SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 | 3–4:30 PM: The 2026/2027 Inprint Cool Brains! Series presents an exciting afternoon with award-winning author Rex Ogle, sharing his new middle-grade books Fruitcake and Absent. This free event will take place at Houston Independent School District’s Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School. The program will include a presentation by Ogle, an audience Q&A, and a book signing, giving kids a chance to meet the author. Inprint will provide free signed books to the first 100 families at the event. Discounted books will be available for purchase from Brazos Bookstore, and free bus scholarships are available for school groups.

Rex Ogle is the author more than 100 books for kids, including comics, graphic novels, and memoirs—most notably Free Lunch (winner of the ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction), Abuela Don’t Forget Me (ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction finalist), Road Home (a Michael Printz Honor and Stonewall Honor book), and middle grade graphic novels Four Eyes and Pizza Face. Under his pseudonym Rey Terciero, he also re-imagines classics as modern and diverse graphic novels, including Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy, Northranger (nominated for both Harvey and GLAAD Media Awards), and Dan in Green Gables (nominated for a GLAAD Media Award). Born and raised in Texas, Rex now lives in Los Angeles where he writes every day—when he’s not reading X-Men, gaming with friends, or chasing his dog, Toby, trying to score a hug.