{"id":116,"date":"2021-11-02T19:50:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2022-12-12T21:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T21:48:18","slug":"featured-authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/featured-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>The honored authors and illustrators who take the time to attend these Children&#8217;s Literature Festivals is the reason why such an event is hosted at all. Several decades of about ten guest authors per year have passed by, but to summarize what it may have been like meeting them and to see why many of them choose to do what they do, just ten across the timeline can be browsed below.<\/p>\n<p>There are many book covers on display here as well as on the subsequent authors&#8217; pages. Each of them is a signed book kept safe in Pickler Memorial Library&#8217;s Special Collections. The entire collection includes not only works from these ten authors, but dozens of other contributors to children&#8217;s literature who have attended the Children&#8217;s Literature Festival.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/82F01097-46F6-47DC-8C90-E699467D971B-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Peter Cohen pamphlet horse illustration only\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"82F01097-46F6-47DC-8C90-E699467D971B\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tPeter Z. Cohen\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 1983<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/peter-z-cohen\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Peter Z. Cohen\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tArnold Adoff\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 1988<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/arnold-adoff\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Arnold Adoff\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/72B320E1-9EBE-436D-BC6D-2744D7C62E34.jpeg\" alt=\"Arnold Adoff poster running rabbits illustration only\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"72B320E1-9EBE-436D-BC6D-2744D7C62E34\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PN-147-A7227-1987-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Where Do You Get Your Ideas? by Sandy Asher\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PN-147-A7227-1987\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tSandy Asher\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 1983 and 1991<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/sandy-asher\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead about Sandy Asher\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tDean Hughes\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 1986, 1989, and 1995<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/dean-hughes\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Dean Hughes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PS-3558-U36-W48-1990.jpg\" alt=\"Angel Park All-Stars: What a Catch! by Dean Hughes\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PS-3558-U36-W48-1990\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PS-3564-A43-L68-1995-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Loyal Cat by Lensey Namioka\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PS-3564-A43-L68-1995\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tLensey Namioka\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 1998<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/lensey-namioka\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Lensey Namioka\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tJane Kurtz\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 2002, 2010, and 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/jane-kurtz\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Jane Kurtz\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PS-3521-U769-S86-1998.jpg\" alt=\"The Storyteller's Beads by Jane Kurtz\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PS-3521-U769-S86-1998\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PS-3570-H3176-T42-2006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Teachers from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PS-3570-H3176-T42-2006\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tMike Thaler\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 2009<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/mike-thaler\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Mike Thaler\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tMary Downing Hahn\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 1989 and 2012<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/mary-downing-hahn\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Mary Downing Hahn\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PS-3558-A3-T5-1982.jpg\" alt=\"The Time of the Witch by Mary Downing Hahn\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PS-3558-A3-T5-1982\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PS-3603-E745-G339-2013.jpg\" alt=\"Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PS-3603-E745-G339-2013\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tAngela Cervantes\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/angela-cervantes\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Angela Cervantes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tHena Khan\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Attended 2019<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/hena-khan\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead About Hena Khan\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2022\/01\/PS-3611-H345-A456-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Amina's Voice by Hena Khan\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"PS-3611-H345-A456-2017\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/bookmarks\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBookmarks\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/childrenslitfest\/brochures\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrochures\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The honored authors and illustrators who take the time to attend these Children&#8217;s Literature Festivals is the reason why 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