Thank you for another wonderful week of visits!
Join us for the next
Authors in April week
4/26/27-4/30/27
TK-1st Grade
Beth Ferry is the author of numerous award winning picture books for children including Growing Home, Swashby and the Sea, and the New York Times bestseller Stick and Stone. She is returning to Authors in April after visiting in 2021. Beth lives with her family by the beach in New Jersey where she collects sea glass. She grows pumpkins in her garden because her dogs love to munch on them. Beth loves all things purple. (information from https://www.bethferry.com/about)
2nd-3rd Grade
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Join us on Wednesday, September 2 at the Rochester Hills Public Library to find out the identity of our second and third grade author!
2027 Author
Introduction Videos
(coming soon)
4th-5th Grade
Jasmine Warga is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of middle grade novels The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan, Other Words For Home, The Shape of Thunder, A Rover’s Story, and A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. Her books have won numerous awards, including a Newbery Honor, been named to many state award reading lists, and listed as best books of the year by publications such as NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly and others. Originally from Cincinnati, she now lives in the Chicago-area with her family in a house filled with books. (from https://jasminewarga.com/about )
Middle School
Daniel Nayeri was born in Iran and spent some years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age seven with his family. He is the author of several books, including EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE (A TRUE STORY), winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, the Christopher Medal, and the Middle Eastern Book Award, THE MANY ASSASSINATIONS OF SAMIR, THE SELLER OF DREAMS, winner of the Newbery Honor, and THE TEACHER OF NOMAD LAND, winner of the Newbery Honor and the National Book Award. He lives in the U.S. with his wife and son. (from https://www.danielnayeri.com/)