Finding the Path to Your Visual Story

Francesco Sedita and Prescott Seraydarian discuss what it takes to create a graphic novel.

The Pathfinders Society is a series for young readers that features five friends who work together to unravel the mystery of their hometown, Windrose. In the first installment of the series, The Mystery of the Moon Tower, summer camp becomes a lot more interesting as Kyle, Vic, Beth, Harry and Nate pursue a legendary treasure.

This presentation by the authors, highlightings their partnership, process, and the path of developing the world of Windrose and the story of the Pathfinders. The presentation ends with group participation in  an original Pathfinder Mad Libs created for this event!

About the Authors: 

Francesco Sedita is the creator of many books for young readers, including This Is the First Book I Will Read to You, The Pathfinders Society, and Our Italian Christmas Eve.  Together with Prescott, they created the Emmy-winning The Who Was? Show on Netflix.  He is fortunate to work with many creators in his role as Publisher of Penguin Workshop, including Dolly Parton, Tori Amos, Ann Hood, Andrew Keenan Bolger, and Bret Shuford.

Prescott Seraydarian is a children’s video producer and educator. He is the owner-director of Lunch Productions, an award-winning production company whose partners include Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and NBC Universal. He also teaches film and lives at the George School, a Quaker boarding school in Newtown, PA.

Books will be available for purchase.