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Jim Rugg, author and illustrator

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh

Jim Rugg, Author and Illustrator Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Jim Rugg is a Pittsburgh-based comic book artist, illustrator, and designer who collaborated with author Cecil Castellucci on the cult classic graphic novel The PLAIN Janes in 2007. The PLAIN Janes are back in a complete graphic novel collection to be released with a never-before-seen third story in […]

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Author Dan Gemeinhart

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh

Dan Gemeinhart, Middle Grade Author Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Dan Gemeinhart is an elementary school teacher-librarian and the author of five middle grade novels. His latest heartwarming novel The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrisewas named a 2019 Parents’ Choice Award Gold Medal Winner. Coyote is a young girl traveling the American countryside with her […]

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Author Linda Sue Park

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh

Linda Sue Park, Bestselling Author Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Linda Sue Park is the author of more than two dozen books for young readers, including picture books, middle-grade and young-adult novels, short stories, and poetry. Among her titles are the 2002 Newbery Medal winner A Single Shard, and the New York Times-bestseller A Long Walk to […]

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Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author & illustrator

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh

Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Bestselling Author/Illustrator Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka creates books with humor, heart, and deep respect for his young readers—qualities that have made his titles perennial favorites on the bookshelves of homes, libraries, and bookstores. First published at the age of twenty-three, Jarrett has […]

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‘Hola, Amigo’ Bilingual Storytelling (online)

Online

“Hola, Amigo” Bilingual Family Storytelling with 123 Andrés 123 Andrés are the Latin Grammy-winning duo of Christina and Andrés. You may know them for their bilingual tunes and irresistible Latin beats! They're stopping by to celebrate the release of their first book, Hola, Amigo! This musical celebration will get your family moving and singing. Get […]

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‘Hola, Amigo’ Bilingual Storytelling (online)

Online

“Hola, Amigo” Bilingual Family Storytelling with 123 Andrés 123 Andrés are the Latin Grammy-winning duo of Christina and Andrés. You may know them for their bilingual tunes and irresistible Latin beats! They're stopping by to celebrate the release of their first book, Hola, Amigo! This musical celebration will get your family moving and singing. Get […]

Free

Words & Pictures: Laurie Halse Anderson (virtual)

Virtual

Join us for a virtual Words & Pictures lecture with Laurie Halse Anderson, presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures! Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. Combined, her books have sold more than 8 million copies. Her new book, SHOUT, a memoir-in-verse about surviving sexual assault at the […]

Free

Words & Pictures: Naomi Shihab Nye

Virtual

Join us for a virtual poetry reading and Q&A by current Young People’s Poet Laureate, Naomi Shihab Nye, presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. Beloved and acclaimed poet Naomi Shihab […]

Free

Words & Pictures with Sharon Draper, Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures

Virtual

Join us for a virtual lecture with New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper with her long-awaited sequel, Out of My Heart. Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. And now with her Medi-talker communication device, she feels nothing’s out of her reach, not even summer camp. […]

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