On Wednesday, Apr. 15, you can take your big kids to BookPeople at 6 p.m. for a fun evening packed with 5 middle grade authors. Meet Mac Barnett, Jory John, John Scieszka, Jonathan Auxier and Tom Angleberger. These popular authors will come together to speak about and sign their latest books. Everyone is welcome to to attend this free event, but take note that if you would like a book signed, it must be purchased from BookPeople.
–> About the authors:
Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 18 books for children, including two Caldecott-Honor-winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn, which also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award. He writes the Brixton Brothers series of mystery novels and, with Jory John, The Terrible Two. He lives in Berkeley.
Jory John is the author of the picture book Goodnight Already! and the forthcoming I Will Chomp You! (with Bob Shea) and coauthor of the national bestseller All My Friends Are Dead and a sequel, among other humor books. Jory is also the editor of Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids’ Letters to President Obama. He spent six years as programs director at 826 Valencia, a nonprofit educational center in San Francisco.
Jon Scieszka has sold more than 11 million books, including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, the Time Warp Trio series, Guys Read, Spaceheadz, and Battle Bunny with Mac Barnett. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Jonathan Auxier teaches creative writing and children’s literature. He is the author of Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, which the “Wall Street Journal” called “as delightful a magical story as readers ages 9-14 will hope to find.” He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and daughter. You can visit him online at thescop.com.
Tom Angleberger is an American children’s writer, best known for the Origami Yoda series. As of March 2013, 3.3 million of his novels were sold around the world. He has also published children’s books under the name Sam Riddleburger.
Have fun!
