Will they or won’t they? Do they REALLY end up together?! Navigating first loves and heartbreaks can be brutal. Help Alex Crespo (Queerceañera), Goldy Moldavsky (Just Say Yes), Rocky Callen (Crashing Into You), and Gume Laurel III (Samson & Domingo) navigate the heart-wrenching rollercoaster of emotions that is love. Featuring on-screen prompts and live voting from the audience!

Whether 100, 50, or 10 years in the past, historical events and movements are not always easy to connect with. Join authors Bessie Flores Zaldívar (Libertad), David Unger (Jose Feeds the World), Mona Alvarado Frazier (A Bridge Home), and Ruth Behar (Across So Many Seas) as they discuss how fiction plays a key role in connecting readers to the past, the present, and futures that feel bigger than them!

¡Vámonos de fiesta! Join Penguin School & Library and the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival for a special picture book celebration featuring authors Maria Dolores Águila (Barrio Rising), Cynthia Harmony (A Flicker of Hope), Natalia Sylvester (A Maleta Full of Treasures), and Isabel Quintero (Mamá’s Panza). This event is brought to you by Penguin Young Readers.

Join us for a classic game of Jeopardy, Latinx KidLit Book Festival style. Featured authors Alex Aster (Nightbane, Lightlark Book 2), Ivelisse Housman (Unseelie), Alexandra V. Méndez (What the Jaguar Told Her), and moderator Ryan Calejo (The Shape of Time) will tackle questions about the craft of writing, popular fantasy tropes and archetypes, as well as questions plucked from their books!

Between middle school challenges, changing bodies, figuring out who you are, and magical responsibilities, growing up can be hard! But could that actually be a good thing? Join Brigid Martin (Totally Psychic), Keka Novales (¡Hola, Lola! series), Tamika Burgess (Sincerely Sicily), and Jasminne Mendez (Anina Del Mar Jumps In) as they talk about the challenges and stigma their characters face and how they ultimately lead to strengths we never knew we possessed.

Join young adult rom-com authors James Ramos (The Wrong Kind of Weird), Jessica Parra (Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success), Ella Cerón (Viva Lola Espinoza), and Elle Gonzalez Rose (Caught in a Bad Fauxmance) as they put their characters to the test! Pulling scenarios from their upcoming romances, as well as classic love stories from the ages, they’ll either break hearts or save them!

Whether connected by blood or circumstance, family is everything and the power of acceptance and love can move us through many obstacles. Join Elizabeth Santiago (The Moonlit Vine), Jonny Garza Villa (Ander and Santi Were Here), Letisha Marrero (Salsa Magic), and moderator Rebecca Balcárcel (Boundless) as they discuss the power of community and family.

Stephen Briseño, author of The Notebook Keeper and winner of the Pura Belpré, will be in conversation with educator Claire Smith about the immigration experience in The Notebook Keeper—its unique point of view, its relation to dominant ideologies about immigration, and its relevance in classrooms.

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Join award-winning and debut picture book authors Ana Siqueira (Abuela's Super Capa), Jackie Azúa Kramer (Manolo & the Unicorn), Alyssa Reynoso-Morris (Plátanos Are Love), and Aixa Pérez Prado (City Feet) for an interactive read aloud focused on Latinx joy! Grab a pillow and a blanket and snuggle in!