Farmingdale Youth Services Department

Thirty years after the publication of The Napping House , husband-and-wife team Don and Audrey Wood hit the road in support of their follow-up, The Full Moon at the Napping House . The duo visited 13 stores and many schools along the way, from September 5-22, moving from Washington, D.C., through Texas, California and the Pacific Northwest. See photos from their events below. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/68370-a-napping-house-tour-in-photos.html

Book Riot Live Date: Nov 07, 2015 - Nov 08, 2015 Location: New York, NY The first ever Book Riot Live will be held on November 7 and 8, at The Metropolitan West in New York City. The convention brings together book lovers, authors, publishing pros, and the team behind BookRiot.com . Children’s and YA fans can look forward to panels featuring Alvina Ling (VP and Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers); Jason Reynolds (author of When I Was the Greatest ); Laurie Halse Anderson ( Speak ), and other pioneers of the genre. For more info, go to http://bookriotlive.com/

Date: Oct 31, 2015 Location: NY, NY Time: 2:00 PM Join authors Sonia Manzano ( Becoming Maria ), Danette Vigilante ( Saving Baby Doe ), Torrey Maldonado ( Secret Saturdays ), Adam Silvera ( More Happy Than Not ), Crystal Velasquez ( Hunters of Chaos ) and Daniel José Older ( Shadowshaper ) for a discussion of the past, present, and future state of literature written by and starring Latino-Americans. This program will be moderated by Karen Ginman , Youth Material Selector, BookOps. The NYPL’s Children’s Literary Salon is free an open to the public. It will be held in the  Celeste Auditorium (formerly South Court Auditorium) in the Stephen A Schwartzman Building of NYPL (5th Avenue &

Date: Oct 02, 2015 - Jan 16, 2016 Location: New York, NY In honor of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s novel, the New York Public Library will host the Alice Live! exhibit. The multimedia exhibit will include playbills, advertisements, and photos curated by author and collector Charlie Lovett. Alice Live! will be on view at the Library for the Performing Arts’ Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery within the Shelby Cullom Davis Museum. According to the press release, Charlie Lovett , an author and collector, served as the curator. Some of the items on display include playbills, advertisements, and photos. Visitors will find this exhibit at the Library for the Perf