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Authors & LecturesProgram Description
Event Details
Join us as author Alan Katz visits the Library! Alan will talk about his writing process, sharing some funny stories and answering questions! Afterwards Alan will be available to sign books.
Alan Katz has written 50+ highly acclaimed books for young readers. A frequent presenter at regional and national conferences/festivals, he’s received numerous state awards for his titles, notably Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs, Got Your Nose!, OOPS!, Stinky Thinking, and Are You Quite Polite? Alan is the co-author (with the Today Show’s Dylan Dreyer) of Misty the Cloud, an October 2021 New York Times Bestseller. His other recent titles include Elf Academy: Trouble in Toyland, Really Stupid Stories for Really Smart Kids, three Lieographies (Babe Ruth, Amelia Earhart and Thomas Edison), and the first five books in the Society of Substitutes series.
Alan is also a six-time Emmy-nominated writer for TV series including The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The Tony Danza Show, several Nickelodeon and PBS Kids series, animated shows Pinkalicious, Taz-Mania and Goof Troop, and network specials including the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards and A Rosie Christmas.
Alan also hosted a long-running game show on SiriusXM’s Kids Place Live channel, and he’s created comic books, trading cards, theme park shows, stage musicals (including The Silly Dilly Musical, based on his nine Silly Dilly songbooks), and hundreds of others special projects for kids and their parents.
Elm Street Books will be on site selling books.
Accessibility and Accommodations
We strive to facilitate access to information and Library services for all patrons. If you have questions about accessibility or a request for accommodation, please phone 203-594-5002, email the librarian in charge of this program (see contact info above), or email [email protected] with as much lead time as possible.
Participation Guidelines
If your child is under 12 years old, an adult caregiver must remain in the library for the duration of the program. If your child finishes a program early, or if a child becomes ill, distressed, or behaves in a manner that interferes with other participants’ enjoyment of the program, they may be released from class before the program’s end time. Please ensure that your child knows exactly where to find you at all times.