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41st Annual Author-Illustrator
Program 2018
October 11 & 12 Main Library at Goodwood
Featuring
BRIAN FLOCA
41st Annual Author-Illustrator
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Library is proud to present author and illustrator
Brian Floca as the featured speaker for the 41st Annual Author-Illustrator Program, which will be held Thursday
and Friday, October 11 and 12, at the Main Library at Goodwood, located at 7711 Goodwood Blvd.
Adults, teens and children are invited to attend the FREE Thursday evening
program on October 11. Then on Friday, October 12, Floca will present a program for teachers, librarians, writers, parents and lovers of children’s and young adult
literature. The registration fee for this event is $25 for adults and $10 for students with a valid school I.D. Both events will include
a book sale and autograph session.
The Author-Illustrator Program affords an excellent opportunity to hear “the story behind the story” from prominent writers and illustrators of literature for children and young adults. Some notable names in the field of literature who have been
featured during these annual programs have included: Rosemary Wells, Gene Yang,
David Adler, Katherine Paterson, Linda Sue Park, Avi, Jack Gantos,
Patricia and Fred McKissack, and Richard Peck.
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About
Brian Floca
Brian Floca is the author/illustrator and illustrator of numerous award-winning books for children, including Locomotive,
winner of the 2014 Caldecott Medal, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, an Orbis Pictus
Honor Book, a New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books of the Year selection and a
New York Times bestseller; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, a Sibert Honor Book,
New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books of the Year selection and Society of Illustrators silver medal winner; Lightship, a Sibert Honor Book and a Booklist "Top of the List" picture
book; and The Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Children's Book and
a Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice.
Floca has illustrated Avi's graphic novel City of Light, City of Dark, plus the recently-
released Old Wolf, as well as his Poppy series, which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
for the first installment of the series. Other works illustrated by Floca include Ballet for
Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, which is a Sibert Honor Book, winner of the NCTE Orbis
Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and an IBBY Honor Book;
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox; Princess Cora and the Crocodile by
Laura Amy Schlitz, the recent Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari and more.
Floca has spent summers painting billboards, answering telephones and checking student identification cards part-time at the Harvard University Office of Career Services, and has
taught continuing education and undergraduate classes at the School of Visual Arts.
He currently writes and illustrates full-time.
Sponsored by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library & the Patrons of the Public Library
Join us for
Building Locomotive
7 p.m. Thursday, October 11
FREE program for all ages! An autograph session & reception
will follow the presentation.
- and -
Draught of a Draught
Registration & Fee are required to attend!
8:30 a.m. - Noon Friday, October 12
Registration begins at 8 a.m.
Enjoy breaks & snacks.
An autograph session will follow the workshop.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s Author-Illustrator Program was founded in 1978 by Dr. Patsy H. Perritt, former professor in the
Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Library & Information Science; John Richard, former Library Director; and Dianne Brady,
former head of Children’s Services. The list of featured speakers over the years includes some
of the finest authors and the most notable artists in children’s literature:
Program
A selection of Brian Floca’s books will be available for purchase during the program. Mr. Floca has agreed to sign these books, however, we regret that books from libraries or personal collections cannot be autographed.
How it Began
2017-Rosemary Wells 2016-Gene Yang
2015-David Adler 2014-Katherine Paterson
2013-Linda Sue Park 2012-Avi
2011-Jack Gantos 2010-Eric A. Kimmel 2009-James Ransome
2008-Tedd Arnold 2007-Vivian Vande Velde
2006-Cynthia DeFelice 2005-Bruce Coville
2004-Lois Lowry 2003-Robert San Souci
2002-Denise Fleming 2001-Emily Arnold McCully
2000-Will Hillenbrand 1999-Gloria & Jerry Pinkney
1998-Will Hobbs 1997-Stephen T. Johnson 1996-Gerald McDermott
1995-Patricia & Fred McKissack 1994-Molly Bang
1993-Thacher Hurd & Frances A. Miller 1992-Janet Stevens & Jean Kuecher
1991-Paul Fleischman & Toni Brown 1990-Johanna Hurwitz & Otto Salassi
1989-Ashley Bryan & Elizabeth Ellis 1988-William Joyce, Berthe Amoss & Ernest Gaines
1987-Paul Zelinsky 1986-E.L. Konigsburg & Pat Scales
1985-Jean Fritz 1984-Steven Kellogg 1983-Paula Danziger 1982-Mercer Mayer
1981-Augusta Baker & John Bierhorst 1980-The Folktellers:
Connie Regan-Blake & Barbara Freeman 1979-Caroline Bauer
1978-Richard Peck & Joan Atkinson