This past weekend, The Novel Neighbor, Webster Groves, Mo. hosted the OMG Bookfest. More than 1,000 attendees came to see and hang out with 22 of their favorite children's and middle-grade authors, including Sarah Mlynowski, Tui Sutherland, Vashti Harrison and Stuart Gibbs. This is the first children's book festival in St. Louis and serves as the launch event for Novel Neighbor's Gateway Children's Book Festival, set to start in spring 2020.