BEA announces children’s breakfast speakers
The speakers for the annual Children’s Book and Author Breakfast at BookExpo America have been announced. The breakfast will feature Meg Cabot, author of the Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series (Scholastic); Tomie dePaola, author of Strega Nona’s Harvest (Putnam); and Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of Duck! Rabbit! and Little Oink (both Chronicle). Julie Andrews Edwards, author of Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies (Little, Brown) will be the master of ceremonies. The breakfast is presented in cooperation with the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee, a joint committee of the American Booksellers Association, Association of Booksellers for Children and the Children’s Book Council. It will be held on Friday, May 29, in New York City. read more |