Presenters
Carol Gordon Ekster was an elementary school teacher for thirty-five years. She is the author of numerous children’s picture books including Where am I Sleeping Tonight? and Before I Sleep: I Say Thank You. Her latest, You Know What? Is a 2018 CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards Nominee...
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Joy Nelkin Wieder is an author and illustrator with several children’s books to her name. She teaches creative writing and enjoys school and library visits. Her debut picture book The Passover Mouse received honorable mention for the SCBWI PJ Library Jewish Stories Award and was...
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Nicole Tadgell is the award-winning illustrator of more than thirty picture books, including Annie Astronaut, Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town, and Nelson Mandela: From Prisoner to President. Tadgell's work has been honored with the Children's Africana Book Award, the Americas Award...
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Susan Edwards Richmond teaches preschool on a farm and wildlife sanctuary in eastern Massachusetts. She learns the native birds wherever she travels and is the author of five collections of nature-based poetry for adults. Kirkus Reviews called her debut children’s book, Bird Count...
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