Virtual Events 2020-2021
Youth & Children’s programs
For an overview of general and women lit programs, go here.
When the world changed, so did we. For all of 2020, and half of 2021, we produced a myriad of virtual events for the public and our members. Here is a quick overview of them, in reverse chronological order. Click the title to find out more about the program and, in many cases, watch the recording for free right at your fingertips.
- 5/2/2020, We’re All Part of Outside Deborah Underwood, Cindy Derby
- 5/2/2020, Ivy and Bean Shelter in Place Sophie Blackall, Annie Barrows
- 5/3/2020, Courage and Heart in Adversity Renée Diop, Ernesto Cisneros, Kate O’Shaughnessy
- 5/3/2020, Music Makes a Family Michael Genhart, Priscilla Burris
- 5/6/2020, Of Violence and Hope Madison Harvey, Romina Garber, Randy Ribay
- 5/9/2020, The Fabled Life of Aesop Ian Lendler
- 5/9/2020, Justice for All Aria Sindledecker, Nikki Shannon Smith, Innosanto Nagara
- 5/13/2020, Our Stories, Our Voices Anna-Marie McLemore, Renée Diop, Ellen Hopkins
- 5/16/2020, The You You’re Meant to Be Yamile Mendez, Aimee Lucido, Naomi Rose Wilson
- 5/16/2020, A Book for Escargot Sydney Hanson, Dashka Slater
- 5/20/2020, Beyond Our World: Shifting Identities and Steady Hearts Jennifer Leon, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Rebecca Hanover
- 5/23/2020, Lemonade and Stuck-at-Home Startups for Kids Brian Weisfeld
- 5/23/2020, Everyone’s Awake Shawn Harris, Colin Meloy
- 5/27/2020, This Thing Called Love, Part 1 Rahul Kanakia, Laila Butcher
- 5/30/2020, Book Club for Kids podcast with Anne Nesbet and Kitty Felde Anne Nesbet, Kitty Felde
- 6/3/2020, Girls, Guts and Gadgets Tej Wong, Caroline Paul, Emily Pilloton
- 6/6/2020, Two Dogs & A Kitty Andrea Zuill, Nelly Buchet
- 6/6/2020, The First Dinosaur Aria Sindledecker, Ian Lendler
- 6/10/2020, This Thing Called Love, Part 2 Misa Sugiura, Abigail Hing Wen, Jasmine Edwards
- 6/13/2020, Here Comes Ocean Paola Zakimi, Meg Fleming
- 6/13/2020, What Winning Really Means Mae Respicio, Quinn Boyd-Roberts, Scott Ostler
- 6/17/2020, The Future is Ours: Restoring Democracy with Young Adult Voting Rights Carol Anderson, Elizabeth Rusch, Jeff Fleischer, Khepera Lyons-Clark
- 6/20/2020, Book to Podcast: The Fina Mendoza Mysteries Kitty Felde
- 6/20/2020, Night and Day Kate Hosford, Keely Parrack
- 6/24/2020, Ready, Set, Write: NaNoWriMo Middle Grade & Young Adult Challenge with the Bay Area Book Festival Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Mitali Perkins
- 6/27/2020, The Kids Are Alright: History Lights the Way Forward Sammy Destin, Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl
- 6/27/2020, Love By Sophia Yasmeen Ismail, Jim Averbeck
- 7/11/2020, Yes, I Can Listen Steve Metzger, Susan Szecsi
- 7/11/2020, Heroism in the Face of Tragedy Lois Lowry, Jan Terlouw, Quinn Boyd-Roberts, Tej Wong
- 7/15/2020, 2020 Bay Area Book Festival Writing Contest Showcase
- 8/14/2020, Native Voices – featuring the Essayists of the 2020 Graton Writing Project Greg Sarris
- 10/4/2020, Unleash Your Creative Superpowers with National Novel Writing Month Shanthi Sekaran, R.C. Barnes, Meridith Lackey, Marya Brennan
- 10/4/2020, Protest + Print: Girls Using Words and Pictures for Activism Emily Pilloton, HyeYoon Song, Malaya Conui
- 5/1/2021, Now We’re Cooking: A Top Chef on Making the Food of Your Dreams Kwame Onwuachi, Chariot Waddell, Jolie Wilson
- 5/2/2021, The Invincible Power of Wattpad Authors Mariah McCoy, Daven McQueen, Shay Bravo
- 5/2/2021, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: Learn Your Hip-Hop History Jeff Chang, Madison Harvey, Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook
- 5/2/2021, Boss Up Like a Girl: Building Up Teen Entrepreneurs Quinn Boyd-Roberts, Brian Weisfeld, Simone Bridges, Adelle Pritchard
- 5/8/2021, I AM THE DREAM: Voices of a New Generation, Presented by Cinnamongirl, Inc. Misa Sugiura
- 5/8/2021, Your Self on the Shelf: Books that Speak Your Language Ellen Oh, Joanna Marple, Kelly Starling Lyons
- 5/9/2021, Who Says Geniuses Can’t Dance? Giselle Caban, Mariah McCoy, Meg Medina, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
- 5/9/2021, Who Saves the World? Girls! Rachel Sarah, Haven Coleman, Lilly Platt, Shreya Ramachandran