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Meet Our Authors & Illustrators

Get ready for a magical day of imagination, stories, and the joy of reading!

We’re thrilled to introduce the authors and illustrators joining us for the 2026 Warwick Children’s Book Festival! These talented creators will spend the day meeting young readers, talking with families, and autographing and inscribing their books, which will be available for purchase. Browse the directory to discover who’s coming and start building your reading list!

Festival year
Type
Reading level
Genre

Abby Denson

My Tokyo Summer

Adina Oberman

100 First Words for Little Golfers

AJ Smith

Catnip Mouse

Anica Mrose Rissi

The Teacher’s Pet

Artie Bennett

The Tenth Man: A Miracle of Jewish Faith and Friendship in New Orleans

Carol Roth

Will Little Tiger Tell The Truth?

Christina Uss

Midnight Mayhem

Christy Mihaly

America’s Founding Myths … And What REALLY Happened!

Chuck Groenink

Boy Here, Boy There

Colleen AF Venable

Katie the Catsitter 5: Villain Con

Cynthia Cliff

Mary E. and the Apple Tree

Dan Gutman

Mrs. Towne Is a Clown!

Dan Saks

On Our Bikes

Dana Wulfekotte

Mabel’s Museum of Wonders

Daniel J Mahoney

My Cat is a Secret Agent

Dave Roman

Unicorn Boy at.the Slumber Party of Doom!

David Soman

ELVIS & ROMEO

Deborah Freedman

Flowers for Mama

Della Ross Ferreri

THE MOUSE BUFFET: A Christmas Treat

Denis Markell

Click Here to Start

Dianne K. Salerni

The Tontine Caper

Elizabeth Zunon

Kente for Jojo

Erica Sirotich

Baby Truck Bedtime

Gabrielle Balkan

What Medicine Can Do

Hollie Michaels

Fisher Family, Hurricane Hosts

Jackie Azúa Kramer

I AM SALSA

Jacky Davis

ELVIS & ROMEO

James Preller

Fairy House Halloween

Jamie Michalak

Hazel the Handful

Janae Marks

Starting Now

Jay Cooper

The Last Comics On Earth: Across the Doodleveerse

Jean Reidy

Bob is the Biggest, Strongest, and Smartest

Jessica Love

Little Passenger

Jessie Janowitz

ALL THE WAYS TO GO

John Parra

¡Viva Valenzuela!: Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles

Joshua David Stein

Make New Friends

Julie Gonzalez

Don’t Splash Grandpa!

Justin Colón

Vampurr

Jyoti Rajan Gopal

Arctic Adventure: A Tundra Tale

K.L. Going

Big Kids

Karen Kaufman Orloff

I Wanna Iguana

Kate Hosford

You and I Are Stars and Night

Kate Milford

Rialto

Katy Tanis

Love Under the Sea

Kristi Mahoney

Owls Make Terrible Teachers

Kyle Lukoff

The Vicious Cycle

Lauren Magaziner

The Incorruptibles: Lightmare

Laurie Wallmark

Hippo Beach Bash

Leslie Kimmelman

HORTON HEARS A HANUKKAH PARTY

Lisa Tolin

Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono

Lynnor Bontigao

MILES AHEAD

M.O. Yuksel

The Prince of Stars: Ulugh Beg’s Quest to Map the Stars and Seasons

Mara Van Fleet

mermaid dance

Marie-Therese Miller

Taylor Swift: Unstoppable Icon

Matt Myklusch

THE UNREACHABLE STAR (IMAGINE NATION #2)

Matthew Loux

My Journey to Japan Escape to Yokai Mountain

Matthew Van Fleet

Count Pet

Maya Henderson

Brainbow

Meera Trehan

Snow

Melanie Hall

Walk in the Forest

Melissa Iwai

A Garden for Lili

Michelle Knudsen

Into the Wild Magic

Mike Ciccotello

Leonard Grows a Haunted Garden

Nancy Tandon

The Haunting of Walker Pond

Nancy Viau

HANGING OUT WITH GRAM

Nathalie Alonso

¡Viva Valenzuela!: Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles

Nick Bruel

Bad Kitty Gets A Job

Padma Venkatraman

Faraway Family

Peter Lerangis

Beasties; The 39 Clues: The Sword Thief graphic novel; Baby-sitters Summer

Raven Howell

A Day With the Dragons

Rebecca Gardyn Levington

WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW

Robin Newman

Trial and Error (Book 1 in the Sawyer, The Critter Lawyer Series)

Rochelle Hassan

The Prince of Nowhere

Rod Gonzalez

Fancy Pants, A Pencil’s Story

S. J. Taylor

Helga the Fair

Sara Holly Ackerman

How to Hatch: A Gosling’s Guide to Breaking Free

Sarah Albee

Brontosaurus is Back! A Dinosaur’s name and return to fame.

Sarah Jacoby

Open: Every Seed Has Its Moment

Steph Stilwell

A Pizza My Heart

Steve Behling

The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles

Susanna Leonard Hill

Alphabedtime (Board Book)

Suzanne Bloom

A Splendid Friend, Indeed

Tracey Baptiste

Kid X

Valerie Bolling

The March for Hope

Victoria Tentler-Krylov

Our Cities Depend on Us: Rethinking Our Urban Areas to Fight Climate Change