Two authors will join us to celebrate their newest picture books and the wonders of migratory birds.

Michael Caduto - The Day the Pond Flew South

When Loon lands on a small pond from which there is no escape, her friends try everything they can to help her fly away. As winter sets in and the pond begins to freeze, the birds invent an ingenious plan that will take every single wingbeat to save their friend on The Day the Pond Flew South.

Angela Kunkel - Snow Geese Season

On a weekend when mom can't have him, and dad can't either, a young boy stays with his pops. He sleeps on the couch, and pops wakes him early, when it's still dark. After a ride in the old truck, past farms and houses that are still sleeping, they pull off the main road. Wrapped in plaid blankets and holding a too-hot thermos of cocoa, they wait. Side by side. Listening. Watching. And then—a sound. A sky filled with wings. And then a field transformed, turning bright white. The snow geese have arrived.

MICHAEL J. CADUTO is the author of more than 20 books that have been published in numerous languages, have sold over 1.2 million copies worldwide, and have received numerous awards, including the NAPPA Gold Award, Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Multicultural Book Award, Aesop Prize, Skipping Stones Award, and Storytelling World Award. His children's books include Earth Tales from Around the World, The Crimson Elf, Riparia's River, In the Beginning, and A Child of God. Michael is also creator/coauthor of the best-selling Keepers of the Earth series.

ANGELA BURKE KUNKEL is the author of Digging for Words, an ALA Notable Book and Kirkus Best Book of the Year. It also received the Americas Award and the International Latino Book Award for best English language title. She is also the author Make Way, which received two starred reviews, and World More Beautiful, called "a delight to eye and ear alike" in a starred review from Kirkus.