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More than 70 authors and illustrators [7] will appear at the 2018 Children’s Institute [8] over the course of three days of keynote presentations, featured talks, and special events.

Authors appearing at Children’s Institute, from June 19–21 in New Orleans, include:

• Zoey Abbott, Finn’s Feather (Enchanted Lion Books)
• Kwame Alexander, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster (Amulet)
• David Barclay Moore, The Stars Beneath Our Feet (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little White Lies (Freeform)
• Mac Barnett, Mac Undercover (Orchard Books)
• Andrea Beaty, Ada Twist’s Big Project Book for Stellar Scientists (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
• Max Brallier, The Last Kids on Earth (Viking Books for Young Readers)
• Vera Brosgol, Be Prepared (First Second)
• Jess Butterworth, Running on the Roof of the World (Algonquin Young Readers)
• J.C. Cervantes, The Storm Runner (Rick Riordan Presents)
• Jared Chapman, T. Rex Time Machine (Chronicle Books)
• Eva Chen, Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes (Feiwel and Friends)
• Mallika Chopra, Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement, and More (Running Press Books)
• Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston (Holiday House)
• Chelsea Clinton, She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History (Philomel Books)
• Ally Condie, The Darkdeep (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• Sarah Crossan, Moonrise (Bloomsbury YA)
• Tony DiTerlizzi, The Broken Ornament (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Eric Fan, Ocean Meets Sky (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Terry Fan, Ocean Meets Sky (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Chris Ferrie, 8 Little Planets (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky)
• Laurie Forest, The Iron Flower (Harlequin Teen)
• Stuart Gibbs, Spy School Goes South (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Temple Grandin, Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor (Philomel Books)
• Andy Griffiths, The 91-Story Treehouse (Feiwel & Friends)
• Rebecca Hanover, The Similars (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Tracy Hecht, The Peculiar Possum: The Nocturnals (Nocturnals Early Reader #3) (Fabled Films Press)
• Monica Hesse, The War Outside (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• Cheryl Willis Hudson, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• Wade Hudson, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• Jennifer Richard Jacobson, The Dollar Kids (Candlewick Press)
• Daniel José Older, Dactyl Hill Squad (Arthur A. Levine)
• Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox (Harlequin Teen)
• Elliott Kalan, Horse Meets Dog (Balzer + Bray)
• Kody Keplinger, That’s Not What Happened (Scholastic Press)
• Jacob Kramer, Noodlephant (Enchanted Lion Books)
• Lucy Lareau, Geeky F@b 5 Vol. 1: It’s Not Rocket Science (Papercutz)
• Rafael López, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands (Scholastic Press)
• Corinna Luyken, Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse (Dial Books for Young Readers)
• Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea (HarperTEEN)
• Mélina Mangal, The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just (Millbrook Press)
• Lizzy Mason, The Art of Losing (Soho Teen)
• Liz Merdian Lareau, Geeky F@b 5 Vol. 1: It’s Not Rocket Science (Papercutz)
• Shannon Messenger, Flashback (Aladdin)
• Charlotte Milner, The Bee Book (DK)
• Yuyi Morales, Dreamers (Neal Porter Books)
• Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Arthur A. Levine)
• Naomi Moyer, Black Women Who Dared (Second Story Books)
• Natasha Ngan, Girls of Paper and Fire (Jimmy Patterson)
• Rachel Noble, Finn’s Feather (Enchanted Lion Books)
• Cherie Priest, The Agony House (Arthur A. Levine)
• Betty Quan, Grandmother’s Visit (Groundwood Books)
• Brendan Reichs, The Darkdeep (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• KaeLyn Rich, Girls Resist (Quirk Books)
• Dan Richards, Stu Truly (Yellow Jacket)
• Bill Richardson, The Bunny Band (Groundwood Books)
• Nancy Richardson Fischer, When Elephants Fly (Harlequin Teen)
• Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Scholastic Press)
• David Shannon, Grow Up, David! (Blue Sky Press)
• Kevin Charles Smith, Bilge Rat—Pirate Adventurer Book 3: Demon Pirate (Journey Publications, LLP)
• Ruth Spiro, Baby Loves Coding (Charlesbridge)
• Hamish Steele, DeadEndia (Nobrow)
• K-Fai Steele, Noodlephant (Enchanted Lion Books)
• David Ezra Stein, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise (Candlewick Press)
• Angie Thomas, On the Come Up (Balzer + Bray)
• Brenna Thummler, Sheets (CubHouse)
• Katie Tsang, Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts (Sterling Children’s Books)
• Kevin Tsang, Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts (Sterling Children’s Books)
• Greg van Eekhout, Voyage of the Dogs (HarperCollins)
• Scott Westerfeld, Impostors (Scholastic Press)
• Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (Delacorte Press)
• Phoebe Yeh, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• Leslie C. Youngblood, Love Like Sky (Disney-Hyperion)

The ABC Children’s Institute is made possible by the generous support of lead sponsor Baker & Taylor and from publishers large and small [9]. Learn more about the authors appearing at Children’s Institute [7] and check out the full lineup of educational programs, keynote speeches, and special events [10] on BookWeb.

Booksellers looking to attend the 2018 ABC Children’s Institute [8] are encouraged to register as soon as possible [11]. Questions about the ABC Children’s Institute should be sent to [email protected] [12].