Program
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EST
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10:30 AM – 10:35 AM EST
Welcome: Cynthia Weill, Director, Center for Children’s Literature
10:35 AM – 11:30 AM EST
Whole Neighborhoods Inside Us: Community and Belonging in Picture Books by Mexican American Authors
- Matt de la Peña – Carmela Full of Wishes
- YuYi Morales – Dreamers
- Donna Barba Higuera – El Cucuy is Scared Too!
- Isabel Quintero – My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Moderator: Alexandra Aceves, Editor, Junior Library Guild
11:30 AM – 12:25 PM EST
Middle Grade Fiction: Focus on Mexican/American Immigration
- Aida Salazar – Land of the Cranes
- Ernesto Cisneros – Efrén Divided
- Alexandra Diaz – Santiago’s Road Home
Moderator: Carla España, Bank Street College of Education
12:25 PM – 12:50 PM EST
Keynote
- David Bowles, Author: They Call Me Güero