Children's Book Guild 2009-2010 Schedule of Programs

FRIDAY, September 25, 2009
Andrea Davis Pinkney and Deborah Taylor - 40th Anniversary of Coretta Scott King Award

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Deborah Heiligman, author of Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

Thursday November 19, 2009
Boys in Literacy Initiative (BILI)- Alexandria, VA - Jodie Peters and Rob Murphy

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Anita Silvey, author Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book

Thursday, January 21, 2010
Jean Feiwel, head of Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan

Thursday, February 18, 2010
Brian Floca, author/illustrator of Moonshot and The Race Car Alphabet; illustrator of City of Light, City of Dark and the Poppy series by Avi

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Business meeting - Members only
Erica Perl, Guild member and author of several picture books and the upcoming YA novel Vintage Veronica, will talk about self-promotion and online marketing.

April 17, 2010 - National Geographic Auditorium
2010 Nonfiction Award Celebration - Sy Montgomery

FRIDAY, May 7, 2010
Mo Willems, author of the Caldecott Honor-winning Knuffle Bunny and Knuffle Bunny Too; 2009 Geisel winner for Are You Ready to Play Outside? (An Elephant and Piggie Book) , a series for beginning readers

Thursday June 17, 2010
Susan Roth, Guild member and author/illustrator of Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea