By Rondi Sokoloff Frieder
On Saturday, November 7, 2020, Denver’s Second Star to the Right bookstore, in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, will host an all-day QUARANTINE BOOK-A-PALOOZA! This virtual birthday party will celebrate the large number of books born in 2020 and feature the local authors and illustrators who created them. There will be five, 45-minute panel discussions organized by genre, including picture books, middle grade fiction, young adult novels, and non-fiction. So mark your calendars, grab a slice of cake or a bowl of ice cream, and join us for this informative birthday party!
Here’s the schedule, a sneak peek at the birthday books, and a link to the Eventbrite site where you can sign up to attend:
PANEL TIMES ARE IN MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME!
10:30 am – Picture Books
Dow Phumiruk – ONE GIRL
Jolene Gutierrez – MAC AND CHEESE AND THE PERSONAL SPACE INVADER
Carmela LaVigna Coyle –CAN PRINCESSES BECOME ASTRONAUTS?
AJ Irving – DANCE LIKE A LEAF
11:45 am – Middle Grade Fiction
Lija Fisher – THE CRYPTID KEEPER
Nanci Turner Stevenson – LIZZIE FLYING SOLO
Claudia Mills – LUCY LOPEZ: CODING STAR
Fleur Bradley – MIDNIGHT AT THE BARCLAY HOTEL
1:00 pm – More Picture Books
Lauren Kerstein – ROSIE THE DRAGON AND CHARLIE SAY GOODNIGHT
Nancy Bo Flood – I WILL DANCE
Beth Anderson – SMELLY KELLY AND HIS SUPER SENSES, LIZZIE DEMANDS A SEAT
Gregory Barrington – COW BOY IS NOT A COWBOY
Natasha Wing & Stan Yan – SALTWATER SILLIES, THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION DAY
2:15 pm – Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels
Jeannie Mobley – THE JEWEL THIEF
Darby Karchut – ON A GOOD HORSE
Jim & Steph Kroepfl – MERGED
Sonja Solter – WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW
Linda Osmundson – BONNIE IN-BETWEEN
Samantha Cohoe – A GOLDEN FURY
3:30 pm – Picture Books and Non-fiction Combo
Casey Rislov – LOVE, ROWDY RANDY
Laura Perdew – THE FORT, ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS SERIES
Lydia Rueger – VICTOR AND THE VROOM
Bianca Schulze – DON’T WAKE THE DRAGON
Susan Quinlan – ONE SINGLE SPECIES:Why the Connections in Nature Matter
To learn more about this event, check for last-minute schedule changes, and to SIGN UP, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scwbi-quarantine-book-a-palooza-tickets-120538950245