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Saturday Big Ideas: Dive Deep Into Discovery - Celebrating Children's Nonfiction
Saturday October 3, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D
Join us for a discussion celebrating children's nonfiction with the first Sibert Medalist, Marc Aronson; this year's Excellence in Nonfiction winner, Candace Fleming, and prolific writer of nonfiction for children, Lesa Cline-Ransome. This discussion will be moderated by the Sibert 25th Anniversary Task Force Chair, Judy Ehrenstein (Montgomery County Public Libraries). 

Thank you to Library Advocate Sponsor Scholastic for underwriting this program, along with Holiday House and Macmillan for sponsoring speakers. 
Speakers
avatar for Marc Aronson

Marc Aronson

Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information
Marc Aronson won the inaugural Sibert medal for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado; he also edited an initial honor book, Judd Winick’s Pedro and Me, and the 10th medal winner, Tanya Lee Stone’s Almost Astronauts. The author or co-author of over 25 highly honored... Read More →
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Lesa Cline-Ransome

Author
Lesa Cline-Ransome is the Newbery Honor Award author of more than thirty books for young readers including the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy. Her work has received a number of honors, including dozens of starred reviews, NAACP Image Award nominations, a Coretta Scott King honors, the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, a Christopher Award and a Jane Addams Picture Book Award. Her work has been named to... Read More →
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Candace Fleming

Author
Candace Fleming is the award-winning and highly acclaimed author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including Is It Real? The Loch Ness Monster; Crash from Outer Space: Unraveling the Mystery of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings, and Roswell; The Curse of the Mum... Read More →
Sponsors
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Scholastic, Inc.

Scholastic, Inc.

Saturday October 3, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D 2 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA
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