More than 50 authors and illustrators [7] will appear at the 2019 Children’s Institute [8] over the course of three days of keynote presentations and special events.

Authors appearing at Children’s Institute, from June 26–28 in Pittsburgh, include:

• Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High (HarperTeen)
• Cece Bell, Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot (Candlewick Press)
• Meg Cabot, Black Canary: Ignite (DC Zoom)
• Elisha Cooper, River (Scholastic/Orchard Books)
• Charlotte Nicole Davis, The Good Luck Girls (Tor Teen)
• Julia Drake, The Last True Poets of the Sea (Hyperion)
• David Gallaher, The Only Living Girl (Papercutz)
• Chris and J.J. Grabenstein, Shine (Random House Books for Young Readers)
• Shannon Greenland, Scouts (Jimmy Patterson)
• Vashti Harrison, Sulwe (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Kimberly Jones, I’m Not Dying With You Tonight (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Erin Entrada Kelly, Lalani of the Distant Sea (Greenwillow Books)
• Hena Khan, More to the Story (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers/Salaam Reads)
• Monica Kulling, Aunt Pearl (Groundwood Books)
• Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things (Roaring Brook Press)
• Rajani LaRocca, Midsummer’s Mayhem (little bee books)
• Ryan La Sala, Reverie (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Wil Mara, DK Life Stories: Albert Einstein (DK)
• Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Rick Riordan Presents)
• Alyssa Milano, Hope #1: Project Middle School (Scholastic)
• Oge Mora, Thank You, Omu! (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• Brittney Morris, SLAY (Simon Pulse)
• Maika Moulite, Dear Haiti, Love Alaine (Inkyard Press)
• Maritza Moulite, Dear Haiti, Love Alaine (Inkyard Press)
• Ibtihaj Muhammad, The Proudest Blue (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• Frank Murphy, A Boy Like You (Sleeping Bear Press)
• Innosanto Nagara, M Is for Movement (Seven Stories Press)
• Joowon Oh, Our Favorite Day (Candlewick Press)
• Lin Oliver, Alien Superstar: Book #1 (Amulet Books)
• Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
• Ann Patchett, Lambslide (HarperCollins)
• Jerry Pinkney, A Place to Land (Neal Porter Books)
• Rory Power, Wilder Girls (Delacorte Press)
• Brynne Rebele-Henry, Orpheus Girl (Soho Teen)
• Sharon Robinson, Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963) (Scholastic Press)
• Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All (Balzer + Bray)
• Sergio Ruzzier, Roar Like a Dandelion (HarperCollins)
• Jon Scieszka, AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet (Chronicle Books)
• Steve Sheinkin, Born to Fly (Roaring Brook Press)
• Sydney Smith, Small in the City (Neal Porter Books)
• Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk (Scholastic Press)
• Sam Streed, Alfred’s Book of Monsters (Charlesbridge)
• Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Layla’s Happiness (Enchanted Lion Books)
• Rosiee Thor, Tarnished Are the Stars (Scholastic Press)
• Tim Tingle, Doc and the Detective (Scholastic Press)
• Duncan Tonatiuh, Soldier for Equality: Jose De La Luz Saenz and the Great War (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
• Chris Van Dusen, If I Built a School (Dial Books)
• Isabel Sánchez Vergara, Little People, Big Dreams: David Bowie (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group)
• Nancy Vo, The Ranger (Groundwood Books)
• Renée Watson, Some Places More Than Others (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• M.L. Webb, The GayBCs (Quirk Books)
• Henry Winkler, Alien Superstar: Book #1 (Amulet Books)
• David Yoon, Frankly in Love (Putnam)
• Alyssa Zaczek, Martin McLean, Middle School Queen (Sterling Children’s Books)
• Katie Zhao, The Dragon Warrior (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)

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.

Questions about the ABC Children’s Institute should be sent to [email protected] [11].