The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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William Joyce

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William Joyce does films (Toy Story, Meet the Robinsons) but books are his true bailiwick (The Guardians of Childhood novels, Dinosaur Bob, George Shrinks, and Rolie Polie Olie, which became an Emmy award-winning series on Disney+). His #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore was named one of the 100 best picture books of all time by Time magazine, and his animated film based on the book won an Academy Award in 2012. Rocket Puppies is his newest and happiest book.

 

Schedule

1:15 pm to 2:00 pm

State Capitol, Senate Chamber

Whoosh! William Joyce Returns!

(all ages)

 

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

Rocket Puppies

From the bestselling creator of The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore comes a delightfully zany picture book about puppies too adorable to resist who battle the heavy case of the blues spreading across the world.

Once upon a should-have-been-happy time, the earth is feeling sort of sad. From people to bugs and birds to forks, smiles have disappeared, and bad moods reign supreme. Then, from the outer reaches of Not-from-Here, come the Rocket Puppies! These impossibly cute canines hiccup bubbles that play songs, stop bees from stinging, and keep recesses rain-free.

Slowly but surely, everyone’s frowns turn upside down. But not everyone wants to be cheerful. Snarly McBummerpants is determined to glom onto gloom. When he billows out Mopey Smoke, can the Rocket Puppies rally to defeat this new foe?