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Anderson's 22nd Annual Children's Literature Breakfast

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Anderson's Bookshops 22nd Annual Children's Literature Breakfast

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Educators! - Join us for a morning of KidLit book love while listening to our featured speakers and enjoying breakfast with local authors at tables!
  • A full buffet breakfast, with opportunities to chat with authors & illustrators
  • Raffles*, goodie bags and book talks on the latest in children's literature
  • A pop-up bookshop and book signing
  • THEY'RE BACK! Illinois Educators will receive 4.5 hours of CPDUs for attending!
*100% of proceeds raised from our raffles will be donated to charity.

Check-in opens at 7:00 am! Come early, as we will begin promptly at 8:00 am. Author signings will follow at 12:00 pm.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Andrea Beaty, Kate DiCamillo, John Patrick Green, Kazu Kibuishi, and Lisa Yee!

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LOCAL AUTHOR LINEUP:


Sarah Aronson, Barbara Binns, Betsy Bird, Jeffrey Brown, Doug Cenko, Karla Clark, Fiona Cook, Carolyn Crimi, Ronni Davis, Lori Degman, Zetta Elliott, Clothilde Ewing, Cody Feder, Tyler Feder, Jay Fleck, Keir Graff, Jacob Grant, Ivy Green, Janice Harrington, Mary Winn Heider, Gillian King-Cargile, Laurie Lawlor, Kelly Leigh Miller, Malcolm Newsome, Janet Nolan, Wendy Parris, Celia Pérez, Mike Petrik, Rekha S. Rajan, Anuradha Rajukar, Justin Roberts, Dave Scheidt, Skyler Schrempp, John Schu, Shirin Shamsi, Ruth Spiro, John Sullivan, Jana Tropper, Srividhya Venkat, Jennifer Wagh, Kristi Wientge, Ebony Joy Wilkins, Alex Willan, Michael Witwer, Darcy Day Zoells, and local-ish author Pat Zietlow Miller!

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