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Authors exchange ideas during the social justice panel at the 29th annual African American Children's Book Fair. (Hopin screenshot)
Guests logged into the 29th annual African American Children’s Book Fair Saturday from across the country — and even as far away as Botswana and Albania — to get a closer, if virtual, look at some of the books on display. But more specifically, they wanted to see the authors and illustrators who created them.
The book fair is one of the largest and oldest events dedicated to Black children’s literature in the United States. This year, its nonprofit organizer chose to shift the event to the virtual platform Hopin.