10:00 AM | Booths Open
11:00 AM-11:30 AM | Opening Keynote with Andrea Davis Pinkney Andrea Davis Pinkney, Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It (Little, Brown) 11:30 AM-12:15 PM | Panel 1: Family Ties Cyn Bermudez, The "Brothers" series (Rosen) Ally Carter, Winterbourne Home for Vengeance and Virtue (HMH) Leigh Dragoon, Little Witches: Magic in Concord (Oni) J.M.M. Nuanez, Birdie and Me (Penguin) Amanda Strong, Four Faces of the Moon (Annick) Moderator: Ashleigh Williams, Middle Grade Editor, SLJ 12:15 PM-1:00 PM | Panel 2: Funny Books Jessica Kim, Stand Up, Yumi Chung! (Penguin) Yehudi Mercado, Fun Fun Fun World (Oni) Jason Platt, Middle School Misadventures: Operation: Hat Heist! (Little, Brown) Chad Sell, Doodleville (Random) Moderator: Mahnaz Dar, Graphic Novel Editor, SLJ 1:00 PM-1:30 PM | Lunch Keynote with Renée Watson Renée Watson, Ways to Make Sunshine (Bloomsbury) Moderator: Ashleigh Williams, Middle Grade Editor, SLJ 1:30 PM-2:00 PM | Break 2:00 PM-2:45 PM | Panel 3: Fantasy, Folklore, and Reimagined Stories Alane Adams, The Eye of Zeus (SparkPress) Rena Barron, Maya and the Rising Dark (HMH) Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark (Candlewick) J. Torres, Lola: A Ghost Story (Oni) Moderator: Anja Webb, Assistant Editor, SLJ 2:45 PM-3:15 PM | Fast Learning Session: Awesome Programs for Middle Graders Ellene Cudd, Children's Librarian, Abilene Public Library, TX: Fandom Escape Rooms 3:15 PM-4:00 PM | Panel 4: Friends and Friendship Stories Kat Leyh, Snapdragon (Macmillan) Gina Loveless, The Friend Thief (Andrews McMeel) Zanib Mian, Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet (Penguin) Laura Shovan & Saadia Faruqi, A Place at the Table (HMH) Beth Vrabel, The Newspaper Club (Running Press) Moderator: Marybeth Kozikowski, Sachem Public Library, Holbrook, NY 4:00 PM-4:30 PM | Closing Keynote with Linda Sue Park Linda Sue Park, Prairie Lotus (HMH) Moderator: Vanessa Willoughby, Associate Editor, Nonfiction, SLJ |