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Imagination Friday with Adam Rex
October 24 @ 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
On Friday, October 24, 1:00 to 1:45, Adam Rex, author and illustrator of The Story of Gumluck and the Heroes, will share a hilarious new early chapter book that asks what really makes someone a hero. In this absurdly silly and heartfelt book, the absent-minded Gumluck goes on a quest with three companions who claim to be heroes. Adam will share his new book and invite children to sketch along with him and answer questions.
See his previous Imagination Friday on the first book in the Gumluck series.
Host: Kathy Short, Professor of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies and Director of WOW.
Panelist: Adam Rex
Co-Sponsor: Tucson Festival of Books
Adam Rex is the New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, On Account of the Gum, Are You Scared Darth Vadar and The True Meaning of Smekday (made into the animated movie Home). He is the author of Oh No, The Aunts Are Here and Pluto Gets the Call, and the illustrator of Chu’s Day. He has also created art for games like Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. He lives in Tucson, Arizona with his cat, dog, son and wife. Visit him at https://www.adamrex.com or see his newsletter on Substack.
Imagination Friday is co-sponsored by the Tucson Festival of Books and Worlds of Words, University of Arizona College of Education and occurs one Friday a month from 1 to 1:40 p.m. through December 2025 with a different author or illustrator each session. Add some excitement to Fridays with world-renowned children’s authors and illustrator to promote new books and encourage children as readers, writers and illustrators.
See upcoming authors/illustrators or catch up on old Imagination Fridays in our archive.
