2024 NCTE Annual Convention

Meet the Author Booklet

MEET THE AUTHOR BOOKLET

Changes/Corrections to the Build Your Stack Session Listing

Friday, Nov. 22, 1:00-1:20 p.m.
BYS.6 Pairing Picturebooks and Novels
Jessica Walsh, Granger Middle School, Indian Prairie District #204, Aurora, IL
Maria Walther, literary consultant, Aurora, IL
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Saturday, Nov. 23, 2:30-2:50 p.m.
BYS.22 The Heart of the Matter: Centering Mental Health with Picturebooks
Aliza Werner, Bookelicious
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Changes to the Author Signing Schedule
Publishers have notified NCTE of the following changes to the author signings listed in the Meet the Author booklet:

Friday, Nov. 22

11:00-11:45 a.m.: Don Tate will not be signing (The Day Madear Voted) with Traci Sorell Traci will be signing by herself
1:00-2:00 p.m.: Chelsea Follett will sign Centers of Progress: 40 Cities That Changed the World (Sphere Education Initiatives, Booth 509) New
5:00-6:00 p.m.: Susan E. Richmond is signing Night Owl Night (Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Booth 322) Susan’s book is published by Charlesbridge

Saturday, Nov. 23
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Rajani LaRocca will sign Sona and the Golden Beast (HarperCollins Children’s Books, Booth 922) Rajani’s signing has moved from 12:00-1:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
1:00-1:45 p.m.: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich will pre-sign books that will be distributed during her originally scheduled signing time (Random House Children’s Books, Booth 1006)
2:00-2:30 p.m.: Ashley Granillo will sign Cruzita and the Mariacheros (Lerner Publishing Group, Booth 833) Ashley will be signing by herself
2:45-3:15 p.m.: Lyn Miller-Lachmann will sign Eyes Open (Lerner Publishing Group, Booth 833) Lyn’s signing has moved from 2:00-2:30 p.m. to 2:45-3:15 p.m.
3:00-4:00 p.m.: Helen Taylor will sign Chasing Guano: The Discovery of a Penguin Supercolony (Tilbury House/W.W. Norton, Inc., Booth 823) New

3:30-4:00 p.m.: NoNieqa Ramos will sign They Thought They Buried Us (Lerner Publishing Group, Booth 833) New
3:45-4:15 p.m.: Emily Barth Isler, The Color of Sound (Lerner Publishing Group, Booth 833) Canceled

Sunday, Nov. 24
10:00-10:45 a.m.: Kari Allen will sign The Boy Who Loved Maps (Random House Children’s Books, Booth 1006) New