Poet Richard Blanco and illustrator Dav Pilkey will read from and talk about their new children’s book “One Today” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 at Simms Auditorium, Albuquerque Academy. The book’s text is the poem “One Today” that Blanco wrote, by invitation, for President Obama’s second inauguration.

Pilkey is the creator of the bestselling series “Captain Underpants.”

The event is free and open to the public. Albuquerque Academy is at 6400 Wyoming NE.