Author Talk

With Children's Author JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD

Join author and educator JaNay Brown-Wood for a discussion on the importance of diversity and representation in children's literature.

Parents and educators won't want to miss this visit with award-winning author JaNay Brown-Wood.

JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, is an award-winning children’s author, poet, educator, and scholar. Her first children’s book Imani’s Moon won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year Award and was featured on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show and Storytime with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her second book Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story! received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award, and her third book SHHH! The Baby’s Asleep received a starred review from School Library Journal.

JaNay loves to write, bake, teach, and spend time with her husband, Catrayel, and her daughter, Vivian. She has more than 15 books coming out soon! Visit her website for more information.

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