Join us for a special afternoon with Aron Nels Steinke! Maybe you love Mr. Wolf's Class! Maybe you love Speechless! Maybe you're an aspiring cartoonist, writer, or graphic novelist! Come hang out with Aron and bring your questions and ideas!

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Aron Nels Steinke is a cartoonist and former elementary school teacher. He began making comics in 2006 with the help of a grant from the Xeric Foundation and never stopped. In 2015 he and his wife Ariel Cohn won the Best Publication for Early Readers Eisner Award for their book The Zoo Box (First Second Books). His bestselling Mr. Wolf’s Class series (Scholastic/Graphix) follows the adventures of a class of anthropomorphic students and their teacher, who just so happens to be a wolf. Mr. Wolf’s Class was a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection, earned a starred review from Kirkus, and has won numerous awards and accolades including the Oregon Spirit Honor Award, the OTTER Award, Utah’s Beehive Award, and The Kid’s Comics Choice Award. The second book in the series, Mystery Club, was nominated for a 2019 Harvey Award, and 2020 Oregon Book Award. Mr. Wolf’s Class Book Six: The New Student will publish in August 2026. Speechless, an all new original graphic novel for kids in out now