Events
Photo: Angela Daves-Haley
February 28, 2026
Ruth Forman's DO I LOVE YOU? YES I DO! In-Store Event And Signing For Kids
Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore
Saturday, 4pmFebruary 25, 2026
This Unruly Witness: June Jordan’s Legacy
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Wednesday 4pmFebruary 16, 2026
Storytime on Screen
at the Greenbelt Cinema
Monday 10:30amFebruary 14, 2026
Storytime with Ruth Forman, presented by Brown Babies N’ Books
at Lofty Pigeon Books
Saturday 10:30amJanuary 11, 2026
DO I LOVE YOU? YES I DO! Book Launch
at People’s Book Takoma
Sunday 4:00pm – 5:00pmJanuary 6, 2026
DO I LOVE YOU? YES I DO! Release Date
A lyrical and vivid picture book celebrating motherhood, daughterhood, and the magic of love.
January 6, 2026
LIKE SO Board Book Release Date
This simple, affirming, and comforting read-aloud shows how every family’s love is natural and connected to the world around us — now available as a board book!
July 2025
Bread Loaf School of English, Monterey, CA
February 2025
2025 PB Rising Stars Mentor
Applications open March 7-21
November 8, 2024
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Annual ConferenceMeet the authors and illustrators: Children’s literature at NAEYC
Friday 10:00am – 11:30amSeptember 10, 2024
LIGHT Release Date
A young boy’s eyes reflect the light of the universe in this luminous board book!
September 2024
Squam Art Workshops Fall 2024 Retreat
July 2024
Bread Loaf School of English, Monterey, CA
June 2024
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua Writers’ Center Faculty Reading June 23
Poetry Workshop: Discovery of Light: Movement and Writing June 24-28May 10, 2024
Creative Writing Master Class for The Academy for Teachers
Friday 9:00am – 4:00pm
February 24, 2024
A Morning with Children's Author Ruth Forman – DC Public Library
Saturday 10:30am – 11:30am
January 7, 2024
LIKE SO Book Launch
at People’s Book Takoma
Sunday 4:00pm – 5:00pmJanuary 2, 2024
LIKE SO Release Date
This simple, affirming, and comforting read-aloud shows how every family’s love is natural and connected to the world around us.
LIKE SO Read Aloud with Ruth Forman | Read & Learn with Simon KidsDecember 12, 2023
SHINE BRIGHT (Boxed Set) Release Date
Introduce young readers to self-love and self-confidence with these luminous board books.
November 15, 2023
The University Club of Washington, DC.
31st Annual Meet the Authors' Night & Book Fair
October 18, 2023
The Care Center
Poetry Reading
August 29, 2023
ONE Release Date
A counting board book about ten friends who add up to something wonderful!
June - July 2023
Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury, VT
November 4, 2022
Kalamazoo Public Library 45th Annual Youth Literature Seminar
Closing Keynote
August 30, 2022
OURS Release Date
A board book that joyfully celebrates skin tone self-love with a mirror for little ones.
June - July 2022
Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury, VT
April 22, 2022
BLOOM Release Date
A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls as naturally beautiful in our human garden.
BLOOM Read Aloud with Ruth Forman | Read & Learn with Simon KidsJanuary 28, 2022
2022 Rise: A Feminist Book Project Selection
The American Library Association’s Rise 2022 Book List Honor for CURLS
December 12, 2021
Fore•word: A Conversation with Ruth Forman
Ruth Forman in conversation with Derrick Weston Brown
July 2021
Video: Ruth Forman | Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us
June - July 2021
Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury, VT
May 4, 2021
GLOW Release Date
A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to the beautiful light of African American boys.
©2026 Ruth Forman