Name: Kidquake: Upper Elementary
Start: 2018-10-11T10:00:00-0700
End: 2018-10-11T12:15:00-0700

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Kidquake: Upper Elementary

For kids in 3rd to 5th grade. Book sales and signing to follow. With Jill Diamond, Alexis E. Fajardo, Mae Respicio, Gwen Minor, Susan Terence, and Mikaela Dunitz. Free for school groups, teachers must enroll in advance at litquake.org/kidquake.

Authors and Participants

Jill Diamond

Jill Diamond’s love of children’s literature began with her school librarian mother and long Maine winters. When she’s not writing, Jill dreams about her next travels, eats ice cream, and wears cowboy boots. Jill lives in San Francisco with her husband, son, and the ghost of... Read More →

Mikaela Dunitz

Alexis E. Fajardo

Alexis E. Fajardo is a student of the classics – whether Daffy Duck or Damocles – and has created a unique blend of the two in Kid Beowulf. When he’s not drawing comics, Lex is working for them as Senior Editor at the Charles M. Schulz Studio in Santa Rosa, California.

Gwen Minor

Mae Respicio

Mae Respicio is author of the middle grade novels THE HOUSE THAT LOU BUILT (out now) and the forthcoming BEACH SEASON (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children's Books). Mae is a former recipient of a PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship, a past writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook and Atlantic... Read More →