Fancy Lanier-Duncan's book The Super-Special-Spectacular Fort is currently in production, with release details coming soon. Visit FancyTheCreator.com to learn more. You can also join the waitlist for a copy of your own.

MPR News interviewed Derek Francis about Our First Bus Ride, his book exploring the 1971 school integration of Field and Hale in Minneapolis. You can read the article here.

Sarah Warren’s nonprofit Picture Book Parade will host local kid lit authors at the Midtown Farmers Market on October 3rd including special guests Nasra Noor and Cristina Oxtra! Nasra will do a story time at 10am. The first 10 attendees at each author appearence will get free signed copies of their books!

Come on out and meet Justice Bell Bey at a launch or book signing! Visit his website to learn more!

Marcie Rendon and Payal Doshi will be at the Sinclair Lewis
Writer’s Conference. Visit the Sinclair Lewis Foundation’s website for registration details.

Reading Roots is a free four-part family literacy experience for children ages 4–8 and their grown-ups, Hosted by collective member Fancy Lanier-Duncan. The series begins October 10th at Moon Palace Books with GROW featuring Josalyn Thomas, author of Watch Me Grow, with planting activities led by Ciera Curtis of Roots & Bloom

Join Gloria Muñoz to celebrate the launch of her new book at Wild Rumpus bookstore on October 11th at 2pm. Keep an eye on their events page for more details!

Members and friends of the collective will join Sarah Warren’s nonprofit Picture Book Parade to tell stories in the rotunda on the Jumbotron of the Mall of America on October 11th from 1-4pm. Authors will sign and hand out 15 free copies of their books!

Cristina Oxtra will be one of the featured authors at the Filipino American International Book Festival in San Francisco on October 17-18th! Find out more here. 

The Reading Roots series (hosted by collective member Fancy Lanier-Duncan) will continue on October 24th at Black Garnet Books with CREATE featuring Alyssa Joy Miller, author of Like God, with movement activities facilitated by Kenna Cottman of Voice of Culture.

Shannon Gibney will join Sonali Kolhatkar, Yohuru Williams, and Peter Rachleff for a conversation about Kolhatkar’s new book Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Terror and MAGA Fascism at Moon Palace Books on Monday, October 26th at 7:00pm. Buy the book and RSVP here.

Sarah Warren’s nonprofit Picture Book Parade hosted a meet-and-greet with Marcie Rendon at the Midtown Farmers Market. 10 lucky familes got a free signed copy of Stitches of Tradition!

We met some really cool young readers at the Anderson Center’s MN Children Book Festival. The event featured a story stroll of Meenal Patel’s beautiful book Where do Stories Live? and art by our very own Emiko Rainbow! It was a rainy day, but we brought the sunshine!

The collective connected with families at the Make a Wish MN Walk for Wishes event!