Join Adam Rex, Nidhi Chanani, Sara Goetter, and Natalie Riess for thrilling stories filled with charismatic animal companions. Adam Rex’s optimistic wizard protagonist helps his neighbors with their problems as his friendship with raven narrator Helvetica grows. Nidhi Chanani’s graphic novel foregrounds thirteen-year-old Aria as she helps her grandmother run a boba shop, meeting plucky prairie dogs and learning her grandmother’s big secret in the process. Sara Goetter and Natalie Riess’s Cryptid Kids track down the Bawk-Ness Monster, but they stumble into more than they bargained for in their mission to meet “Bessie.” Join these four authors for some visual treasures and fauna-filled fun!

Moderator: Nick Solis

Book signing: 4:00 PM at Children’s Book Signing TentAdam Rex, Nidhi Chanani, Sara Goetter, Natalie Riess, The Story of Gumluck the Wizard, Super Boba Café, The Bawk-ness MonsterAdam Rex, Nidhi Chanani, Sara Goetter, Natalie Riess, The Story of Gumluck the Wizard, Super Boba Café, The Bawk-ness MonsterAdam Rex, Nidhi Chanani, Sara Goetter, Natalie Riess, The Story of Gumluck the Wizard, Super Boba Café, The Bawk-ness MonsterAdam Rex, Nidhi Chanani, Sara Goetter, Natalie Riess, The Story of Gumluck the Wizard, Super Boba Café, The Bawk-ness Monster