Lincoln School Book Festival
2014
RI Festival of Children's Books and Authors
Saturday, Oct 18, 2014, 09:00 AM
301 Butler Avenue, Providence, RI, United States
Featured Authors
Joseph Bruchac
Taken from his website:
For over thirty years Joseph Bruchac has been creating poetry, short stories, novels, anthologies and music that reflect his Abenaki Indian heritage and Native American traditions.
He is the author of more than 120 books for children and adults. The best selling Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children and others of his “Keepers” series, with its remarkable integration of science and folklore, continue to receive critical acclaim and to be used in classrooms throughout the country.
You can find more information about Joseph Bruchac at http://josephbruchac.com/
A Boy Called Slow
Code Talker
Jim Thorpe: Greatest Athlete in the World
Sacajawea
Warriors
The Winter People
Jen Corace
Jen Corace is a talented illustrator who has teamed with Cynthia Rylant, Mac Barnett, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Rose Lewis, and Jill Esbaum for some amazing picture books.
You can find more information about Jen Corace at www.jencorace.com/.
You can follow her on Twitter @corachacha
Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone
Hansel and Gretel
Sweet Dreams
Baby Penguins Love Their Mama!
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
This Plus That: Life's Little Equations
Herman Parish
Herman Parish is the nephew of Amelia Bedelia author Peggy Parish. When she passed away children who loved her books kept wondering when they'd get to read a new Amelia Bedelia. Herman decided to keep writing the Amelia books for children to continue to enjoy.
More information on Herman Parish can be found at http://www.authorsillustrators.com/parish/bio.htm
Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm
Amelia Bedelia's First Library Card
Amelia Bedelia Means Business
Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszka is a former teacher, a fantastic writer, and the First National Ambassador of Young People's Literature. He has written beloved books such as The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Robot Zot, and Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka. Jon Scieszka started website http://www.guysread.com/ for people to find reading material boys would be interested in reading.
More information about Jon Scieszka can be found at http://jsworldwide.com/.
You can follow him on Twitter @Jon_Scieszka
Guys Read: Thriller
Spaceheadz series
Time Warp Trio series
Knucklehead
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Math Curse
Battle Bunny
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Science Verse
Bob Shea
Bob Shea is an author and illustrator of many beloved children's books including I'm a Shark, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, Buddy and the Bunnies in: Don't Play With Your Food!, Cheetah Can't Lose, and Dinosaur vs. The Potty.
More information about Bob Shea can be found at http://bobshea.com/.
You can follow him on Twitter @bobshea
I'm a Shark
Big Plans
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
Roar!
Don't Play with Your Food!
Dinosaur vs. the Potty
Margaret Stohl
Margaret Stohl is a young adult author and a videogame creator.
More information on Margaret Stohl can be found at http://www.margaret-stohl.com/.
You can follow her on Twitter @mstohl
Icons
Dangerous Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
Chris Van Allsburg
The Sweetest Fig
Jumanji
The Stranger
Just a Dream
The Widow's Broom
Padma Venkatraman
Here is a link to Padma Venkatraman's website.
You can follow her on Twitter @padmatv
A Time to Dance
Island's End
Women Mathematicians
David Wiesner
The Three Pigs
Tuesday
Mr. Wuffles
Flotsam
Free Fall
Art & Max
Carmen Agra Deedy
Here is a link to her website.