Meet Author Ibi Zoboi | First Day Around the World

Greater Olney Library
Cost: FREE

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times Bestselling author of books for children and teens, including American Street, a National Book Award Finalist, Pride, a modern remix of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and the Walter Award and LA Times Book Prize-winning Punching the Air, co-written with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam. Ibi is a two-time Coretta Scott King Author Award honoree for The People Remember, her debut picture book, and Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler. She is the winner of the 2024 CSK Author Award for Nigeria Jones. She is the editor of the anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America and has written Okoye to the People, a Black Panther novel for Marvel. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, Ibi lives in New Jersey. https://www.ibizoboi.net/

Audience: Children, Teens, and Families
 

Books will be available for purchase and a book signing will conclude the event. This program is presented in partnership with The Literary Cafe Books & Events. 

Ages

• Adult
• Young Adult
• School Age
• Preschool

Event Type

• Author Events

Event Series

• Author Events - Free Series

Event Tags

• Hispanic Heritage