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featuring KEYNOTE SPEAKERS JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA
and DONALYN MILLER
Jarrett J. Krosoczka is a New York Times best- selling author, a two-time winner of the Children’s Choice Book Award for the Third Grade to
Fourth Grade Book of the Year, an Eisner award nominee, and the author and/or illustrator of more than 30 books for young readers, including his most recent young adult memoir, Hey, Kiddo, which was a nalist for the National Book Award. His work also includes several picture books, select volumes of Star Wars: Jedi Academy, the Lunch Lady graphic novels, and the Platypus Police Squad novel series. Jarrett has given two TED Talks, both of which have been curated to the main page of TED.com and have collectively accrued more than two million views online.
Click here for his complete biography.
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.
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