Swati Avasthi

It's authors and illustrators all day long in celebration of Children's Book Week. In fact, we'll have a different author visiting each hour on the hour starting at 11 AM. To make it easy for all of us, they'll be here in order of age--youngest to oldest (that's the age of the readers, not the authors). ... (more)Each of these fabulous authors has a brand new, and (in our humble opinions) brilliant book out this spring. Here's the line-up: 11AM: Phyllis Root, author of Creak, Said the Bed~~~ 12PM: Derek Anderson, illustrator of Hot Rod Hamster & two new Little Quack books~~~ 1PM: John Coy, author of Eyes on the Goal~~~ 2PM: A. LaFaye, author of The Keening and Nissa's Place~~~ 3PM: Ricki Thompson, author of City of Cannibals~~~ 4PM: Swati Avasthi, author of Split~~~