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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with historian David McCullough discussing "The Pioneers: The Heroic Stories of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West" on the Main Stage at the 2019 Festival.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with novelist Barbara Kingsolver discussing "Unsheltered" on the Fiction stage at the 2019 Festival.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discussing "Leadership: In Turbulent Times" on the Main Stage at the 2019 Festival.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with children’s author R.J. Palacio discussing her picture book "We're All Wonders" on the Children’s Stage at the 2019 Festival. This post includes prompts for writing and thinking that young readers, families and teachers can use to explore the author and the author’s work—recommended for ages 7-14.
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Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with John Grisham, master of the legal thriller, discussing "The Associate" and receiving the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award on the Fiction & Fantasy stage at the 2009 Festival.
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Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Margot Lee Shetterly discussing “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race" on the History & Biography stage at the 2017 Festival.
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Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with 16th U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reading and discussing her poems on the Poetry & Prose stage at the 2008 Festival.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussing "My Own Words," her selection of essays and speeches, on the Main Stage at the 2019 Festival.
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Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with children's author (and newly appointed National Ambassador for Young People's Literature) Jason Reynolds discussing his novel "Sunny" on the Children's Purple Stage at the 2018 Festival. This post includes prompts for writing and thinking that young readers, families and teachers can use to explore the author and the author’s work—recommended for ages 10-18.
Posted in: Authors, Best of National Book Festival, Books, Children & Families, Programs