Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with children’s and young adult author Jacqueline Woodson discussing her books "The Day You Begin" and "Harbor Me" 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 7+.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with mystery writer Louise Penny discussing “Glass Houses” on the Genre Fiction stage at the 2018 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with journalist and bestselling nonfiction author Bob Woodward discussing "The Last of the President's Men" on the Main Stage at the 2016 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with author Margaret Atwood discussing "MaddAddam" on the Fiction & Mystery stage at the 2013 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with columnist David Brooks discussing "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life" on the Main Stage at the 2019 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor discussing her books for young readers, "Turning Pages: My Life Story" and "The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor," 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 7-14.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with novelist Diana Gabaldon discussing "Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction" on the Main Stage at the 2017 Festival.
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.
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.