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featuring KEYNOTE SPEAKERS GRACE LIN and DONALYN MILLER
Grace Lin, a New York Times best-
selling author/illustrator, won the
Newbery Honor for Where the
Mountain Meets the Moon and the
Theodor Geisel Honor for Ling and
Ting. Her most recent novel, When the
Sea Turned to Silver, was a National
Book Award Finalist. Grace is also a commentator for New England Public Radio, a reviewer for The New York Times, a video essayist for PBS NewsHour, and the speaker of
the popular TEDx talk, “The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf.” In 2016, Grace’s art was displayed at the White House where Grace was recognized by President Obama’s o ce as a Champions of Change for Asian American and Paci c Islander Art & Storytelling. Grace’s most recent picture book, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, was published in August 2018 to great acclaim. It has received ve starred reviews and won a Caldecott Honor. Find her on Twitter @pacylin.
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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