The Kansas Book Festival is pleased to announce a stellar lineup of children's
authors. Many of these authors will be available for school visits before the
festival. Schedules for author appearances and book signings will be posted in
September.
Also see Non-children's authors
Also see our Program schedule
* Indicates 2007 Notable Book Authors
# Non-Kansas Authors
Children's
Author
Title(s)
Hometown
Polly
Basore #
All
Is Bright
Wichita,
KS
Alice
Bertels *
John
Steuart Curry: The Road Home
Topeka,
KS
George
Brandsberg *
AFOOT:
A Tale of the Great Dakota Turkey Drive
Manhattan,
KS
Christie
Breault
Logan
West, Printer's Devil
Benton,
KS
Michael
Buckley
"The
Sisters Grimm" series
New
York, NY
Beverley
Olson Buller
From
Emporia: The Story of William Allen White
Newton,
KS
Ally
Carter *
Cross
My Heart and Hope to Spy
Kansas
J.
B. Cheaney
The
Middle of Somewhere
Bolivar,
MO
Shane
Evans
When
Gorilla Goes Walking
Kansas
City, MO
Randi
Hacker
Life
As I Knew It
Lawrence,
KS
L.
D. Harkrader
Airball:
My Life in Briefs
Tonganoxie,
KS
Cheryl
Harness
The
Remarkable Rough-Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt and Just
for You to Know
Independence,
MO
Kimberly
Willis Holt
Piper
Reed: Navy Brat
Amarillo,
TX
Richard
W. Jennings
Ferret Island
Overland
Park, KS
Stephen
T. Johnson *
Alphabet
City, My Little Yellow Taxi, and
Tour America
Lawrence,
KS
Jane
Kurtz
What
Columbus Found (It Was Orange, It Was Round)
Lawrence,
KS
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