National Book Festival 2011 Videos

Mystery writer Sara Paretsky appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: When detective V.I. Warshawski debuted in 1982 in "Indemnity Only," its author, Sara Paretsky, created a sensation by creating a female investigator who uses her wits as well as her fists. Paretsky challenged a genre in which women typically were either vamps or victims. "Body Work" (Putnam) is the latest in the V.I. series. Paretsky has broken barriers in other ways, such as when she founded Sisters in Crime, a worldwide organization that promotes women crime writers, which earned her Magazine's 1987 Woman of the Year award. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5306.

Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players performed on Saturday at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Justin Roberts logs thousands of miles on the road each year, leading some to call him the hardest working man in children's show business. With numerous national awards and recognition, plus a devoted fan base, Justin and the Not Ready for Naptime Players dish out unexpectedly intelligent and whimsically rocking music for kids and their parents. Justin's latest CD is "Jungle Jim," which traverses the collective memories of childhood. For transcript, captions, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5458.

Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players performed on Saturday at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Justin Roberts logs thousands of miles on the road each year, leading some to call him the hardest working man in children's show business. With numerous national awards and recognition, plus a devoted fan base, Justin and the Not Ready for Naptime Players dish out unexpectedly intelligent and whimsically rocking music for kids and their parents. Justin's latest CD is "Jungle Jim," which traverses the collective memories of childhood. For transcript, captions, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5457.

Join emcee Mary Brigid Barrett and authors and illustrators Calef Brown, Susan Cooper, Jack Gantos, Gregory Maguire, Patricia McKissack, Katherine Paterson and Chris Van Dusen for a session of fun and surprises as they bring you excerpts from the episodic story "The Exquisite Corpse Adventure," developed as a biweekly story event for the Library of Congress for the Read.gov website. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5469.

Speaker Biography: Steve Berry is the New York Times best-selling author of the Cotton Malone series featuring "The Emperor's Tomb," "The Templar Legacy" and the latest in the series, "The Jefferson Key." He has sold more than 12 million books in 40 languages in 51 countries. His standalone thrillers are "The Third Secret," "The Romanov Prophecy" and "The Amber Room." Berry says his road to publishing was long and arduous, spanning 12 years and 85 rejections over five separate manuscripts. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5434.

Hip Hop Harry performs at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Hip Hop Harry's Live Show is family fun at its best. The show features original rap-a-long songs with educational, positive messages. Hip Hop Harry is accompanied on stage by the amazing Hip Hop Harry Dancers, a dynamic group of acrobatic and inspiring break dancers that get the whole crowd moving. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5455.

Rita Williams-Garcia appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: In "One Crazy Summer," winner of the 2011 Coretta Scott King and Newbery Honor awards, Rita Williams-Garcia places her main character, Delphine, in Oakland, Calif., in 1968--a tumultuous period in American history. Nevertheless, Delphine triumphs over the adversity of having been abandoned by her mother seven years ago and being sent from her home in Brooklyn across the country to live. Williams-Garcia says, "I was born to write stories. When I'm not working, I'm daydreaming. Plotting out the next story. Listening to understand my character. Then I'll get excited because I learned something that I didn't know, and I start to write." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5433.

Chris Van Dusen appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Chris Van Dusen writes: "As a child, my brothers and I would spend hours drawing pictures. We didn't have video games or computers to entertain us, so we drew instead. I had no idea back then that I'd end up writing and illustrating children's books when I grew up." Since then, Van Dusen has been the writer, illustrator or both of many acclaimed children's books, including illustrating Kate DiCamillo's "Mercy Watson." His new book is "King Hugo's Huge Ego." He is also one of the illustrators of "The Exquisite Corpse Adventure," an original story written for the Library of Congress Read.gov website. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5430.

Rita Dove appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: In 1993 Rita Dove was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress, making her the youngest person -- and the first African-American -- to receive this honor. She held the position for two years. She was reappointed Special Consultant in Poetry for 2000, the Library of Congress's bicentennial year, and in 2004 Virginia Gov. Mark Warner appointed her Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a two-year position. "Thomas and Beulah," a collection of interrelated poems loosely based on her grandparents' life, earned her the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. Her latest work is "Sonata Mulattica." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5435.

Laura Lippman appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Laura Lippman grew up in Baltimore and was a reporter for 20 years, including 12 years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working fulltime and published seven books about "accidental PI" Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Her work has been awarded the Edgar and the Agatha prizes, among many others. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor's Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association. Her new novel is "The Most Dangerous Thing." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5438.

Kimberla Lawson Roby appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: New York Times best-selling author Kimberla Lawson Roby has published 16 novels, including her latest, "Secret Obsession." Roby's work deals frankly with issues such as social status, addiction, infidelity, single motherhood, infertility, sibling rivalry and sexual abuse. She is the 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 recipient of the Author of the Year-Female prize presented by the African-American Literary Awards Show. Roby's previous novel, "Love, Honor and Betray," was the eighth novel to explore the life of the Reverend Curtis Black, whose sordid past is no secret to his wife. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5452.

Kia DuPree appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Kia DuPree is a former assistant editor at St. Martin's Press. She received the 2005 Fiction Honor Book Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association for her debut, self-published novel, "Robbing Peter." Her short story "Lost One" was included in Essence's best-selling anthology, "Hood 2 Hood." In 2010, DuPree published "Damaged," to be followed by "Silenced" this October. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5436.

John Bemelmans Marciano appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: John Bemelmans Marciano says that "it really, really helped that my grandfather, Ludwig Bemelmans, had created the Madeline books and left a story unfinished for me to work on." "Madeline at the White House" is the latest book Marciano has written about the smallest of 12 girls -- and only redhead -- who lives "in an old house in Paris that was covered in vines." Other books by Marciano include "Toponymity: An Atlas of Words" and "Aponyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5408.

Kazu Kibuishi appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Kazu Kibuishi is the founder and editor of the "Flight Anthologies,"a critically acclaimed comics series, as well as the creator of "Daisy Kutter: The Last Train," a winner of the YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Award. Born in Tokyo, Kibuishi moved to the U.S. with his mother and brother when he was a child. He graduated from film school and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. He is now a full-time comic book artist. Kibuishi's new book is "Amulet #4: The Last Council." For transcript, captions, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5437.

Jonathan Yardley appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: The 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner for criticism, Jonathan Yardley is a book critic for The Washington Post. In 2003, Yardley began his "Second Reading" series in which he "reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past." He ended the series in 2010, and this year a compilation volume, "Second Readings" was published. Yardley's other books include "Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner," "Out of Step: Notes from a Purple Decade" and "Our Kind of People: The Story of an American Family." For captions, transcript, and more information http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5439.

Hip Hop Harry performs at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Hip Hop Harry's Live Show is family fun at its best. The show features original rap-a-long songs with educational, positive messages. Hip Hop Harry is accompanied on stage by the amazing Hip Hop Harry Dancers, a dynamic group of acrobatic and inspiring break dancers that get the whole crowd moving. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5456.

Esmeralda Santiago appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Esmeralda Santiago emigrated from Puerto Rico to the United States with her family when she was 13. Her writing career evolved from her work as a producer-writer of documentary and educational films. Her essays and opinion pieces have run in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, House & Garden and Sports Illustrated. Upon publication of her first book, the memoir "When I Was Puerto Rican," Santiago was hailed as "a welcome new voice, full of passion and authority," by Washington Post Book World. Her new novel is "Conquistadora." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5451.

Eric Dezenhall appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Eric Dezenhall is CEO of Dezenhall Resources, a communications firm with expertise in damage control. He is also an author of books of nonfiction ("Damage Control: How to Get the Upper Hand When Your Business Is Under Attack") as well as fiction ("Spinning Dixie"). He has written for The New York Times and USA Today, and he contributes regularly to The Daily Beast and The Huffington Post. His newest nonfiction work is "The Devil Himself." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5428.

Dolores Kendrick appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Dolores Kendrick is poet laureate of the District of Columbia. She is the author of the award-winning "The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women," as well as "Why the Woman Is Singing on the Corner: A Verse Narrative," a collection of poems on homeless women. Kendrick has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the George Kent Award for Literature; she is the first Vira I. Heinz professor emerita at Phillips Exeter Academy. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5407.

Colleen Houck appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Colleen Houck is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, science fiction and romance. Formerly a student at the University of Arizona, she has worked as a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter for 17 years. She first found success by publishing her books online; now she is published by a mainstream publishing house. "Tiger's Curse" is her first book, which has since been followed by "Tiger's Quest." "Tiger's Voyage," the third book in the "Tiger's Curse" series, will be published this November. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5429.

Choo-Choo Soul performs at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Imagine soulful and current renditions of the ABCs and 1-2-3s plus songs that teach children to be fit, eat their vegetables and be polite! Imagine a diverse and incredibly hip duo, teaching children through music on an animated train and on their fun and entertaining CD & DVD, "Choo-Choo Soul" with Genevieve and her beat-boxing, break-dancing engineer, DC. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5454.

Carmen Agra Deedy & John McCutcheon appear at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Children's book author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy has won more than a dozen awards for her work. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1963 during the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution. Her most recent books are "The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale" and "The Library Dragon Book." Speaker Biography: One of the most respected children's artists, John McCutcheon has consistently produced highly regarded albums for young people and folk albums since the early 1970s. During the '60s, McCutcheon taught himself to play a mail-order guitar and joined the local folk scene in his native Wisconsin. He is adept at a number of instruments and is an acknowledged master of the hammered dulcimer. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5453.

Calef Brown appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Publications as diverse as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Spin, The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, Travel and Leisure, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and Business Week, among others, have all featured illustrations by Calef Brown. He is also one of the illustrators of "The Exquisite Corpse Adventure," an original story written for the Library of Congress's Read.gov website and now a book from Candlewick. Brown's new book is "Boy Wonders." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5431.

Amy Chua appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" has created a sensation with its depiction of the strict, traditional child-rearing of the author's children. Amy Chua's two daughters were never allowed to watch television or play computer games, be in a school play, have a play date, get any grade less than an A or attend a sleepover. Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale. Her first book, "World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability," was a New York Times best-seller. Her second book, also a best-seller, is the critically acclaimed "Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance -- and Why They Fall." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5406.

Allen Say appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, and he dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of 6. When he was 12, he apprenticed for his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei. In 1972, Say illustrated his first children's book, and until 1987 was a part-time illustrator. That year, while illustrating "The Boy of the Three-Year Nap," which won a Caldecott Honor in 1989, he decided to work full-time on what he most liked to do: writing and illustrating children's books. His newest is "Drawing from Memory." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5432.

Rachel Renee Russell appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Rachel Renee Russell is an attorney who prefers writing tween books to legal briefs. (Mainly because books are a lot more fun and pajamas and bunny slippers aren't allowed in court.) Her hobbies include growing purple flowers and doing totally useless crafts (like, for example, making a microwave oven out of Popsicle sticks, glue and glitter). She is the author of the popular "Dork Diaries" series, and her latest book is "Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star." For captions, transcript, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5402.

Cartoonist Richard Thompson appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: The most recent Reuben Award, cartooning's equivalent of the Oscar, went to Richard Thompson, creator of "Cul de Sac," a strip born in The Washington Post seven years ago featuring the Otterloop family. Thompson also draws the "Richard's Poor Almanac" cartoon, and his new book is "Shapes & Colors: A Cul de Sac Collection" (Andrews McMeel Publishing). Bill Watterson, creator of the much-missed and still-beloved strip "Calvin and Hobbes," says of "Cul de Sac": "The strip has a unique and honest voice, a seemingly intuitive feel for what comics do best ... a very funny intelligence. ... It's a wonderful surprise to see that this level of talent is still out there, and that a strip like this is still possible." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5405.

Stanley Plumly appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Stanley Plumly is poet laureate of Maryland. His most recent poetry collection, "Old Heart," was a National Book Award finalist. His work has been honored with eight Pushcart prizes, a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship and many other awards. He is a Maryland Distinguished University Professor and founded the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland at College Park. His work has been published in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Paris Review and elsewhere. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5404.

Mac Barnett appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Mac Barnett is the author of several picture books, including "Mustache!," "Oh No! Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World" and "Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem." He also writes the Brixton Brothers series of mysteries. Although he often neglects shaving, he has never worn a mustache.

Kelly Cherry appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Kelly Cherry is poet laureate of Virginia. She has published 20 books of fiction, poetry and nonfiction; eight chapbooks; and translations of two classical plays. Her most recent titles are "The Retreats of Thought: Poems" (2009) and "Girl in a Library: On Women Writers & the Writing Life" (2009). She was the first recipient of the Hanes Poetry Prize given by the Fellowship of Southern Writers for a body of work. Other honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bradley Major Achievement (Lifetime) Award. Cherry is Eudora Welty Professor Emerita of English and Evjue-Bascom Professor Emerita in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5399.

Speaker Biography: For 10 years, Jarrett J. Krosoczka has been entertaining young readers with his trademark wit and whimsy. He is the author and illustrator of many popular picture books, including "Punk Farm" (which was a Child Magazine Best Book of the Year and which School Library Journal called "quite a romp"), "Punk Farm on Tour," "Baghead," and "Annie Was Warned." He is also the creator of the "Lunch Lady" graphic novel series, which Kirkus Reviews called "a delightfully fun escapist read." The "Lunch Lady" series has twice won the Children's Choice Book Award in the third-and-fourth-grade category. Jarrett's "Lunch Lady" and "Punk Farm" series are both in development as feature films. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5396.

Speaker Biography: Jane O'Connor graduated from Smith College and is an editor at a major publishing house. She is the author of more than 50 books for children, including the "Fancy Nancy" series, six of which have been No. 1 New York Times best-sellers. In addition, she has written one book for grownups, a spooky mystery called "Dangerous Admissions." For captions, transcript, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5392.

Dorie McCullough Lawson appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Dorie McCullough Lawson is the author of the novel "Along Comes a Stranger." Her first book was "Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children," which was an anthology of the words and wisdom of 68 Americans, including Ansel Adams, Thomas Edison, Sam Houston, Mary Todd Lincoln, Groucho Marx, Clare Boothe Luce and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her newest work is for children is "Tex." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5395.

Illustrator Daniel Kirk appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Daniel Kirk has illustrated many beloved books for children. "Library Mouse" is his most popular series, and the first book was given a starred review by Booklist magazine, which called it "a show-stopper." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5394.

Bob Shea appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Bob Shea is the author-illustrator of "Dinosaur vs. Bedtime," "Dinosaur vs. the Potty," "Dinosaur vs. the Library," "Race You to Bed!" and "New Socks." He also wrote "Big Plans," illustrated by Lane Smith. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5400.

Wally Amos appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Wally Amos founded the Read It Loud! Foundation in 2005, urging parents and caregivers to read aloud to children for at least 10 minutes each day from birth to 6 years old. Read It Loud! is partnered with MARSYS, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, First Book, the Heart of America, the Children's Book Council, the American Library Association and Nemours to launch a national campaign. In 1994 Amos co-founded Uncle Wally's Muffin Company. As founder of Famous Amos Cookies in 1975 and father of the gourmet chocolate chip cookie industry, he has used his fame to support educational cause For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5388.

Pop-up book author Matthew Reinhart appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Matthew Reinhart is the co-creator of the "Encyclopedia Prehistorica" and "Encyclopedia Mythologica" series. He has also created many other award-winning pop-up books, including "Mommy?" by Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks and "Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy." For captions, transcript, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5390.

Maya Jasanoff appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Maya Jasanoff is currently an associate professor of history at Harvard University. Her first book, "Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture and Conquest in the East, 1750???1850," was awarded the 2005 Duff Cooper Prize and was a book of the year selection in numerous publications, including The Economist, The Guardian and The Sunday Times of London. She was a fellow of the Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center, the New York Public Library and the American Council of Learned Societies and has contributed essays to the London Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine and The New York Review of Books. Her latest work is "Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5391.

Poet Carol Muske-Dukes appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Carol Muske-Dukes is poet laureate of California and a 1998 winner of the Witter Bynner award from the Library of Congress. She is the author of many books of poetry, including "Sparrow,"which was a National Book Award finalist. Her newest works are "Twin Cities" and "Crossing State Lines" (co-edited with Bob Holman). Her work appears widely as a critic for The New York Times Book Review and in The New Yorker and Los Angeles Magazine. Muske-Dukes is a Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellow and has been published in Best American Poems. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5389.

he Okee Dokee Brothers perform at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: As childhood best friends, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing dreamed of being professional singer-songwriters. Then, one day (poof!) they were all grown up and playing their music on the scene. Inspired by their own backyard adventures, the Okee Dokee Brothers perform original music that reminds audiences of their own make-believes and treehouse-pretendings. Their CD, "Take It Outside," and their live shows can transport you to the wilds of Africa, to the tip-top of a gigantic rollercoaster, or down the Mississippi on a homemade raft. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5379.

Josh Lewis performs at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Josh Lewis writes books. When he's not doing that he does other things, like sometimes he sleeps and sometimes he snores and sometimes his wife thumps him on his head to get him to stop and sometimes he rides the train and imagines what it would be like if all people had beards. "Super Chicken Nugget Boy and the Massive Meatloaf Man Manhunt" is Lewis' fourth book for young readers but definitely not his last, because he just learned how to count to five, so he wants to write at least that many. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5380.

Speaker Biography: As a kid, Lisa Yee loved reading, opening brand new boxes of cereal (to get the prize) and riding the teacups at Disneyland. She once shared a prize for cake-decorating, and at Walt Disney World she sometimes got to play Mickey Mouse. But what she likes doing most is writing. Her accolades include the American Library Association's Notable Book Award, a USA Today Critics' Pick, a Best Book of the Year Award from the Chinese American Librarians Association and a Family Choice Award. Her latest book is "Warp Speed." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5378.

Lauren Myracle appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Lauren Myracle is a best-selling author, and her latest books include the dramatic young-adult mystery "Shine" and "Violet" in Bloom, from her tween "Flower Power Book" series. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5382.

Tom Angleberger appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Tom Angleberger's best-selling "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda" was hailed as "delightful" by The New York Times and called "the most original novel of the year" by The Boston Globe. Angleberger is also the author of the hilarious novel "Horton Halfpott." For transcript, captions, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5369.

Michael Buckley appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Michael Buckley is the author of two New York Times best-selling series for children: "The Sisters Grimm," a "Today" show Al Roker Book Club pick, and "NERDS." He has also written and developed shows for the Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Discovery Channel.

Illustrator Loren Long appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Loren Long is the illustrator of the No. 1 New York Times best-seller "Of Thee I Sing" by President Barack Obama. Long's beloved book "Otis" received the Midwest Booksellers Association Picture Book of the Year award, an Indies Choice award nomination for Best New Picture Book and a nomination for the 2010-2011 Kentucky Bluegrass Award. "Otis and the Tornado" is the companion to Otis. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5377.

Mark Pett & Gary Rubinstein perform at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Writer and illustrator Mark Pett is the creator of the nationally syndicated comic strips "Mr. Lowe" and "Lucky Cow" and the author of "Mr. Lowe: Cartoons from the Classroom." Speaker Biography: Gary Rubinstein, who teaches high school math by day and is occasionally a comedian by night. In addition to co-authoring "The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes" with Mark Pett, Rubinstein has written two guidebooks for new teachers: "Reluctant Disciplinarian" and "Beyond Survival." For more information, captions, and transcript visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5372.

Tom Lichtenheld appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Tom Lichtenheld loves drawing pictures and telling silly stories. His books include the New York Times best-sellers "Duck! Rabbit!" and "Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5375.

Angela Farris Watkins appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Angela Farris Watkins, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at Spelman College. She is Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, and her new book is "My Uncle Martin's Words for America: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Niece Tells How He Made a Difference." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5371.

Speaker Biography: Cedella Marley's life has always been rooted in music and culture. As the first child of Bob Marley, she has dedicated herself to keeping her father's message and memory alive. Cedella Marley is a musician and performs with the Melody Makers internationally. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5376.

William Joyce appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: William Joyce has put his personal stamp on all types of children's media. His picture books include "George Shrinks," "Dinosaur Bob" and "Santa Calls." He has won three Emmy awards for his "Rolie Polie Olie" animated series, developed character concepts for the animated features "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life," and made films, including "Robots" and "Meet the Robinsons." He is currently co-directing the DreamWorks Animation release of "Rise of the Guardians," inspired by his new series. His new book is "The Man in the Moon." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5365.