Books by Visiting Authors 2008-2009

Linda Sue Park
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland, 10:30 am

Jan Brett
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland, 10:30 am

Jan Brett travels far and wide, drawing and writing about the beautiful creatures she sees. The Three Snow Bears took her to the Arctic Circle to meet the Inuit people, and of course...bears! Follow the next magical adventure in her latest, Gingerbread Friends.

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, Get Well Soon, and Count to Ten? Mark Teague knows, and he knows how to draw them too. Teague also tackles childhood fears like summer camp, cleaning your room, and manners in his Dear Mrs. LaRue, Pigsty, and the Poppleton series.

Katherine Ayres
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland, 10:30 am

Pittsburgh author Katherine Ayres' Up, Down, and Around was this year's Pennsylvania One Book selection. The children in this colorful picture book get their hands dirty in a bustling kitchen garden, while bugs, birds, and a bunny slither, fly, and hop.

Walter Dean Myers
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland, 10:30 am

Walter Dean Myers’ appeal is that he tells it as it is. Harlem, Brown Angels, Blues Journey, and Jazz dig into African American lives and culture. He has two Newbery Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, and his Monster was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Steven Kellogg
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland, 10:30 am

Steven Kellogg lives in an old farmhouse and so does his Great Dane Pinkerton, the inspiration for Pinkerton, Behave! and A Rose for Pinkerton. Kellogg writes and draws about more than big dogs with over 100 books to his name.