All the Places We Call Home is Patrice’s first picture book. She lives with her family in North Carolina-a place she considers another home. As an adult, she loves words and enjoys pondering how places shape the people we become. She is an award-winning essayist and the author of All the Colors We Will See (a Fall 2018 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection). As a child, she loved twirling a globe, dreaming about cities and states, countries and continents.
Patrice Gopo is the child of Jamaican immigrants and was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. To learn more about Tameka Fryer Brown, visit Brown’s forthcoming picture books are Twelve Dinging Doorbells (Kokila/PRH, 2022), Shirley Chisholm: Not Done Yet (Millbrook Press/Lerner, 2022), and That Flag (HarperCollins, 2023). Her work is also featured in the much-heralded anthology, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices (Crown/PRH & Just Us Books). Her titles include Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day (Abrams), My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood (Viking/PRH), and Brown Baby Lullaby (FSG/Macmillan). To learn more about Renée Ahdieh, visit Tameka Fryer Brown is an award-winning picture book author.
She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her family and their tiny overlord of a dog. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. Renée Ahdieh is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Wrath and the Dawn series, Flame in the Mist, and The Beautiful quartet. Nationally-recognized children’s and young adult authors and illustrators will spend two days in Charlotte to share their latest books, experiences and passion for libraries with kids of all ages.Īuthors and illustrators will visit select Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on November 4 to speak with students, and will headline a daylong literary festival at ImaginOn on November 5.ĮpicFest is presented by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library with generous support from National Endowment for the Humanities, the Libby Preston Children’s Literary Fund, Wells Fargo and Publix Super Markets Charities. In its sixth year, EpicFest has become a wonderful family tradition.
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's free literary festival for children and their families.īook lovers of all ages are invited to EpicFestĮpicFest is an extraordinary, free literary festival that joyfully connects children, teens and families with books and the people who write them through activities that encourage a love of reading and learning.
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