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an organization that uses graphic novels to promote literacy , and leads workshops teaching kids how to create their own comics. John lives in Virginia with his wife and their three kids.">John Gallagher, Max Meow, October 27, Powhatan Elementary
Misako Rocks!, November 9 at Friends School
Jon Agee, November 15-19, Multiple Schools and The Ivy Bookshop
Simidele Adeagbo, November 17 at Bryn Mawr School
Laura Shovan, April 20 at Gilman School
and their four kids will be spending the 2022-23 school year traveling the country in a tiny home school bus, visiting Title I elementary schools in all 50 states, doing assemblies on creativity and collaboration, and giving away 25,000 free books to students and teachers from underserved communities. Their goal is to spur reading while building awareness of the poverty-fueled inequity in our nation’s public schools. They’ll also be partnering with the Department of Education at Washington College to conduct a major research project to measure the impact of one-off author visits You can support the Busload of Books Tour by helping to fund the books they’ll give away. $5 puts a hardcover book in the hands of a kid. $150 buys books for an entire classroom. To learn more or contribute, please visit www.busloadofbooks.com.">Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr, Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Perfection, March 23 at Gilman School and St. James Academy
Storytime in the Garden with Joan Waites, September 25
Christina Soontornvat, September 28 at Garrison Forest School and St. James Academy
John Gallagher, October 13 at Gilman School and November 5 at St. James Academy
W. Bruce Cameron, October 14 at Multiple Schools
she/her is a nationally certified ASL interpreter, librarian and signing storyteller. She also writes picture books, children’s nonfiction, young adult fantasy, and resource books for librarians, educators, and parents.">Storytime in the Garden with Kathy MacMillan, October 16
Philip C. Stead, November 2 at Multiple Schools
Angeline Boulley, November 5 at Multiple Schools
Rising 5th Grade