Author Nancy Churnin will be onsite for a presentation about her books and writing process. Her book, Dear Mr. Dickens, was the 2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner in the category of Children's Picture Book.

Join us for a Q&A and complimentary lunch.

"And Dear Mr. Dickens (Albert Whitman & Company, ages 6-9), written by Nancy Churnin and illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe, won the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in the children’s picture-book category. While not quite a biography, it is nonetheless anchored in a true episode from Victorian England, recounting Jewish reader Eliza Davis’s polite, persistent efforts to point out to famous author Charles Dickens the toxic antisemitic tropes embedded in his celebrated Oliver Twist. Davis’s ultimate success—not to mention her sustained good rapport with Dickens—models both civil, effective advocacy and Jewish pride.”—Erika Dreifus, New Jewish Kidlit: Beyond the Holocaust and Holidays, Moment Magazine, July 6, 2022

A native New Yorker, Nancy is a graduate of Harvard University, with a master's from Columbia University. She lives in North Texas with her husband, a dog named Dog and two cantankerous cats.