The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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Paul Siefken

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Paul Siefken was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, down the street from Spanish Fort and Bayou Saint John. He has worked in children’s television for 28 years, at Cartoon Network, PBS KIDS, and as president of Fred Rogers Productions. Vernon Poche & The Ghosts of New Orleans is Siefken’s first novel.

 

Schedule

10:00 am to 10:45 am

State Library, Second Floor Meeting Room

Home Is Where the Haunt Is: Spooky Middle Grade Fiction

with M.R. Fournet, Rachel M. Marsh, and Paul Siefken

(ages 8 to 12)

 

11:00 am to 11:45 am

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

Vernon Poche & the Ghosts of New Orleans

Vernon Poche just wants to go home, but home isn't the same anymore. Hurricane Katrina changed all that. Could the ghosts who remain haunting the empty streets show him the way? Paul Siefken, President and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions is known as the very best in educational children's media on broadcast and digital platform. He now brings his talent to print form in this lovingly written and touching story of New Orleans historic people and culture - just for kids of course.