Penguin Classroom

Penguin Young Readers will be at the Penguin Random House Spring Book & Author Festival on April 7th, 2022! This is a FREE, day-long virtual event. We have some incredible creators lined up, who you'll see below!

Enjoy a day packed with author panels and interviews, book buzzes, virtual shelf browsing, and adding to your TBR pile. Make sure you stop by!

Haven't registered yet? There's still time! Click on the link below and join us!

11:05 - 11:55 AM ET | Finding Yourself: Middle Grade Novels about Discovering Your Truth
These four works from powerhouse authors examine all the struggles that pull at tweens’ hearts—family, friendship, and standing up for oneself, and superpowers? Featuring:

• Margarita Engle, author of Singing With Elephants - A powerful novel in verse from Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning author Margarita Engle about the friendship between a young girl and the poet Gabriela Mistral that leads to healing and hope for both of them.
• Lisa McMann, author of Map of Flames - X-Men meets Spy Kids in this instant New York Times bestseller! Here’s the first book in a new middle-grade fantasy/adventure series from the author of The Unwanteds.

1:50 - 2:20 PM ET | Afternoon Keynote Conversation
Writing duo Irene Latham and Charles Waters, known for their thought-provoking poetry for young readers, introduce their debut Young Adult title, African Town.

Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.

2:25 - 3:15 PM ET | Love Is a Mystery: Books Your Teens Will Love
>From rom-coms to thrillers, these YA novels are too irresistible to miss. Featuring:

• Navdeep Singh Dhillon, author of Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions - For fans of Sandhya Menon and Adam Silvera comes a prom-night romantic-comedy romp about a Sikh teen's search for love and identity.
• Julian Winters, author of Right Where I Left You - Kacen Callender meets Becky Albertalli in a deliciously geeky best friends-to lovers romance from award-winning author Julian Winters!

Check out these books on Netgalley! Click on the covers below to be pre-approved for the five books below and get reading before meeting the authors at the Festival!

The Penguin Classroom staff has curated tons of booklists for you! 

We have book buzzes for everything! From timely groupings of upcoming PICTURE BOOKS, to thematic groupings like ROM COMS and PAPERBACKS! Check them all out below!