Renowned award-winning author JaNay Brown Wood kicks off the 2nd annual Lilac City Book Festival with an inspiring c all-to-action for children's book authors and illustrators. She will speak live with the audience via Zoom.
\nThe Lilac City Book Festival is a yearly event to support local writers and illustrators of books for chil dren and teenagers. It's organized by Spokane Public Library and presented in partnership with the local chapter of the \;Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustr ators (SCBWI).
\nAbout the presenter\, JaNay Brown-Wood: JaNay Brown-Wood\, PhD\, is an awar d-winning and New York Times Best-Selling children&rsquo\;s author\, poet\ , educator\, scholar\, and a former professor of Early Childhood Education and Child Development. Her first children&rsquo\;s book \;Imani&r squo\;s Moon \;won the NAESP Children&rsquo\;s Book of the Year A ward and was featured on Stephen Colbert&rsquo\;s \;The Late Show\,&nb sp\;and her second book \;Grandma&rsquo\;s Tiny House: A Counting Story! \;won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award. JaNay has over twent y-five books published including the popular \;Where in the Garden \;picture book \;series\, the \;Harriet Tubman \;and \;Simone Biles Little Golden Book Biographies\, \;the Scholastic& nbsp\;Love Puppies \;chapter book series\, and the highly pra ised picture book \;Jam\, Too!&mdash\;an NCTE Notable Poetry Book for 2025. JaNay is also featured in several educational web-videos in cluding "Cooking with JaNay" and "Jammies with JaNay" and she travels the country presenting to children\, teachers\, librarians\, administrators\, parents and community members. JaNay lives in California with her husband Catrayel\, her daughter Vivian\, and her turtle Theodora. Learn more about JaNay on her \;website.
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