Black Women Biographers: Claiming Our Space and Shining Our Light
BookFest @ Bank Street 2021 | October 16, 2021
- April Harrison, illustrator of Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
- Oge Mora, illustrator of The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
- Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of Before She Was Harriet
- Cozbi A. Cabrera, illustrator of Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
- Connie Schofield-Morrison author of Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom
- Traci Todd, author of Nina: A Story of Nina Simone.
Moderator: Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
Publishing As Passion: New Imprints and Voices
BookFest @ Bank Street 2021 | October 16, 2021
- mineditionUS, Maria Russo
- Make Me a World, Christopher Myers
- Heartdrum, Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Unruly, Claudia Zoe Bedrick
- Levine Querido, Arthur Levine
- Kokila, Namrata Tripathi
Moderator: Vicky Smith, Young Readers’ Editor, Kirkus
Matt de la Peña & Christian Robinson: The World Without and the World Within
BookFest @ Bank Street 2021 | October 16, 2021
- Matt de la Peña author of Milo Imagines the World
- Christian Robinson, illustrator of Milo Imagines the World
Moderator: Jenny Brown, Senior Editor, Shelf Awareness; member of the Bank Street Children’s Book Committee
Closing Keynote
BookFest @ Bank Street 2021 | October 16, 2021
- Jerry Craft, 2020 Newbery Medalist, New Kid
Your Place in the Universe
Author Jason Chin, Cook Prize 2021. | May, 2021
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Authors Candace Fleming & Eric Rohman, Cook Prize 2021. | May, 2021
If You Take Away the Otter
Author Susannah Buhrman-Deever, Illustrator Matthew Trueman, Cook Prize 2021. | May, 2021
Perkin’s Perfect Purple
Authors Tami Lewis Brown & Debbie Loren Dunn; illustrator Francesca Sanna, Cook Prize 2021. | May, 2021
Cat Dog Dog: The Story of a Blended Family
Author Nelly Buchet; illustrator Andrea Zuill, Irma Black Award 2021. | June, 2021
Nana Akua Goes to School
Author Tricia Elam Walker; illustrator April Harrison, Irma Black Award 2021. | June, 2021
Your Name Is a Song
Author Jamilah Thompson-Bigelow; illustrator Luisa Uribe, Irma Black Award 2021. | June, 2021
Bread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Story
Author Shana Keller; illustrator Kayla Stark, Irma Black Award 2021. | June, 2021
When Stars Are Scattered
Authors Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed; illustrations by Victoria Jamieson and color by Iman Geddy/ Dial BFYR, Josette Frank 2021. | April, 2021
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team
Author Christina Soontornvat, Flora Stieglitz Straus 2021. | April, 2021
Winner for Older Readers
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
Author Beth Anderson; illustrations by E. B. Lewis, Flora Stieglitz Straus 2021. | April, 2021
Winner for Younger Readers
Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown
Author Ann E. Burg, Claudia Lewis 2021. | April, 2021
Winner for Older Readers
I Am Every Good Thing
Author Derrick Barnes; illustrations by Gordon C. James, Claudia Lewis 2021. | April, 2021
Winner for Younger Readers