KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Children's Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Award-Winning & NYT Bestselling Children's Book Author & Illustrator Known for "Dreamers"

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

Children's Author & Illustrator; Creator of More Than 115 Books Including "The Keeping Quilt"; Recipient of the Regina Medal

New York Times Bestselling Children's Author; Known for the "Bad Kitty" Series

New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

Legendary Children's Horror Author & Storyteller; Creator of "Goosebumps" & "Fear Street"; Guinness World Record Best-Selling Author

National Book Award Finalist & New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novelist

Six-Time Emmy Award Winner; Children's Book Author & Creator of the "Arthur" Book & PBS TV Series; Advocate for Children's Literacy

Cartoonist & Illustrator Known for Creating the "Big Nate" Series

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Educational Researcher & Visible Thinking Expert; Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero; Author of "Making Thinking Visible"

Bestselling & Newberry Honor Author; Known for "Echo," "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Poet, Educator & Children's Literature Innovator; No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author; Newbery Medal & Emmy Award Winner

Contemporary Artist & Chicano Art Advocate; Author of Children's Books; Time Magazine Cover Illustrator

Noted Children's Author & Illustrator; Known for "The Mitten," "The Hat" & "Gingerbread Baby"

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Award-Winning Entrepreneur; "Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Former NFL Football Player; Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient; Inspiring Veteran's Advocate