2024 Events
Social Justice Children’s Book Fair
Emerson Elementary School
4803 Lawton Ave, Oakland CA
Saturday, December 7, Noon-3pm
Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award Panel
with John Parra, Carmen Tafolla, Pedro Martín
Texas Book Festival, Austin TX
Saturday, November 16, 12:30pm
South Texas Book Festival
McAllen Public Library
4001 N 23rd St.
McAllen, TX
Saturday, November 2, 2024, 3 pm
Jane Addams Peace Association
Carnegie Public Library
Pittsburgh, PA
October 17, 2024, 4:30-5:30pm
Beechwood Elementary School
October 18, 2024, 9:30-11:30am
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Castro Valley Public Library, Castro Valley CA
11am – Tin Art with Artist Rachel-Anne Palacios
1pm – Story Time with Michael Genhart
1:30 pm – Castro Valley Youth Mariachi Voces del Valle
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Storytime at the Smithsonian
Author, Illustrator & Young Ambassador Event
Friday, July 19, 2024, 1-2:30pm
Molina Family Latino Gallery
National Museum of the American Latino
1300 Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC
Pride Month Storytime
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 9:30 am
Black Bird Bookstore & Cafe
4541 Irving St., SF CA
Read Your World: A LGBTQIA+ Pride Celebration
A conversation with queer creators
- E. E. Charlton-Trujillo
- Frederico Erebia
- Michael Genhart
- Afsaneh Moradian
- Carlisle Malone
Monday, June 3 at 7:00pm EDT/4:00pm PDT
Register for this free virtual event:
https://tinyurl.com/RYW-LGBTQIA-EVENT
Signed book giveaways!!
Bay Area Book Festival
Family Day at Berkeley Public Library
Storytime: Corazón with fellow authors Joe Cepeda and Mónica Mancillas
11:15 am – noon
Heart of Family with fellow authors Lori Sugarman-Li, Seina Wedlick and Hannah Moushabeck
3:00 – 3:45 pm
Berkeley Public Library, Main Branch
Saturday, May 4, 2024
2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
Roundtable discussion with María Elena Fernandez and Aida Salazar
Banned Queer & Feminist Chicane Books: Pedagogy and Campaigns of Resistance
Union Square Hilton Hotel
Friday, April 26, 2024, 9:00 – 10:20 am
ARTogether Center
Author Visit & Book Reading with Meera Sriram
1200 Harrison St, Oakland, CA
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 1-3 pm
Reading Rock Stars / Texas Book Festival
Sam Rayburn Elementary School
McAllen, TX
March 1, 2024
Dr. R. E. Margo Elementary School
Weslaco, TX
February 29, 2024
Arte Américas, Casa de la Cultura
Author Visit, Bilingual Storytime and Book Celebration with John Parra
1630 Van Ness Ave, Fresno CA
Saturday, February 3, 2024, 12noon-2pm
Michael Genhart, PhD 