The Children’s Book Guild of Washington, DC
A learning and sharing community for
DC-area children’s literature professionals since 1945
SPEAKER SERIES
Leah Henderson
October 20, 2022
7:00 pm
Zoom Program
The next Children’s Book Guild Speaker Series program will be held via Zoom on Thursday, October 20, at 7 p.m. EST. Our speaker will be Leah Henderson, author of the marvelous middle grade novels The Magic in Changing Your Stars (an SCBWI Golden Kite Award finalist) and One Shadow on the Wall (a Children’s Africana Book Award Notable and a Bank Street Best Book). Leah’s beautiful and moving picture books include Daddy Speaks Love, Together We March (an SCBWI Golden Kite Award finalist), A Day for Rememberin’, and the forthcoming Your Voice, Your Vote. Her short stories are included in Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, and the forthcoming anthologies Calling the Moon and Out of Our League.
Leah holds an MFA in Writing and is on faculty in Spalding University’s graduate writing program. An avid traveler, Leah has explored more than 60 countries. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Leah grew up in Andover, Massachusetts and now calls Washington, D.C. home.
You can find Leah on Twitter @LeahsMark or at her website: leahhendersonbooks.com.
Please note that this is one of our evening virtual meetings—starting time is 7 pm—which we hope will enable many Guild members and their guests to join us.
Congratulations
GAIL JARROW
winner of the
The Children's Book Guild
2022 Nonfiction Award
“Kids require more critical thinking skills than ever” - Read More
2022 Children’s Book Guild
Youth Literacy Awards
For the last eight years, the Children’s Book Guild has awarded grants to schools to purchase books for their libraries, media centers, or classrooms.
In 2022, we chose four schools: Simon Elementary and Truesdell Elementary in Washington, D.C., Springhill Lake Elementary in Greenbelt, and St. Francis International School in Silver Spring. Learn more…
Eboni Henry (Truesdell Elementary, D.C.), Carolyn Johnson (St. Francis International School, Silver Spring), Nikita Campbell (Simon Elementary, D.C.)
Youth Literacy Award chair Kem Sawyer with books for Afghan refugee children
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