From: https://www.latinxkidlitbookfestival.com
Join us LIVE from your classroom, library or home for FESTIVAL FRIDAY. Meet your favorite Latinx creators of picture books, middle grade and young adult novels, poetry, comic books and graphic novels!
Enjoy four Fridays (September 22, September 29, October 6, and October 13) of creative language arts and visual arts content for students of all ages.
October 13
ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT)
Watch the Latinx KidLit Book Festival streamed live (for free) on the festival’s YouTube channel!
Sessions can be safely streamed into the classroom and shared with students using an educator's account. Classrooms can engage with festival authors and illustrators using the live-chat option! All video content will be recorded and available after the festival.
Throwing Out the Rule Book
10:00 AM 11:00 AM
Join award-winning authors Vincent Tirado (Burn Down, Rise Up), Sonora Reyes (The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School), and moderator David Valdes (Brighter Than the Moon) as they discuss the inspirations for their award-winning novels, their killer characters, the writing process and more.
Craft: World-Building in Fantasy: Strengthening and Refining Your Writing Technique
11:00 AM 12:00 PM
Whether you’re writing a contemporary romcom or an epic fantasy, world-building is a key component of a compelling story! In this craft session, R.M. Romero (A Warning About Swans) and Francesca Flores (The Witch and the Vampire) will discuss how to create an interesting world with depth without overloading the reader with too much information, as well as making the setting a character itself, and how world-building factors into their own work. Bring your notebook or laptop and come ready to write!
Draw Off: Nuestra Naturaleza
12:00 PM 1:00 PM
Explora la flor Dahlia, el ave quetzal y las muchas plantas y animales de Latino America que aparecen en libros ilustrados. Pidanles a los ilustradores Juana Medina (Elena Rides), Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez (Benito Juárez Fights for Justice), Ana Aranda (How to Make a Memory), and Andrea Cáceres (My Dog Just Speaks Spanish) que dibujen algunas de sus criaturas y plantas favoritas en esta sesión en español.
English: Explore the dahlia flower, the quetzal bird and the many plants and animals from Latin America that appear in your favorite picture books. Ask the illustrators Juana Medina (Elena Rides), Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez (Benito Juárez Fights for Justice), Ana Aranda (How to Make a Memory), and Andrea Cáceres (My Dog Just Speaks Spanish) to draw some of your favorite creatures and plants in this special Spanish session.
Storytime: Let’s Celebrate!
1:00 PM 2:00 PM
Join award-winning and debut picture book authors Sheila Colón-Bagley (La Noche Before Three Kings Day), Judith Valdés B (An Ofrenda for Perro), Linda J. Acevedo (Breaking to the Beat!), and e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (Lupe Lopez: Reading Rock Star & A Girl Can Build Anything) for an interactive read aloud on Latinx music and celebrations! Grab a pillow and a blanket and snuggle in!
Draw Off: Graphic Novels
2:00 PM 3:00 PM
Graphic novel artists Yehudi Mercado (Shazam Thundercrack), Camilo Moncada Lozano (Codex Black), Christine Suggs (¡Ay, Mija!), and Monica Magaña (Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight) come together to create a 4-panel story with prompts and suggestions from viewers at home!
Games: Would You Survive?
3:00 PM 4:00 PM
Alone in the night, no cell service, a house you know to be haunted is your only safety. Do you dare enter? Join us as we pull scenarios from authors Diana Rodriguez Wallach (Hatchet Girls), Alex Crespo (Saint Juniper's Folly), Adrianna Cuevas (Ghosts of Rancho Espanto), and Ann Dávila Cardinal (Break Up From Hell)'s fantasy, horror, and thriller worlds to see if their own writers would survive! Featuring on-screen prompts and live voting from the audience.
