Author / Illustrator

Jack Wong

He/Him

Jack Wong is the author/illustrator of When You Can Swim, which received a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, a Governor General’s Literary Award, and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award; The Words We Share, which received an Atlantic Book Award; and All That Grows. He also illustrated The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma & His Gifts to the World (written by James Howe). Jack lives in Kjipuktuk / Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the author and illustrator of the new picture book, Goodbye, Koi.

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Category: FOLD Kids Book Fest
Format: Virtual Audience: Grades 5-8 Location: Virtual Clubhouse

The Illustrator Battle

Speakers:

Ruth Ohi |

Sid Sharp |

Jack Wong

Date
November 4, 2026
Time
1:30 PM ET
Location
Virtual Clubhouse

Three illustrators battle it out from their own drawing tables through a series of hilarious, interactive challenges.

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