Events
September 2024
Squam Art Workshops Fall 2024 Retreat
May 10, 2024
Creative Writing Master Class for The Academy of Teachers
Friday 9:00am-4:00pm
February 24, 2024
A Morning with Children's Author Ruth Forman – DC Public Library
Saturday 10:30-11:30am
January 7, 2024
LIKE SO Book Launch
at People’s Book Takoma
Sunday 4-5pmJanuary 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.
December 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.
January 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
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.
February 25, 2021
Loyalty Books Virtual Book Event for CURLS
Ruth Forman in conversation with Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
December 22, 2020
CURLS Release Date
A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls and the beauty of their curls.