Front row: Priscilla Alpaugh Cotter, Karen Romagna, Shelly Rotner, Diane deGroat, Rich Michelson, Norton Juster, Jeanne Birdsall, Lisa Yee, Florence Friedmann Minor, Carol Weis, Mark Teague, Liz Goulet Dubois, Grace Lin Second row: Jerry Pinkney, Beth Ann Bogert, Doris Ettlinger, Kristen Balouch, Lisa Falkenstern, Lesley Breen Withrow, Rob Dunleavy, Erin Stead, Philip Stead, Yoshi Kogo, Emily Arnold McCully, Barbara Diamond Golden, Jane Dyer, Leslea Newman, Ellen Wittlinger, Mordicai Gerstein, Kate Feiffer, Bob Marstall, Barbara McClintock, Jarrett Kosoczka, Robin Preiss Glasser, Tony DiTerlizzi, Angela DiTerlizzi, R.W. Alley, Amanda Putnam Third row: Nancy Sippel Carpenter, Meg Sodano, Micha Archer, Jason Hart, Raul Colon, Wendell Minor, Brian Lies, Gordon C. James
Gallery owners Richard and Jennifer MichelsonNorton Juster’s Devotion to Literacy Award honoree Jerry PinkneyGordon C. James and Robin Preiss Glasser sharing illustration tipsRichard Michelson with Caldecott book creators Philip and Erin SteadMark Teague signs a book for Susannah RichardsPhilip Stead, Wendell Minor, Richard Michelson, and Raul ColónTony DiTerlizzi and Mark Teague with Richard MichelsonGallery owner Richard Michelson running for officeGrace Lin signs for a fanNational Book Award Finalist, Jarrett Krosoczka (Hey Kiddo) mobbed by fans (including Ellen Wittlinger, Lisa Yee, Florence Minor, and Jeanne BirdsallThe crowd welcomes new illustrators to the gallery
Illustrator Doris Ettlinger with her artworkPaddington aficionados R. W. Alley and Diane deGroat with Richard MichelsonRichard Michelson, Gordon C. James, Susannah Richards, and Erin SteadThe Eric Carle Museum selling books at the event
Editor Kait Feldman and illustrator Charles EsperanzaFramer extraordinaire Don Robinson and Gallery staffer Natalie DjondoFramer Don Robinson, Gallery alumnus Mara Kahrmann,Authors Barbara Goldin, Leslea Newman, Jennifer Michelson, Nancy Sippel Carpenter, and Carol Weiss
Angela DiTerlizzi and Norton Juster entertain a fan
NESCBWI Emerging Artist Award winner Amanda Putnam and friendsGallery Manager Paul Gulla and family
Brian Lies and Bob Marstall
Barbara McClintock with the back of Mark Teague and the side of R.W. Alley
Norton Juster with Gallery Assistant Manager Elana Chernick-Kritz
Kate Feiffer, Richard Michelson, and Norton Juster
Jeanne Birdsall and Jane Dyer with Gallery alumnus Mara KahrmannLiz Goulet Dubois, Lesley Breen Withrow, and crew
Robin Preiss Glasser signs for a very fancy fanSusannah Richards chatting with Jeanne BirdsallJerry Pinkney, Wendell Minor, and Florence Friedmann Minor