Yay for Books!
Saturday, October 15, 2016
RI Festival of Children's Books and Authors
Lincoln School
301 Butler Avenue
Providence, RI 02906
9:00am - 5:30pm
- This Lincoln School event is open to the public. Tickets are $5 (available at the door)
- You can listen to nationally acclaimed authors and illustrators give 30-minute talks about their work, life, and philosophy. You can have your books signed by the authors and say a quick hello.
- Books by the authors and illustrators are available for purchase
- Try your hand at bookmaking crafts
- Food trucks with many delicious offerings are parked on campus for a quick, fun lunch between author/illustrator talks
A List of the Authors and Illustrators
Please click on the name of each author and illustrator to get to their official websites. We have two married author-illustrator writing teams. Team books were put in one of the author-illustrator categories to avoid duplication. Among the line-up of talent this year there is a total of 16 Newbery, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King medals!
El Deafo
A 2015 Newbery Honor Book
Rabbit & Robot
2013 Geisel Honor Book and Notable Children's Book
Chuck and Woodchuck
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
2016 Caldecott Medal Winner
A Fine Dessert
Ruby's Wish
Trombone Shorty
A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A 2008 Caldecott Honor Book
Knock, Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
2014 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner
I, Too, Am America
2013 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
A 2011Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner
Rosa
A 2006 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner
The Family Romanov
2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
2015 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist
2015 Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction
2015 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist
2015 Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Boxes for Katje
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life
2004 ALA Children's Notable Book
2004 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Just Grace series
Sasquatch and Aliens series
Bean Dog and Nugget
Mitch Krpata
Time Flies
A 1998 Caldecott Honor Book
My Friend Rabbit
2008 Caldecott Medal Winner
Bulldozer's Big Day
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
A 1980 Caldecott Honor Book
Jumanji
1982 Caldecott Medal Winner
The Polar Express
1986 Caldecott Medal Winner
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall
Children's Book-a-Day Almanac
Rose Under Fire
Young Pilots series
Code Name Verity
2013 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult and Golden Kite Award fro Fiction
The Winter Prince
Lion Hunters series