The 14th annual Children's Festival of the Book will be held at the Story Mill Recreation Center due to scheduled renovations at the Bozeman Public Library. A schedule of the events will be posted soon; the entire day is free and open to the public. All three authors/illustrators will be visiting area schools on in the week prior to the festival. Please contact Youth Services Department Head Ellie Newell at enewell@bozeman.net with any questions.
Shannon Hale is the New York Times best-selling author of over thirty children's and young adult books, including graphic novel memoirs Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever, and multiple award winners The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days, and Newbery Honor recipient Princess Academy. Shannon and her husband Dean are frequent collaborators. They co-wrote the graphic novels Rapunzel's Revenge, and its sequel, Calamity Jack (both with co-creator Nathan Hale). With LeUyen Pham, they created the Princess in Black series of early chapter books and picture book Itty-Bitty-Kitty-Corn. They live with their four children near Salt Lake City, Utah.
LeUyen Pham is the award-winning and critically acclaimed illustrator of more than one hundred books for children. LeUyen (pronounced Lay-Win) is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Freckleface Strawberry series by Julianne Moore, Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio and Princess in Black by Shannon and Dean Hale. LeUyen is also the illustrator of God’s Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Alvin Ho series by Lenore Look, the Vampirina Ballerina series by Anne Marie Pace, and The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman. She is the co-creator, along with Shannon Hale, of the bestselling graphic memoirs Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever. Outside, Inside, a chronicle of life in a Covid-bound world, was released in 2021. The Caldecott Honor Book Bear Came Along by Richard Morris is the Links to Literacy selection book to be given to all first graders this fall, thanks to the Bozeman Schools Foundation.
Born in Vietnam, LeUyen and her family left the country in the final days of the Vietnam War. Growing up in Southern California, LeUyen always loved to doodle and draw, and earned a degree in illustration from the Art Center College of Design. Following school, LeUyen worked as a layout artist for DreamWorks Feature Animation, and illustrated books on the side.
These days, LeUyen lives in Los Angeles with her husband Alex (who is also an artist), and their two sons.
Edward Hemingway is the author-illustrator of the picture books Bump in the Night, Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship, Field Guide to the Grumpasaurus, Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story, and most recently Pigeon & Cat. The youngest grandson of Ernest Hemingway, he originally hails from New York City and now lives with his husband in Bozeman, MT.
For more information, please call the Children's Desk at 582-2404 or email Cindy Christin at cindychristin@gmail.com.
The Children’s Festival of the Book is a free event devoted to children’s books that allows kids and families to hear award-winning, popular children’s authors and illustrators and includes writing and illustrating contests to foster children's creativity. The Festival is made possible by the Bozeman Public Library Foundation, Humanities Montana, Country Bookshelf, MSU College of Education, Health and Human Development, Magpie Guesthouse, Audrey Haight, Jane and Bill Quinn, and others who value the importance of children’s writers and illustrators. All who love children’s books are invited!
From bestselling and award-winning superstar duo Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham comes a delightful kitty and unicorn picture-book story that celebrates the magic of friendship—and being exactly who you want to be!
A New York Times bestseller!
“[Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn] has a big heart.” —New York Times
From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning superstar duo Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham, creators of Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn, comes another positively delightful kitty and unicorn picture-book story that celebrates the magic of friendship—and the beauty of imperfection—in Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn.
Unicorn is perfect.
Everybod
Who says princesses don’t wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!
“Fresh and funny.” —New York Times Book Review
Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends—and why it's worth the journey.
When best friends are not forever . . .
“Fresh and funny.” —New York Times Book Review
Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends—and why it's worth the journey.
When best friends are not forever . . .
A National and New York Times Bestseller!
The creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first crushes, and finding your own path in the graphic novel, Best Friends.
Follow your heart. Find your people.
Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are.
Inconvenient monster alarms, a sparkly array of princess guests, and spot-on slapstick pacing make for a party readers will celebrate.
It’s a case of monstrous cuteness as the Princess in Black encounters her biggest challenge yet: a field overrun by adorable bunnies.
Even monster-battling princesses get tired sometimes! But a peaceful time away is hard to find as the humorous New York Times best-selling series continues.
It’s mayhem at the science fair! A squishy goo monster is a challenge for the Princess in Black — but luckily some science-loving princesses are on hand to help.
Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort . . . but who is that new masked avenger?
Something smells like trouble! Can five princess heroes and one Goat Avenger pool their talents to vanquish a monstrous stink?
With a noisy giant crashing around the kingdom, the Princess in Black uses the Sparkle Signal to call ALL her heroic friends together - for the biggest adventure yet.
There’s trouble under the sea! Can the Princess in Black and her new mermaid friend put a stop to a big blue kraken’s shenanigans?
Who says princesses can’t wear black? This instant collection of the first three adventures in the New York Times best-selling series makes a perfect gift.