It’s a dangerous job, but some kids have got to do it. In Xavier Garza’s fifth installment of the bilingual Monster Fighter series, Vincent Ventura and the Curse of the Dancing Devil / Vincent Ventura y la maldición del diablo bailarín, follows the dangerous battle between a seasoned devil, a witch owl, and several very determined kids. Gabriela Epstein’s Danny Phantom: A Glitch In Time picks up where the hit Nickelodeon series ended, with Danny and his best friends on a mission through time and space to save humanity. This session about writing and drawing books for intermediate readers will celebrate adventure stories and friendship!
Introduced by Serenity Muniz-Markle
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Gabriela Epstein
Gabriela Epstein is a New York Times bestselling illustrator based in Austin, Texas. She graduated with a BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and has since illustrated the Baby-Sitters Club middle-grade graphic novels Claudia and the New Girl and Good-Bye Stacey, Good-Bye, as well as the young adult graphic novel Invisible. Her latest book is Danny Phantom: A Glitch in Time.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Xavier Garza
Xavier Garza was born in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He is an enthusiastic author, artist, teacher, and storyteller whose work is a lively documentation of life, dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of South Texas. He has received numerous recognitions including a Pura Belpré Honor and the Libro de las Americas Honor. His latest book is Vincent Ventura and the Curse of the Dancing Devil.
Erika Murray is a certified school librarian and has worked in elementary, middle, and high school libraries. She has a passion for connecting self-proclaimed non-readers of all ages to the book that hooks them and has them asking for more.
