Wordstock Festival 2012

Tad Hills is the author and illustrator of the highly acclaimed and New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read, Duck & Goose, and Duck, Duck, Goose. His board books include the ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book What’s Up Duck?, Duck & Goose It'd Time for Christmas, and, most recently, Duck & Goose, Here Comes the Easter Bunny! Tad lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, their two children, and a dog named Rocket, who has not learned how to read or...
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Matthew Holm the co-creator of two series of graphic novels for children, the award-winning Babymouse series and the Indiebound-Bestselling Squish series, both from Random House Children’s Books. His latest books are Babymore for President and Squish: Captain Disaster. Prior to working in children’s publishing, Matt spent eight years writing about kitchens (among other topics) for Country Living Magazine. He currently lives in Portland, OR with his wife and dog.

John Skewes is a veteran illustrator and creator of the award-winning Larry Gets Lost children’s book series. John has followed Larry from the southern tip of Texas to tiny Nome, AK, and all points in between. He has worked as a staff artist for the Walt Disney Company and as a freelance illustrator for Warner Brothers, Hanna-Barbera, 20th Century Fox, Pixar, and Simon and Schuster. In addition to his 11 Larry books (so far), John has illustrated children’s books featuring characters...
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Renée Watson is the author of Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills. Her middle grade novel, What Momma Left Me, debuted as the New Voice for 2010 in middle grade fiction by The Independent Children’s Booksellers Association. One of Renée’s passions is using the arts to help youth cope with trauma and discuss social issues. Her first picture book, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen, was based on the poetry workshops she facilitated with young people...
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