2021 Virtual Fall Gala

Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 10 am

A ticket to the gala includes a link to the live Zoom event on Sat., Nov. 13, 2021 from 10 am to 1 pm, and signed bookplates from all of the authors.

Discounts are available for CLCSC active members. Early Bird Pricing has been extended to November 12, 2021.

For an additional $10 per ticket, receive a Fall Gala swag pack including a CLCSC mini-tote bag and other surprises (US only, while supplies last).

CLCSC Member $20 | Non-Member $25

CLCSC Member with Party Pack $30 | Non-Member with Party Pack $35

Get your ticket here!
Ticket sales end on Friday, November 12, 2021.


Gala Program

9:55 am - Virtual waiting room opens
10:05 am - Welcome from CLCSC President, Jennifer Driscoll
10:10 am - Keynote Speaker Oge Mora
10:55 am - Q&A with Oge Mora
11:10 am - 5-minute Intermission
11:15 am - Award Winners Ceremony and Speeches
12:10 pm - 5-minute Intermission
12:15 pm - Panel and Q&A with all attending authors/illustrators*, moderated by Andrea Loney

Learn about the award winners and keynote speaker below.
*
Winners Carly Lake and Jordan Ifueko are unable to attend the gala event


Support CLCSC by shopping from our Bookshop.org link!
Purchase any books by the 2021 Award Winners and Keynote Speaker Oge Mora from our Bookshop.

2021 Award Winners

Exemplary Work of Creative Non-fiction

A Garden in Your Belly Millbrook Press, 2020

A Garden in Your Belly
Millbrook Press, 2020

Masha D’yans

Masha D’yans

Masha D’yans
A Garden in Your Belly: Meet the Microbes in Your Gut

Masha D'yans on Facebook
@
MashaDyans on Twitter
@
MashaDyans on Instagram
Website
masha.com
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Excellence in a Picture Book of Cultural Significance

Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun Heyday Books, 2020

Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun
Heyday Books, 2020

Cindi M. Alvitre and Carly Lake

Cindi M. Alvitre and Carly Lake

Cindi M. Alvitre and Carly Lake
Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun

Cindi M. Alvitre (Tongva) on Heyday Books
Carly Lake @
sea.lake on Instagram
Carly Lake Website
carlylake.com
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Most Magnificent Middle-Grade Mystery

Connect the Dots Scholastic Press, 2020

Connect the Dots
Scholastic Press, 2020

Keith Calabrese

Keith Calabrese

Keith Calabrese
Connect the Dots

Keith Calabrese on Facebook
@
notMrCalabrese on Twitter
Website
keithcalabrese.com
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Excellence in Juvenile Fiction by a Debut Author

Efrén Divided Quill Tree Books, 2020

Efrén Divided
Quill Tree Books, 2020

Ernesto Cisneros

Ernesto Cisneros

Ernesto Cisneros
Efrén Divided

@Author_Cisneros on Twitter
Website
ernestocisneros.com
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Peggy Miller Award for Young Adult Literature

Raybearer Harry N. Abrams, 2020

Raybearer
Harry N. Abrams, 2020

Jordan Ifueko

Jordan Ifueko

Jordan Ifueko
Raybearer

@jifueko on Twitter
@
jifueko on Instagram
Website
jordanifueko.com
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Dorothy C. McKenzie Award for Distinguished Service to the Field of Children's Literature

Bookworm Global

Bookworm Global

Alana Weisberg

Alana Weisberg

Alana Weisberg
Founder, Bookworm Global

@BookwormGlobal on Twitter
@
bookwormglobal on Instagram
Website
bookwormglobal.com

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Oge Mora

Keynote Speaker

Oge Mora

Oge Mora

Oge Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient.  Her second book, Saturday won the 2020 Boston Globe—Horn Book Picture Book Award. Oge’s artwork has been applauded by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. She also recently made the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list in Arts & Style.

Oge grew up in Columbus, Ohio but resides in Providence, RI. She is a fan of all things colorful, patterned, or collaged, and enjoys creating warm stories that celebrate people coming together.

@OgeMora on Twitter | @Oge_Mora on Instagram

Find out more about the author/illustrator at ogemora.com.

Please note, the book covers below are linked to our Bookshop.org page. Support independent bookstores with your purchase, and CLCSC will receive 10%. We appreciate your support!

Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora

Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora

¡Gracias, Omu! by Oge Mora

¡Gracias, Omu! by Oge Mora

Saturday by Oge Mora

Saturday by Oge Mora

 
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora

Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter and Oge MoraForthcoming - October 2021

Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter and Oge Mora

Forthcoming - October 2021

Find information about previous events here.