Lee & Low Authors and Illustrators Who Do Virtual Visits
For more information or to book an author, contact authorvisits@leeandlow.com.
Author
Book(s)
Age Group Appeal
Bilingual
Preferred Platform
Alana Mendoza Dusan
There's No Base Like Home
Gr. 3-up
Skype, Zoom
Alexis O'Neill
Estela's Swap
K-5
Zoom
Amada Irma Perez
My Very Own Room/ Mi propio cuartito
K-8
English, Spanish
Skype
Ana Aranda
Our Celebración
K-5
English, Spanish, French
Skype
Andrea Loney
Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee
K-6
ConferZoom (preferred); Google Hangouts ; Skype
Angela Dominguez
Galapagos Girl/ Galapagueña
K-12
English, Spanish
Skype
Axie Oh
Rebel Seoul; Rogue Heart
Gr. 6-12
Skype, no preference
Bethany Hegedus
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
K-8
Zoom
Carmen Lomas Garza
Family Pictures/ Cuadros de familia; In My Family/ En mi familia
Gr. 4-12
English, Spanish
Zoom only
Chris Soenpiet
Amazing Faces
K-12
Skype
Christy Hale
Todos Iguales/All Equal; Dreaming Up
K-6
English
Skype; address: christy.hale.books
Colleen Kong Savage
The Turtle Ship
K-5
FaceTime, Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts
Crystal Hubbard
Catching the Moon; The Story of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
K-12
Skype preferred; will try what the school has
Donna Janell Bowman
Step Right Up
K-6
Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts, or other; needs to screen share PPT
Elizabeth Zunon
Poems in the Attic
K-6
English, French
Skype, Zoom
Emma Otheguy
Martí's Song for Freedom/ Martí y sus versos por la libertad
Gr. 3-6
English, Spanish
Skype
G. (Greg) Neri
Yummy; Grand Theft Horse
Gr. 6-12
Skype
Glenda Armand
Ira's Shakespeare Dream; Love Twelve Miles Long
Gr. 3-7
Skype
Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Under the Mesquite; Summer of the Mariposas; Shame the Stars; All the Stars Denied
Gr. 5-12
English, Spanish
Skype, Zoom
Hena Khan
Under My Hijab
Gr. K-6
Skype ID - Hena.n.khan ; Google Hangout
Hilda Eunice Burgos
Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
Gr.4-6
English, Spanish
Skype
Jan Reynolds
The Lion Queens of India; Only the Mountains Do Not Move; Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life
K-8?
Any platform OK
Janet Costa Bates
Seaside Dream
K-3
Skype
Jennifer Torres
Finding the Music/ En pos de la música
K-6
English, English/Spanish
Skype, Zoom
Joseph Bruchac
Killer of Enemies series; Buffalo Song; Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
K-12
Zoom, FaceTime
Karen Leggett Abouraya
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words
Gr. 3-6
Skype; other platforms OK
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Little Melba's Big Trombone; She Was the First!
K-3
English
Kelly Starling Lyons
Dream Builder
K-8
Skype
Kyle Lukoff
When Aidan Became a Brother
K-8
Zoom, Google Hangouts; no Skype at this time
Lesléa Newman
Sparkle Boy
K-12
Skype, Zoom
Linda Elovitz Marshall
Rainbow Weaver/ Tejedora del arcoíris
K-6
Skype; can do Zoom (their invitation)
London Ladd
Lend a Hand
K-12
Skype
Luisana Duarte Amendariz
Julieta and the Diamond Enigma
Gr. 3-7
English, Spanish
Zoom (preference)
Lulu Delacre
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z!; Rafi and Rosi series; Arrrorró mi niño
K-adult
English, Spanish
Skype, iChat, Google Hangout
Marsha Diane Arnold
Galapagos Girl/ Galapagueña
K-6
Skype
Mary Louise Sanchez
The Wind Called My Name
Gr. 4-8
Skype
Maya Christina Gonzalez
Call Me Tree/Llámame árbol; Family Poems for Every Day of the Week; I Know the River Loves Me
K-5
Skype only
Mia Wenjen
Sumo Joe
K-3
Skype
Nancy Tupper Ling
The Story I'll Tell
K-3
Skype, Zoom, FaceTime
Nikki Grimes
Poems in the Attic
Gr. 2-12
Skype
Pamela Tuck
As Fast As Words Could Fly
K-12
Skype, Zoom
Rajani LaRocca
Seven Golden Rings
K-8
Skype
Rene Lainez Colato
Mamá the Alien/ Mamá la extraterrestre
K-6
English, Spanish
Skype
Richard Sobol
Growing Peace
K-12
Skype, Zoom
Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Hammering for Freedom
K-6
Skype, Zoom
Rukhsana Khan
King for a Day
K-12
Skype, Zoom; can do others
Sally J. Pla
Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
K-3
Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts; willing to try others
Sherry Thomas
The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan
Gr. 6-12
English, Chinese
Skype
Stacey Robinson
I Am Alfonso Jones
Gr. 6-adult
Skype
Supriya Kelkar
Ahimsa
Gr. 4-8
Skype (prefer), Google Hangout
Tim Tingle
Stone River Crossing
K-8
Skype
Traci Sorell
Indian No More
K-8
Skype, Zoom
Uma Krishnaswami
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
Gr. 4-8
Skype, Zoom, Webex
Valynne Maetani
Ink and Ashes
Gr. 7-12
Skype