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Pamela Courtney

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Pamela Courtney combined her love for writing, teaching, and music—creating MyLMNOP, a literacy and music program for early learners. She is the author of A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition. Courtney lives in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where she enjoys cooking unique, pepper-hot Louisiana fare for her nieces and nephews.

 

Schedule

11:00 am to 11:30 am
Children’s Author Tent 1
Freedom’s Eve: A Story of Watch Night
(Ages 4 to 8)

11:45 am to 12:30 pm
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

Freedom's Eve: A Story of Watch Night

A luminous picture book that celebrates little-known American legacy, familial love, tradition, and the cherished ancestors who paved the way.

Tonight is a big night. It’s Watch Night!

This year, Eve-Lynn gets to lead the celebration just like her ancestor Lil’ Eve did on December 31, 1862―the night they called their Freedom’s Eve. And while Eve-Lynn is excited, worry wraps ’round her.

Eve-Lynn holds her family quilt close to calm her nerves, but in a moment of jittery anticipation, she rips the beloved fabric made by her ancestor. With the help of her Gramsy, Eve-Lynn stitches the quilt back together, leaving a piece of herself within its patchwork―making for a Watch Night she’ll never forget.