Calling all young book lovers! Meet more than 40 of your favorite Brooklyn authors and illustrators as they share their latest publications. This free event features storybooks, picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels—fiction and nonfiction—for preschoolers to middle schoolers. Highlights include books in Hindi and Mandarin, along with works on topics as diverse as Ocean Parkway, Mars, Edward Gorey, trains, the ABCs, Prince, and poetry.

Throughout the day, children can chat with authors and illustrators, listen to readings and watch artists sketch, get books signed, meet a famous dog, and participate in book-related art projects. 

Schedule
11:30 am Alexandra Garyn and Bryan Reisberg, Maxine Gets a Job
12 pm James Yang, A Boy Named Isamu
12:30 pm Arlène Casimir, Back Home: Story Time with My Father
1 pm Dan-ah Kim, The Train Home
1:30 pm Geshu Sugandh, My Heart Would Like Some More Please
2 pm Lauren Semmer, Poppy’s Family Patterns
2:30 pm John Patrick Green, InvestiGators

Participants include Sara Holly Ackerman, Selina Alko, Kristen Balouch, Artie Bennett, Molly Brooks, Matthew Burgess, Arlène Casimir, Sylvia Chen, Nina Crews, Pauline David-Sax, Debbie Fong, Alexandra Garyn, Jyoti Gopal, John Patrick Green, Rasha Hamid, Kate Hosford, Melissa Iwai, Zainab Khan, Dan-ah Kim, Caron Levis, Laura Ljungkvist, Denis Markell, Shaelyn McDaniel, Jaya Mehta, Kate Milford, Alexandra Penfold, Bryan Reisberg, Cameron Roberson, Robin Rosenthal, Misa Saburi, Dan Saks, Julia Sarcone-Roach, Stephen Savage, Anu Sehgal, Lauren Semmer, Aimee Sicuro, Latia Smith, Geshu Sugandh, Sarvenaz Tash, Lesley Ware, Michele Wong McSween, James Yang, Hyewon Yum, and Yona Zeldis McDonough.

This event is free and open to the public.

For visitors with disabilities or accessibility needs, including ASL interpretation, email access@brooklynmuseum.org.