Program Type:
Author Reading- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on February 1, 2026 @ 3:30pm.
- This event is for registrants grade Preschool to 5th Grade.
Program Description
Event Details
Families with Children Grades PreK - 5 • FOR SAYVILLE LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS
Join us for an afternoon with award-winning author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner! Learn how he created his most popular novels, ask questions, get a book signed, and hear what it's like to be an author-illustrator. This event is in parternship with and sponsored by: UHY, Sunrise Drive Elementary School PTA, and Sunrise Drive School Library.
Jarrett's Bio:
Author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner is the award-winning creator of the EngiNerds series of Middle Grade novels, the Geeger the Robot series of early chapter books, the activity books Give This Book a Title and Give This Book a Cover, The Hunger Heroes series of graphic novel chapter books, the Nat the Cat series of early readers (the first of which was named an ALSC/ALA 2024 Notable Book), the Scare School Diaries series of highly illustrated chapter books, the My Mad Scientist Mom series of illustrated chapter books, and the Super Roomies series of early graphic novels.
Jarrett is also the creator of the illustrated novel in verse A Work in Progress, which received multiple starred reviews, was a Kids’ Indie Next List pick, and was selected for the 2023 Global Read Aloud. The book also appeared on the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2023 list, the Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best 2023 list, and was named an Audible Best Book of 2023. The book has also, more recently, been nominated for several 2024 state awards and was given a 2024 Notable Children’s Book Award by NCTE’s Children’s Literature Assembly.
Disclaimer(s)
Accompanying Adults
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.