Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with author Kwame Alexander discussing his children's book “The Crossover” on the Teens stage at the 2015 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 8+.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with author Roxane Gay discussing her latest collection of stories, "Difficult Women," and her recent memoir, "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body," on the Contemporary Life stage at the 2017 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with J.D. Vance discussing his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" on the Main stage at the 2017 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with novelist Elizabeth Strout discussing "Anything Is Possible" on the Fiction stage at the 2017 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with political theorist and author Danielle Allen discussing her memoir, "Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.," on the Contemporary Life stage at the 2017 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with the inauguration of Jason Reynolds as the seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in 2019. This post includes prompts for writing and thinking that young readers, families and teachers can use to explore the the author and the author’s work—recommended for ages 9+.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with mystery writer Michael Connelly discussing his popular Harry Bosch series on the Fiction & Mystery stage at the 2012 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin discussing "March,” their graphic novel trilogy, on the Contemporary Life stage at the 2014 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with poets Natasha Trethewey and Jenny Xie discussing “the poetry of place” and their new books, “Monument: Poems New and Selected” (Trethewey) and “Eye Level” (Xie), on the Poetry & Prose stage at the 2019 Festival.
