41st Annual Author-Illustrator

Program 2018

October 11 & 12 Main Library at Goodwood

Featuring

BRIAN FLOCA

41st Annual Author-Illustrator

Program 2018

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The East Baton Rouge Parish Library is proud to present author and illustrator

Brian Floca as the featured speaker for the 41st Annual Author-Illustrator Program, which will be held Thursday

and Friday, October 11 and 12, at the Main Library at Goodwood, located at 7711 Goodwood Blvd.

Adults, teens and children are invited to attend the FREE Thursday evening

program on October 11. Then on Friday, October 12, Floca will present a program for teachers, librarians, writers, parents and lovers of children’s and young adult

literature. The registration fee for this event is $25 for adults and $10 for students with a valid school I.D. Both events will include

a book sale and autograph session.

The Author-Illustrator Program affords an excellent opportunity to hear “the story behind the story” from prominent writers and illustrators of literature for children and young adults. Some notable names in the field of literature who have been

featured during these annual programs have included: Rosemary Wells, Gene Yang,

David Adler, Katherine Paterson, Linda Sue Park, Avi, Jack Gantos,

Patricia and Fred McKissack, and Richard Peck.

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About

Brian Floca

Brian Floca is the author/illustrator and illustrator of numerous award-winning books for children, including Locomotive,

winner of the 2014 Caldecott Medal, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, an Orbis Pictus

Honor Book, a New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books of the Year selection and a

New York Times bestseller; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, a Sibert Honor Book,

New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books of the Year selection and Society of Illustrators silver medal winner; Lightship, a Sibert Honor Book and a Booklist "Top of the List" picture

book; and The Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Children's Book and

a Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice.

Floca has illustrated Avi's graphic novel City of Light, City of Dark, plus the recently-

released Old Wolf, as well as his Poppy series, which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

for the first installment of the series. Other works illustrated by Floca include Ballet for

Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, which is a Sibert Honor Book, winner of the NCTE Orbis

Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and an IBBY Honor Book;

Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox; Princess Cora and the Crocodile by

Laura Amy Schlitz, the recent Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari and more.

Floca has spent summers painting billboards, answering telephones and checking student identification cards part-time at the Harvard University Office of Career Services, and has

taught continuing education and undergraduate classes at the School of Visual Arts.

He currently writes and illustrates full-time.

Sponsored by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library & the Patrons of the Public Library

Join us for

Building Locomotive

7 p.m. Thursday, October 11

FREE program for all ages! An autograph session & reception

will follow the presentation.

- and -

Draught of a Draught

Registration & Fee are required to attend!

8:30 a.m. - Noon Friday, October 12

Registration begins at 8 a.m.

Enjoy breaks & snacks.

An autograph session will follow the workshop.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s Author-Illustrator Program was founded in 1978 by Dr. Patsy H. Perritt, former professor in the

Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Library & Information Science; John Richard, former Library Director; and Dianne Brady,

former head of Children’s Services. The list of featured speakers over the years includes some

of the finest authors and the most notable artists in children’s literature:

Program

A selection of Brian Floca’s books will be available for purchase during the program. Mr. Floca has agreed to sign these books, however, we regret that books from libraries or personal collections cannot be autographed.

How it Began

2017-Rosemary Wells 2016-Gene Yang

2015-David Adler 2014-Katherine Paterson

2013-Linda Sue Park 2012-Avi

2011-Jack Gantos 2010-Eric A. Kimmel 2009-James Ransome

2008-Tedd Arnold 2007-Vivian Vande Velde

2006-Cynthia DeFelice 2005-Bruce Coville

2004-Lois Lowry 2003-Robert San Souci

2002-Denise Fleming 2001-Emily Arnold McCully

2000-Will Hillenbrand 1999-Gloria & Jerry Pinkney

1998-Will Hobbs 1997-Stephen T. Johnson 1996-Gerald McDermott

1995-Patricia & Fred McKissack 1994-Molly Bang

1993-Thacher Hurd & Frances A. Miller 1992-Janet Stevens & Jean Kuecher

1991-Paul Fleischman & Toni Brown 1990-Johanna Hurwitz & Otto Salassi

1989-Ashley Bryan & Elizabeth Ellis 1988-William Joyce, Berthe Amoss & Ernest Gaines

1987-Paul Zelinsky 1986-E.L. Konigsburg & Pat Scales

1985-Jean Fritz 1984-Steven Kellogg 1983-Paula Danziger 1982-Mercer Mayer

1981-Augusta Baker & John Bierhorst 1980-The Folktellers:

Connie Regan-Blake & Barbara Freeman 1979-Caroline Bauer

1978-Richard Peck & Joan Atkinson