Reach Out and Read Colorado presents an Artist’s Salon
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Gregory Barrington
Author/Illustrator of Cow Boy Is Not A Cowboy, A 2021 Colorado Book Award Finalist.
Marjorie Blain Parker
Children’s book author of picture books and early readers, including WHEN DADS DON’T GROW UP and PSST! I LOVE YOU.
Julie Danneberg
Author of the perennial back-to-school favorite, FIRST DAY JITTERS, as well as many other fiction and nonfiction books for children.
Kimberlee Gard
Award-winning children’s author who spent her childhood running from books instead of reading them due to her struggle with dyslexia, who now aspires to write children’s books that even the most reluctant readers will love.
Jenny Goebel
Author of lively picture books and heartfelt middle grade novels, including the Green Earth Book Award Winner, OUT OF MY SHELL.
Christine Liu-Perkins’
Her nonfiction book, AT HOME IN HER TOMB, describes one of China’s major archaeological sites and its famous 2,000-year old mummy, Lady Dai.
Kathleen T. Pelley
Award winning author of several picture books, including her latest, Five Little Angels, and host of storytelling podcast, Journey with Story.
Laura Perdew
Author of both fiction and nonfiction for children with a focus on nature and the environment.
Dow Phumiruk
Award-winning author and illustrator of picture books, including Cook Award winner COUNTING ON KATHERINE and Colorado Book Award finalist MELA AND THE ELEPHANT.
Laura Roettiger
Author of ALIANA REACHES FOR THE MOON, a reading specialist whose superpower is helping children believe in themselves and inspiring curiosity.
Denise Vega
Award-winning author of books from toddler to teen, including Crystal Kite winner, IF YOUR MONSTER WON’T GO TO BED.
Kaz Windness
Author-illustrator of MOTHER GOTH RHYMES, IF UR STABBY, and SWIM. JIM!
Stan Yan
Author/illustrator of THERE’S A ZOMBIE IN THE BASEMENT, graphic novelist, and instructor.
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