Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues today with two selections: Jewell Parker Rhodes discussing "Ghost Boy" on the Children's Green stage at the 2018 Festival, and Angie Thomas discussing "The Hate U Give" on the Teen stage at the 2017 Festival. This post includes prompts for writing and thinking that young readers, families and teachers can use to explore the authors and the authors' work; prompts for Rhodes's presentation are recommended for ages 7-12, and prompts for Thomas's presentation are recommended for ages 13+.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with journalist and novelist David Ignatius discussing his latest thriller, “The Quantum Spy," on the Genre Fiction stage at the 2018 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with 18th U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine reading and discussing his poems on the Poetry & Prose stage at the 2012 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Reyna Grande, Aleksandar Hemon and Suketu Mehta discussing their new immigration memoirs on the Understanding Our World stage at the 2019 Festival.
