NYT Bestselling Author Visits Frederick Elementary School

In November 2026, Angela DiTerlizzi, an award-winning New York Times and USA Today national bestselling author, visited Frederick Elementary School to share her love of reading and writing children’s books.

During her presentation, she shared journal entries written from when she was in elementary school that inspired her to become the author she is today. She read aloud her newest release, A Very Scary Book, a humorous, social-emotional story about not judging a book by its cover. 

Ms. DiTerlizzi also talked to Frederick students about where the ideas for a story come from and showed the students the stages of how she develops each character from the book. Students asked her lots of questions at the end and received a signed copy of the book.

Ms. DiTerlizzi is the writer-half of the husband-and-wife creative team behind A Very Scary Book and A Very Cranky Book, both illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi. Author visits are organized by Frederick’s Library Media Specialist, Jillian Zarra.

Thank you, Ms. DiTerlizzi, for sharing your talents and time with Frederick Elementary!