Gaithersburg Book Festival (2022) -- Nina LaCour, Carole Lindstrom, NoNieqa Ramos:
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Description of Pictures: Nina LaCour, Carole Lindstrom, NoNieqa Ramos
Children's
Jim Henson Pavilion
With rhythmic, rhyming verse, "Hair Story" follows two girls, one non-Black Puerto Rican, one Black, as they discover the stories their hair can tell. "Beauty Woke" is a powerful story of pride and community, told with bold lyricism and the heart of a fairy tale. A bold and lyrical picture book inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, "We Are Water Protectors" issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption. In "Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle," a little girl stays home with Mama when Mommy goes off on a work trip in this tender, inviting story that will resonate with every child who has missed a parent.
Moderated by Stephanie Grant, MCPS
Children's
Nina LaCour
Latest Title: Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
Nina LaCour is the award-winning author of several books for young adults, including “We Are Okay,” which won the Michael L. Printz Award, and “Hold Still,” which was a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist and won the Northern California Book Award. “Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle,” illustrated by Kaylani Juanita and published by Candlewick Press, is her first picture book. Nina lives in California with her wife and daughter.
Children's
Carole Lindstrom
Latest Title: We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom is the author of the New York Times best-selling and Caldecott Award-winning “We Are Water Protectors.” She is Anishinabe/Métis and is a proud member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe Indians. She was born and raised in Nebraska and currently makes her home in Maryland.
Children's
NoNieqa Ramos
Latest Title: Beauty Woke
NoNieqa Ramos is an educator and writer of picture books and young adult literature. They wrote “The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary,” a 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection. Their debut picture book, “Your Mama,” illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara was selected by The Virginia Center for the Book as Virginia’s GREAT READ for 2021. “Your Mama” aslo was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, a School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2021, a Kirkus Best Picture Book of the 2021, and a National Council of English Books Notable Poetry Book. NoNieqa is a proud member of Las Musas Books collective, the Soaring 20s PB debut group and www.pbtales2022.com/books. They will be presenting “Beauty Woke” at the Festival.
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NLCLNR_220521_22.JPG: User comment: Stephanie Brant. MCPS principal and GBF Planning Committee member is the moderator.
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