Polly Horvath

Act Now! Join the Mother Daughter Book Club. This fun book club is designed for 8-12 year old girls and their moms or caretakers. Spend time together, read and talk about books, and meet new people! Registration is required. This month we will be reading, Everything on a Waffle, By: Polly Horvath. Books ... (more)can be picked up one month in advance at the children's desk or at the previous months meeting.

Join us for a discussion of My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath. Open to ages 10-14

Meet author Polly Horvath, the winner of a National Book Award, a Newbery Honor and other literary prizes as she presents her new book, My One Hundred Adventures. At their core, adventures have a way of teaching you about yourself, as 12-year-old Jane learns.

Sponsored by the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee [A cooperative committee of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC), and the Children’s Book Council (CBC)].

Get to know twenty children’s book creators up close and personal! ... (more)Authors and illustrators will move from table to table, stopping for quick get-to-know-you chats. Please note: this event is for booksellers only!

Participating “dates” include: M.T. Anderson (Harcourt), Joan Bauer (Putnam/Penguin), Francesca Lia Block (HarperCollins), Cylin Busby (Bloomsbury), Cecil Castellucci (Candlewick), Tim Egan (Houghton Mifflin), Victoria Forester (Feiwel and Friends), Donna Freitas (FSG), Polly Horvath (Random House), James Lescene (HarperCollins), Barry Lyga (Houghton Mifflin), Brandon Mull (Shadow Mountain), Travis Nichols (Roaring Brook), Chris Raschka (Scholastic), Gary D.Schmidt (Clarion), David Shannon (Scholastic), Judy Sierra (Random House), Laurel Snyder (Tricycle), Nancy Werlin (Penguin), and Jane Yolen (Charlesbridge).