.jordansonnenblick.com  
Tiffany Jackson  - 12:30 - 2:00 p.m
Tiffany D. Jackson is the author of Allegedly. A TV professional by  day,  novelist by night,    awkward black girl 24/7, she received her BA in Film from Howard University and her MA in Media Studies from The New School University. A   Brooklyn native, she is a lover of naps, cookie dough, and beaches, currently residing in the borough she loves with her adorable
chihuahua Oscar, most likely multitasking. You can visit her online at   www.writeinbk.com.

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Greg Pizzoli  -  3:30 - 4:15 pm
​2018 Keynote Author
​Greg Pizzoli is an author and illustrator of several picture books, including The Watermelon Seed, which received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award and Good Night Owl, which received a Geisel Honor. 

His new picture book, This Story is for You, is about friendship. 

Greg lives in Philadelphia with his wife, their dog, and two cats. He can be found online at www.gregpizzoli.com, and on instagram and twitter, both @gregpizzoli.
Local Author Exhibit Booths
Blue/White Rooms
 Booth   49
  • Daniel Jude Miller (ES)   (9  a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Booth  50
  •  Kristin  Walker (YA)   (9  a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
  • Todd McClimans (ES)    (9   a.m.   to   12:30 p.m.)
  • Jim Remsen (YA)   (1:00  p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

Booth   51
  • Monique Stein (w/ Clutch the service dog) (ES)      (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
  • Chrysa Smith  (Early ES)      (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Booth 55  
  • Gryffyn Phoenix (YA)      (9 a.m. to 4:30  p.m.)
  •   Janice S. McElhoe (YA)     (9    a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

Booth  56
  • Sherri Maret  (Early ES)       (9 a.m. to 4:30  p.m.)
  • Pamela Behrend (ES)       (9 a.m. to 4:30  p.m.)

Booth 57
  • Cynthia A. Sudor (YA)    (9  a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
  • Sherry Raby    (Early ES &  YA)   (9  a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Booth 61
Kathy Miller (ES) (9  a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Jill Bateman (9  a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)