Schedule

February 2026

10

“Non­fic­tion Per­son­al Learn­ing Com­mu­ni­ty,” Kansas School Library Asso­ci­a­tion (vir­tu­al)

19

“If There’s No Hook, There’s No Book,”  SCBWI, Rocky Moun­tain Chap­ter (vir­tu­al)

20

“Children’s Book Cre­ators & Edu­ca­tion­al Researchers in Con­ver­sa­tion,” Children’s Lit­er­a­ture Assem­bly Online Research Con­fer­ence (vir­tu­al)

March 2026

3

Release date Monarch and Mourn­ing Cloak: A But­ter­fly Journal

7

Book launch with Sarah S. Bran­nen, Sil­ver Uni­corn Book­store, Acton, MA

10

“Non­fic­tion Per­son­al Learn­ing Com­mu­ni­ty,” Kansas School Library Asso­ci­a­tion (vir­tu­al)

19

“10 Ways to Help Stu­dents Find Non­fic­tion They’ll Love,” New Hamp­shire Library Asso­ci­a­tion, School Library Sec­tion Con­fer­ence, Con­cord, NH

27

“Author Q&A,” UPenn, Berks, Read­ing, PA (vir­tu­al)

April 2026

2

School vis­its, Sci­t­u­ate, MA

9

“Pho­tos, Videos, and Web­cams to Enrich Non­fic­tion Read­ing and Writ­ing,” Mass­a­chu­setts Read­ing Asso­ci­a­tion Con­fer­ence, New­ton, MA

14

“Non­fic­tion Per­son­al Learn­ing Com­mu­ni­ty,” Kansas School Library Asso­ci­a­tion (vir­tu­al)

16

“Help­ing Stu­dents Over­come Non­fic­tion Writ­ing Road­blocks,” Mass­a­chu­setts Read­ing Asso­ci­a­tion, South­east Region­al Din­ner, TBD

16

“Authors in Con­ver­sa­tion with Loree Grif­fin Burns and Maria Gian­fer­rari,” Sil­ver Uni­corn Book­store, Acton, MA

May 2026

2

Hud­son Children’s Book Fes­ti­val, Colum­bia-Green Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege, Hud­son, NY

12

“Non­fic­tion Per­son­al Learn­ing Com­mu­ni­ty,” Kansas School Library Asso­ci­a­tion (vir­tu­al)

26–27

School vis­its, Spring­field, MA

June 2026

9

“Non­fic­tion Per­son­al Learn­ing Com­mu­ni­ty,” Kansas School Library Asso­ci­a­tion (vir­tu­al)

19

Sum­mer Read­ing Kick­off, Water­town Pub­lic Library, Water­town, MA

July 2026

7

Release date Sharks in Kansas: An Ancient Sea in the Mid­dle of America

11

Book launch, Sil­ver Uni­corn Book­store, Acton, MA

13–14

Ken­tucky School Library Asso­ci­a­tion Con­fer­ence, New­port, KY

November 2026

1

“Devel­op­ing a Plan for an Info-licious Library: From Col­lec­tion Devel­op­ment to Instruc­tion,” Con­necti­cut Asso­ci­a­tion of School Librar­i­ans Con­fer­ence, Gro­ton, CT

Melissa Stewart
Melis­sa Stewart

For more infor­ma­tion, read the Plan­ning a Vis­it page, and then please con­tact Melis­sa.