Children and Teen Author Events
College of Education
Sunday, March 10, 2013
10:00 – 11:00
KivaFragile on the Outside – Steel on the Inside: Gutsy Girls
Featuring: Maggie Stiefvaterauthor of The Raven Boys, Scorpio Races, Shiver Trilogy: Shiver, Linder, Forever; Gayle Formanauthor of If I Stay, Where She Went, Just One Day; Elizabeth Eulbergauthor of Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality, Take a Bow, Prom & Prejudice
Room 353Kid’s Voices: The Journeys of Children and Parents to Self-Publishing
Featuring: Levi Fallavollita author of The Good, the Bad, and the Bullies; Grace Anne Remey author of Lion’s Pride: A Tail of Deployment; with parents Chantel Fallavollita and Lisa Fenney
Room 351Creating Fascinating Stories about Real People
Featuring: Vaunda Micheaux Nelsonauthor of No Crystal Stair, Bad News for Outlaws; Matt Phelanauthor of Around the World, Flora’s Very Windy Day, The Storm in the Barn;Jessie Hartlandauthor of Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child, How the Sphinx Got to the Museum
Room 349Destiny and Identity: Girls in Native American Literature
Featuring: S.D. Nelsonauthor/illustrator of Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story, Walking on Earth – Touching the Sky, Greet the Dawn; Joy Harjo author of For a Girl Becoming, The Good Luck Cat; Seth Mullerauthor of The Great Gathering, The Day of Storms, Grand Canyon Crossing
Room 333Studio Lesson: A Demonstration of Taking Away in Illustration
Featuring: Floyd Cooperillustrator of Something to Prove, In the Land of Milk and Honey, These Hands, Beach Tales
11:30 – 12:30
KivaThe Art in the Art of Storytelling in Picturebooks
Featuring: Jerry Pinkney illustrator of The Lion and the Mouse, Puss in Boots, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Floyd Cooper illustrator of Something to Prove, In the Land of Milk and Honey, These Hands, Beach Tales; Matt Phelan author/illustrator of Around the World, Flora’s Very Windy Day, The Storm in the Barn
Room 353Researching Our Past, Understanding Ourselves
Featuring: Monika Schröder author of My Brother’s Shadow, Saraswati’s Way, The Dog in the Wood; Vaunda Micheaux Nelson author of No Crystal Stair, Bad News for Outlaws; James Deem author of Faces of the Past: Forgotten People of North America, Bodies from the Ice
Room 351Studio Lesson: A Demonstration of iPhone Photography
Featuring: Jan Sonnenmair photographer for Cowboy Up: Ride the Navajo Rodeo
Room 349Ties that Bind: Caring Animal Relationships
Featuring: Jean Ekman Adamsauthor of When Dogs Dream, A Cowgirl and Her Horse, Clarence Goes out West and Meets a Purple Horse; Stephanie Pearmainauthor of Animal BFFs: Extraordinary Ties between Unusual Friends;DeAnn Meltonauthor of Miracle Max; Ellen Cookillustrator of Miracle Max
Room 333Engaging the Wary: Writing for Adolescent Readers – A Workshop for Adults (16+)
Featuring Cinda Williams Chima author of The Crimson Crown, The Demon King, The Warrior Heir, Seven Realms series
1:00 – 2:00
KivaFear, Intrigue, and Humor: Engaging Kids as Readers
Featuring Adam Rexauthor of Lucky Charms, Cold Cereal,illustrator of Chu’s Big Day;Stephan Pastisauthor of Timmy Failure: Mistakes were Made, Pearls Freaks Out; R.L. Stein 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
Room 353Racing the Moon: A Science and Fiction Collaboration
Featuring: Alan Armstrongauthor of Racing the Moon, Raleigh’s Page, Wittington, Peter Smith, Senior Research Scientist – U of A’s Lunar and Planetary Department (Mars Project)
Room 351Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo
Featuring: Nancy Bo Flood, Author, Jan Sonnemair, Photographer
Room 349Paper Engineering: Creating Pop-Up Books – A Workshop
Featuring Simon Arizpe, Pop-Up Book Designer for Star Wars, A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy (Reinhart) and Encyclopedia PrehistoricaDinosaurs (Sabuda and Reinhart).
Room 333Keep ‘em Reading: Writing and Illustrating Series Books – A Workshop for Adults (16+)
Featuring: Nancy Krulikauthor of Katie Kazoo Switcheroo series, George Brown Class Clown series; Lynne Avrilillustrator of Amelia Bedelia’s First Vote, Amelia Bedelia Sleeps Over; Mary Casanovaauthor of McKenna, McKenna: Ready to Fly, Chrissa Stands Tall, Utterly Otterly Night, Frozen
2:30 – 3:30
KivaLoves Me NOT? With Complications
Featuring: Elizabeth Eulbergauthor of Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality, Take a Bow, Prom & Prejudice; Tamara Ireland Stoneauthor of Time Between Us; Amy Fellner Dominyauthor of Audition and Subtraction, OyMG
Room 353Delight in the Desert: New Books for Kids
Featuring: Guy Profirio author/illustrator of Jump; Midji Stephenson author of Whose Tail on the Trail of the Grand Canyon; Charline Profiriauthor of Guess Who’s in the Desert, Counting Little Geckos
Room 351Studio Lesson: A Demonstration of Designing a Graphic Novel
Featuring: Matt Phelanauthor of graphic novels Around the World and Storm in the Barn
Room 349Mapping Imaginary Places: A Workshop for Kids (6+)
Featuring: B.G. Hennessyillustrator of Scary Places Map Book, The Once Upon a Time Map Book, Corduroy Lost and Found
Room 333Confronting Reality: Writing to Explore Difficult Issues
Featuring: Monika Schröderauthor of My Brother’s Shadow, Saraswati’s Way, The Dog in the Wood; Nancy Bo Floodauthor of No-Name Baby, Warriors in the Crossfire; Vaunda Micheaux Nelsonauthor of No Crystal Stair, Bad News for Outlaws;Juan Felipe Herreraauthor of Skate Fate, The Upside Down Boy/El niño de cabeza, Half of the World in Light
4:00 – 5:00
KivaCapturing Dimensions of Time in YA Literature
Featuring: Gayle Formanauthor of If I Stay, Where She Went, Just One Day; Tamara Ireland Stoneauthor of Time between Us; Cinda Williams Chimaauthor of The Crimson Crown, The Demon King, The Warrior Heir, Seven Realms series
Room 351Studio Lesson: A Demonstration of Photoshop Techniques
Featuring Chris Gall author/illustrator of Revenge of the Dinotrux, Substitute Creacher, Dinotrux
Room 349So You Need an Agent?
Featuring: Michelle Parker Rockauthor of Authors Kids Love series, Jennifer Wardauthor of What will Hatch?, There was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish, It’s a Jungle Out There: 52 Nature Adventures for City Kids, Way Out in the Desert, The Seed and the Giant Saguaro; Floyd Cooperillustrator of Something to Prove, In the Land of Milk and Honey, These Hands, Beach Tales
Parent and Educator Sessions
College of Education, Rooms 308 and 310
10:00-11:00 – Making Informational Books Fun for Young Readers - Conrad Storad
10:00-11:00 - The Journey from Storytelling to Story Writing - Antonio Sacre
11:30-12:30 - Talking with Children about Death - Sheri Sinykin
11:30-12:30 - The Art of Reading Aloud to Kids - Lester Laminack
1:00-2:00 - Challenging Bullying through Literature - Sheri Bauman
1:00-2:00 - Bringing the Arts, Literacy and Technology Together for Kids
Rome Hammer and Karen Falkenstrom
2:30-3:30 - Great Books for Young Adults - Maureen Kearney and Mira Domsky
2:30-3:30 – Engaging Kids in Writing and Bookmaking – Seth and Jane Muller
Story Blanket
College of Education Mall
Sunday, March 10, 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.
11:00Midji Stephenson author of Whose Tail on the Trail of the Grand Canyon
12:00Lynne Avrilillustrator of Amelia Bedelia’s First Vote, Amelia Bedelia Sleeps Over
1:00 Charline Prorfiri author of Guess Who’s in the Desert, Counting Little Geckos
1:30 Floyd Cooper Cooperillustrator of Something to Prove, In the Land of Milk and Honey,
These Hands, Beach Tales
2:30Jean Eckman Adams author of When Dogs Dream, A Cowgirl and Her Horse, Clarence Goes out West and Meets a Purple Horse
3:00Adam Rex illustrator of Chu’s Big Day
4:00Mary Casanova author of Utterly Otterly Day, Utterly Otterly Night, McKenna, McKenna Ready to Fly, Chrissa Stands Strong,
Teen and Author Meeting Place
U of A Main Mall
Sunday, March 10, 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.
10:30R.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
12:00Gayle Forman author of If I Stay, Where She Went, Just One Day
12:30Maggie Stiefvater author of The Raven Boys, Scorpio Races, Shiver Trilogy: Shiver, Linder, Forever
1:30Elizabeth Eulbergauthor of Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality, Take a Bow, Prom & Prejudice
2:30Cinda Williams Chima author of The Crimson Crown, The Demon King, The Warrior Heir, Seven Realms series
STORYTELLING STAGE
Children’s Area, UA Mall
Emcee: Ron Lancaster
10:30Mark Goldman: “Heroes, Adventures and Family Fun”
11:30Jordan Hill: “Wild Rides: Tales of Enchantment, Tales of Adventure”
12:30 Antonio Sacre: “The Barking Mouse and other family stories”
1:30 NAU Players and Susan Lowell: The Three Javelinas” and “Josephina Javelina”
2:30 Puppeteer Connie Galeener: “Lillian the Librarian Meets the Big Bad Boys of Books”
3:30Tucson Tellers of Tales: “Core Classic Stories for Kids Who Love Books”