Children and Teen Author Events
College of Education
Saturday, March 9, 2013
10:00 – 11:00
Kiva
Among the Books: Missing and Hidden in Time
Featuring: Margaret Peterson Haddix author of The Shadow Children series
and the Missing series. Her newest books are Caught and Game Changer.
Room 353
Freeze Frame: Film, Animation, and Picturebooks
Featuring: Peter Brown author /illustrator of Creepy Carrots, YOU WILL BE MY
FRIEND, Children Make Terrible Pets; Chris Gall author/illustrator of Revenge of
the Dinotrux, Substitute Creacher, Dinotrux; Molly Idle author/illustrator of Tea
and Rex, Flora and the Flamingo, Molly Idle Flip Over Book
Room 349
Pop-In: A Pop-Up Workshop for Kids ages 8+
Featuring: Simon Arizpe pop-up book designer for Star Wars, A Pop-Up Guide
to the Galaxy (Reinhart) and Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs (Sabuda and
Reinhart).
Room 333
Not Yet: Behaviors of Aspiring Writers that Lead to Publication (ages 16+)
Featuring: Erin Lange author of Butter; Tom Leveen author of Zero, Party
*UA South
Ballroom
A Conversation with R. L. Stine author of Goosebumps and Fear Street:
Goosebumps Most Wanted #2: Son of Slappy, Goosebumps Most Wanted: The
Haunted Mask, Goosebumps Most Wanted: Planet of the Lawn Gnomes
11:30 – 12:30
Kiva
Nerds, Aliens, and Other Stuff
Featuring: Bruce Coville author of Always October, Unicorn Chronicles, My
Teacher is an Alien. Jennifer Holm author of Eighth Grade is Making Me Sick,
Turtle in Paradise. Alan Sitomer author of Nerd Girls: A Catastrophe of Nerdish
Proportions, Nerd Girls: The Rise of the Dorkasaurus, Downside of Being Up.
Room 353
The Choice to Make a Difference
Featuring: Jacqueline Woodson author of Each Kindness, Beyond the Meth
Moon, Pecan Pie Baby, Show Way; Jerry Pinkney illustrator of The Lion and the
Mouse, Puss in Boots, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Vaunda Michaeux Nelson
author of No Crystal Stair, Bad News for Outlaws
Room 351
Mystery and Intrigue: Searching for Answers
Featuring: Elise Broach author of Treasure on Superstition Mountain, Missing
on Superstition Mountain, Masterpiece; Sneed Collard III author of Cartwheel,
Double Eagle; Robin Brande author of the Parallelogram series and the Secret
Security Squad series.
Room 349
Marshmallows and Point of View: A Writing Workshop for Kids 8+
Featuring: Linda Urban author of The Center of Everything, Hound Dog True,
Crooked Kind of Perfect
Room 333
Imagine That: Your Family has a Story
Featuring: Pat Wilson author of I Can’t See . . . But I Can Imagine
1:00 – 2:00
Kiva
Fantasy Portals: Entrees to Unique Worlds
Featuring: Heather Brewer author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Eighth
Grade Bites, The Slayer Chronicles, Second Chance; Lisa McMann author of
Crash (Visions Series), Trap Door (Infinity Ring series), Island of Silence
(Unwanteds series) Dead to You; Joanne Levy author of Small Medium at
Large, Jennifer Nielsen author of The False Prince, The Runaway King, Elliot
and the Goblin War
Room 353
No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Picture(book)
Featuring: Peter Brown author /illustrator of Creepy Carrots, YOU WILL BE MY
FRIEND, Children Make Terrible Pets; Adam Rex illustrator of Chu’s Big Day,
author of Unlucky Charms, Cold Cereal; Lester Laminack author of Three Hens
and a Peacock, Saturdays and Teacakes
Room 351
Overwhelmed! Teens Facing Difficult Decisions
Featuring: Tom Leveen author of Zero, Party; A.S. King author of Ask the
Passengers, Everybody Sees the Ants, Please Ignore Vera Dietz; Erin Lange
author of Butter
Room 349
Flip Out with Flora: A Flip Book Workshop for Ages 6-12
Featuring: Molly Idle author/illustrator of Tea and Rex, Flora and the Flamingo,
Molly Idle Flip Over Book
Room 333
Creating Suspense in Children’s Fiction: A Workshop for Adults (16+)
Featuring: Elise Broach author of Treasure on Superstition Mountain, Missing
on Superstition Mountain, Masterpiece, When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
2:30 – 3:30
Kiva
Meth, Death, and Trust: Difficult Times, Difficult Choices
Featuring: Jacqueline Woodson author of Beyond the Meth Moon, If You
Come Softly, Behind You, Each Kindness; A.S. King author of Ask the
Passengers, Everybody Sees the Ants, Please Ignore Vera Dietz; Guadalupe
Garcia McCall, author of Under the Mesquite, Summer of the Mariposas
Room 353
Science with a Twist
Featuring: Joyce Sidman author of Swirl by Swirl, Dark Emperor and other
Poems of the Night; Stephen Swinburne author of Ocean Soup, Sea Turtle
Scientist, Coyote, Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes; Alan Armstrong author of
Racing the Moon, Raleigh’s Page, Wittington
Room 351
Wonderfully Wacky: Babymouse meets Katie Kazoo and the Beaver
Brothers
Featuring: Jennifer Holm author of Babymouse for President, Squish: Captain
Disaster; Maxwell Eaton III author/illustrator of The Flying Beaver Brothers and
the Evil Penguin, The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Fishy Business, Two Dumb
Ducks; Nancy Krulik author of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo series, George
Brown, Class Clown series
Room 349
Once Upon A Time: A Storytelling Workshop
Featuring: Antonio Sacre author of A Mango in the Hand: A Story Told in
Proverbs and an award-winning storyteller.
Room 333:
Studio Lesson: A Demonstration of Watercolor Techniques
Featuring: Jerry Pinkney illustrator of The Lion and the Mouse, Puss in Boots,
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, John Henry
4:00 – 5:00
Kiva
Artists, Athletes, Scholars? Sorting Out What Matters
Featuring: Margaret Peterson Haddix author of Caught, Game Changer, and
The Always War; Lisa McMann author of Island of Silence (Unwanteds series)
Crash (Visions Series), Trap Door (Infinity Ring series. Dead to You; Alan
Sitomer author of Nerd Girls: A Catastrophe of Nerdish Proportions, Nerd Girls:
The Rise of the Dorkasaurus, Downside of Being Up.
Room 353
Worlds of Fantasy: Dragons, Monsters, and False Princes
Featuring: Bruce Coville author of Always October, Unicorn Chronicles, My
Teacher is an Alien; Jennifer Nielsen author of The False Prince, The Runaway
King, Elliot and the Goblin War; C.J. Hill author of Slayers, Erasing Time
Room 351
More than Just the Facts: Pharaohs, Pirates, and Harry Potter
Featuring: Jessie Hartland author/illustrator of Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life
of Julia Child, How the Sphinx Got to the Museum; Bradley Carroll author of
Law Made Fun through Harry Potter’s Adventures; Jennifer Ward author of
What Will Hatch?, There was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish, It’s a Jungle
Out There: 52 Nature Adventures for Kids, Way Out in the Desert, The Seed and
the Giant Saguaro.
Room 349
An Ounce of Humor in a Pound of Dilemma
Featuring: Linda Urban author of The Center of Everything, Hound Dog True,
Crooked Kind of Perfect; Joanne Levy author of Small Medium at Large; Elise
Broach author of Treasure on Superstition Mountain, Missing on Superstition
Mountain, Masterpiece
*Tent
UA Mall
Young Adult Fantasy: No Boundaries?
Featuring: Maggie Stiefvater, author of The Raven Boys, Scorpio Races, Shiver
Trilogy -- Shiver, Linger, Forever. Heather Brewer author of The Chronicles of
Vladimir Tod, Eighth Grade Bites, The Slayer Chronicles, Second Chance; Cinda
Williams Chima. Author of Seven Realms series, The Crimson Crown, The
Demon King, The Warrior Heir
Parent and Educator Sessions
College of Education, Rooms 308 and 310
10:00-11:00 - The Challenge of Engaging Teens as Readers - Alan Sitomer
11:30-12:30 - Joy and Wonder: Turning Science into Poetry - Joyce Sidman
11:30-12:30 - Bullying Hurts: Healing with Kindness through Books - Lester Laminack
1:00-2:00 - The Fascinating World of Nonfiction Books for Children and Adolescents Holly Johnson and Lauren Freedman
1:00-2:00 - Literacy Begins at Birth: Books for Babies and Toddlers
Prisca Martens, Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Yoo-Kyung Sung
2:30-3:30 - Dazzling New Picture Books - Marilyn Carpenter
2:30-3:30 Stories and Treasures: Hands-On Storytelling - Hawkeye Richardson
4:00-5:00 - Graphic Novels Are Great for Kids - Janine Schall and Janelle Mathis
4:00-5:00 - Best Children’s Books from Around the World –
Amy Edwards, Susan Corapi, and Seemi Aziz
STORYTELLING STAGE
Children’s Area, UA Mall
Emcee: Ron Lancaster
11:30
Sandy Oglesby: “Got Tails?”
12:30
Antonio Sacre: “A Mango in the Hand and other stories from the Spanish-Speaking
World”
1:30
Phoenix Storytelling Group: “Funny Bone Stories”
2:30
Anne Lee: “Jive and Jiggle, Stories that Wiggle”
3:30
Igor Glenn: “Music, Stories and Fun for Everyone!”
Story Blanket
College of Education Mall
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Please join us In the Story Blanket Tent! Sit on our big red blankets, listen to your favorite
authors read their stories, watch illustrators draw characters from their books, get your
questions answered, and your books autographed. Each session lasts ½ hour.
10:30
Jennifer Holm author of the graphic novel series Babymouse and Squish will share her
latest books: Babymouse for President and Squish: Captain Disaster
11:30
Jennifer Ward author What Will Hatch?, There was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a
Fish, Way Out in the Desert, The Seed and the Giant Saguaro
12:00
Simon Arizpe pop-up book designer for Star Wars, A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy
(Reinhart) and Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs (Sabuda and Reinhart)
1:00
Nancy Krulik author of the series Katie Kazoo Switcheroo and George Brown, Class
Clown
12:30 José-Luis Orozco, author of De Colores and other Latin American Folk Songs, Diez
Deditos, Ten Little Fingers
1:30
Maxwell Eaton III author/illustrator of the Flying Beaver Brother Series and Two Dumb
Ducks
2:30
Lester Laminack author of Two Hens and a Peacock and Tea Cakes and Saturdays
3:30
Peter Brown illustrator of Creepy Carrots, author/illustrator of YOU WILL BE MY
FRIEND, Children Make Terrible Pets, Chowder, The Curious Garden
4:00
Molly Idle author/illustrator of Flora and the Flamingo, Tea and Rex
Teen and Author Meeting Place
U of A Main Mall
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Teens – this is a place designed just for you. Listen to your favorite authors read
selections from their most recent books, engage in conversations about writing and
publishing, and get answers to your questions. Books may be autographed if time
permits. Each session is approximately 45 minutes.
10:30
Lisa McMann author of Crash (Visions Series), Trap Door (Infinity Ring series), Island of
Silence (Unwanteds series) Dead to You; and A.S. King author of Ask the Passengers,
Everybody Sees the Ants, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
11:30
Heather Brewer author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Eighth Grade Bites, The
Slayer Chronicles, Second Chance; and Jennifer Nielson author of The False Prince,
The Runaway King, Elliot and the Goblin War
12:30
Margaret Peterson Haddix author of The Shadow Children series and the Missing
series. Her latest books are Caught and Game Changer
1:30
Bruce Coville author of Always October, Unicorn Chronicles, My Teacher is an Alien
2:30
3:30
Alan Sitomer author of Nerd Girls: A Catastrophe of Nerdish Proportions, Nerd Girls:
The Rise of the Dorkasaurus, Downside of Being Up; and Janette Rallison author of My
Unfair Godmother, Blue Eyes and other Teenage Hazards.
R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street series: Goosebumps Most
Wanted #2: Son of Slappy, Goosebumps Most Wanted: The Haunted Mask;
Goosebumps Most Wanted: Planet of the Lawn Gnomes