Edison Public Library patrons in 5th through 8th grade are invited to join bestselling author Dan Santat on Tuesday, July 30 for a virtual program designed to inspire tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels.
Santat is the author of A First Time for Everything, a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. He began drawing as a young boy and spent many hours as a child and teenager teaching himself to draw by copying illustrations from comic books until he developed the unique, recognizable style he is known for today.
This year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Santat is also a Caldecott Medal winner and a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator whose artwork has been featured in numerous picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels. Additionally, Santat created the animated television show, The Replacements.
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