Upcoming Events
2026
March
Hanover Street School/Mt. Lebanon Elementary (Lebanon, NH)
11-14 Illinois Reading Conference
29-31 Texas Library Association Conference, (Houston, TX)
April
8-10 Kaigler Festival/Ezra Jack Keats Award Ceremony (Hattiesburg, MS)
Rondout Valley Elementary (Rondout, NY)
Book's Journey, (Rhinebeck, NY)
May
16 Roxbury Book Festival (Roxbury, MA)
22 Jane Addams virtual visit
June
3-4 Texas Christian University Summer Literacy Institute (TX)
11 Cahill Elementary School (Saugerties, NY)
August
25 Freedom to Read Book Release
September
8 Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country Book Release
26 Chappaqua Book Festival (NY)
October
1-3 ALSC National Institute Conference, Buffalo, NY
15 Winchester Author Festival (Winchester, MA)
27-Nov 1 R(ev)ise & Shine Writer's Retreat
November
17 Rochester Book Festival, NY
19-22 NCTE Conference
Past Events
2026
January
SCBWI Winter Conference, Moderator, "Banned But not Silenced" panel
Coretta Scott King Virtual Roundtable
February
20 Children's Literature Assembly Research Conference
2025
January
Friends Seminary, New York City
Lehigh Valley One Big Open Sky Book Club with librarians
February
Wilmington Friends School/Wilmington, DE
March
4 Audie Awards, Middle Grade Finalist One Big Open Sky
28 National Black Writers Conference/Medgar Evers College
Memorial Elementary/Paramus, NJ
April
8-10 Ezra Jack Keats Award Committee member, Awards Ceremony/Hattiesburg, MS
24 Jane Addams Award Ceremony, They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom, Winner, Picture Book Category
The Examined Life/Greek Studies/Greece
May
3 Hudson Children's Book Festival
15 Guest Writer, The Poet's Studio
18 Children's Literature Connection, Caldecott. Newbery Tea, Colonie Town Library, Loudonville, NY
June
18 Esopus Library Juneteenth talk, Port Ewen, NY
27-29ALA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
July
26 W.O.W. Lit Fest, Chicago, IL
August
September
9 SCBWI University: Creative Nonfiction from A-Z
27 Smiley Library Family Day
October
15-19R(ev)ise and Shine Writing Retreat, Potash Hill, Vermont
Winchester Author Fest, MA
Charlotte Day School, NC
November
1 Bank Street Book Festival, NYC
Framingham State College, MA
December
1 Keystone Literacy Association Conference
9 Jane Addams Peace Association, Virtual Visit
2024
January
9 Happy Book Birthday FIGHTING WITH LOVE: THE LEGACY OF JOHN LEWIS Order Fighting with Love Now!
February
3 African American Book Festival/Philadelphia, PA
March
4 "Embrace the Magic of Reading!" Nevada Public Schools
5 Happy Book Birthday ONE BIG OPEN SKY Order One Big Open Sky Now!
13 Illinois State Reading Council Conference, Springfield
Grammar Mission School, Boston, MA
Dedham Country Day School, MA
April
Harding Academy/Nashville, TN
Little Water Prep School/Poughkeepsie, NY
Kaigler Festival Keynote, Hattiesburg, MS
SCBWI Midwest Conference, Davenport, IA
Texas Library Association Conference
May
18 Gaithersburg Book Festival, MD
Trinity School, NYC
Queens Public Library, NY
Van Antwerp Middle School/Niskayuna, NY
June
14 Juneteenth Celebration & Reading/Toadstool Bookshop, Keene, NH
29 ALA Conference, San Diego, CA
PS 96/Bronx, NY
July
10 Hollins University
August
August 31-Sept 3R(ev)ise & Shine Residency Retreat
September
11-15 Faculty at Highlights-in-Company
24 Happy Book Birthday THEY CALL ME TEACH: LESSONS IN FREEDOM Pre-Order They Call Me Teach Now!
28 Chappaqua Book Festival, NY
October
24 Winchester Author Fest, MA
Blue Bunny Bookstore Author Event, 4-5:30 pm/Dedham, MA
November
1-2 SCBWI Handsprings Hybrid Conference, Santa Fe, NM
13-15 Poughkeepsie City Schools, NY/Poughkeepsie Big Read
23-25 NCTE Conference, Boston, MA
11/22: 12:30-1:45 pm — From Head to Heart to Hand: The Secret of Crafting Engaging Nonfiction/Room 162
11/24: 7:00-8:45 am — Children's Literature Assembly Breakfast, Joint Keynote with James Ransome/Room 210
11/24: 9:00-10:15 am — Making Space for our Hearts: How Novels in Verse Serve as an Invitation to Student Readers and Writers/Room 160
11/24: 10-11:45 am — Voices for Hope and Humanity: Noisy Women in American History/Room 160