EDUCATOR DAY

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM ET 

RISE & READ

Start your morning with The Bronx is Reading! Settle into your day with a cup of coffee and watch exciting voices on the rise present their new and upcoming works in Adult fiction: Maurice Carlos Ruffin (The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You),

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM ET 

PUBLISHER BOOK BUZZ

Learn about the hottest new books coming from publishers featuring presentations from: Disney Publishing, Abrams, Bloomsbury, Fierce Reads, WattPad

11:00 AM ET - 11:30 AM ET

DHONIELLE CLAYTON IN CONVERSATION WITH BRONX MOVER & SHAKER 

Join New York Times best-selling author and former librarian Dhonielle Clayton (The Belles series) in conversation with this year’s mover and shaker award winner, Rina Madhani, co-founder of Start Lighthouse

12:00 NOON - 12:50 PM ET 

CommUNITY is Everything: Powerful Stories of Connection and Belonging Hosted by Penguin Young Readers 

Hilda Eunice Burgos (The Cot in the Living Room), J. Dillard (J.D. and the Great Barber Battle), Jessica Kim (Stand Up, Yumi Chung) lean into the celebration of community and how each characters’ support system helps shape who they are and the way they understand the world. Moderated by Joanna Cárdenas, Senior Editor at Kokila (KO-ki-la), an imprint dedicated to centering stories from the margins with books that add nuance and depth to the way children and young adults see the world and their place in it. 

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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET 

PUBLISHER BOOK BUZZ

Learn about the hottest new books coming from publishers featuring presentations from: Levine Querido, Scholastic, Tom Doherty Associates, Lee & Low, Random House Children’s, Amistad** adult publisher