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featuring KEYNOTE SPEAKERS YUYI MORALES and DONALYN MILLER
Born in Xalapa, Mexico, where she
currently resides, Yuyi Morales lived in
the San Francisco Bay Area for many
years and still maintains close relations
with booksellers and librarians. A
professional storyteller, dancer,
choreographer, puppeteer, and artist,
she has won the prestigious Pura Belpré
Award for illustration six times for: Just a
Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
(2003), Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006), Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book (2008), Niño Wrestles the World (2013), and Viva Frida (2014), also a Caldecott Honor Book. Her newest picture book,
Dreamers (2018), is also a Pura Belpré Illustrator winner. Find her on Twitter @yuyimorales.
is a leading expert on independent reading, children’s literature, and the author of two
bestsellers, The Book Whisperer and Reading
in the Wild. She is founder of the annual
#bookaday event, co-founder with Colby Sharp
of The Nerdy Book Club, and co-host of the
monthly Twitter chat, #titletalk. Her most recent book is co- authored with Colby Sharp, Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids. Click here for complete biography.
Photo credit: Marta X. Perez Photo credit: Gustavo Barrios