There are special activities hosted by the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center and Paper June Bookstore too. Also, Kathleen Wilford, author of the popular middle grade novel Cabby Potts, Duchess of Dirt, will be presenting. A number of presentations and outdoor performances are aimed at little ones! Mike Ciccotello, author of Beach Toys vs School Supplies will be honored as the winner of the Bill Martin Jr Picture Book Award Winner. The Kansas Book Festival is for all ages and interests, and all events are free. Book Festival Meet This Years Participating Authors Tracey Baptiste Tahiya Cooper Lulu Delacre Heather Fox John Gallagher Laura Gehl Megan Wagner Lloyd. In addition, the festival will feature prize-winning speculative fiction writers Kenan Orhan, author of I am My Country: And Other Stories, and John Elizabeth Stinzi, author of My Volcano. Other featured authors include Candice Millard, author of New York Times Bestseller River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile, as well as the acclaimed poet B.H Fairchild.
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This year, the headliner is Ling Ma, author of the new collection of short stories Bliss Montage, which won the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award, plus Severance, named the Best Book of the Year by NPR as well as one of the “Books We Loved” at the New Yorker. The festival will also feature outdoor performances, a book-art exhibit, food trucks, and exhibitor tents with 35 publishers, nonprofits, and individual authors. Their presentations cover fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s fiction.
The 2023 Festival will bring an amazing lineup of 50 authors.
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16, 2023, the 12th annual Kansas Book Festival will take place at Washburn University, hosted by the Mabee Library. To see the full 2023 program, click here. Learn more about this title and the author at Saturday, Sept. Her first title is a hilarious bedtime story that will leave families enlightened, entertained, and educated. She is the 2023 recipient of the Black Kidlit Award for best indie children's book and claims the Mom of the Year Award whenever both of her kids finish their vegetables at dinner.Īn advocate for social emotion development, she creates literature that resonates with frustrated parents and their curious children, making each page a memorable learning experience for the entire family. Semmons has been featured on the Himama Podcast (the #1 rated app for childcare), Studio 17 Live, the Cecil Whig, and the Multicultural Kid Blog. Semmons launched her book on the Kickstarter platform raising 18K to self-publish it under her own publishing company and imprint, So Much Semmons. She launched her first children's book titled, What Did We Miss? in April 2022 and pre-sold 800 copies of her highly anticipated debut title. For more visit her at Tiffany Semmons is a wife, mom, and former child care director residing in North East, MD. Reading is Fundamental honored her with a Champion of Children’s Literacy Award.
She has exhibited at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, The Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators in New York, the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, and the Zimmerli Art Museum among other venues. Delacre has lectured internationally and served as a juror for the National Book Awards. Among her latest works are the art of Turning Pages by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees. Her bilingual picture book ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! Descubriendo el bosque nublado Olinguito, from A to Z! Unveiling the Cloud Forest and her story collection Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos have received multiple starred reviews and awards.
Her many titles include Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America, a Horn Book Fanfare Book in print for over 30 years. Delacre says her Latino heritage and her life experiences inform her work. The New York Times Bestselling artist was born and raised in Puerto Rico to Argentinean parents. Three-time Pura Belpré Award honoree Lulu Delacre has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1980.
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