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Children's Interests

9:00 am to 9:30 am 

Children’s Author Tent 1

Lucy’s Home: A True Story about a Boy Who Wanted a Dog

Crystal H. Mayo

(ages 4 to 10)

 


9:15 am to 9:45 am

Children’s Author Tent 2

I Dig the Skin I'm in, I Am Loving Myself Skin Deep!

Jeanette Medearis

(ages 5 and up)

 


9:45 am to 10:15 am

Children’s Author Tent 1

Sounds of the Forest

Susie J. Shepherd

(ages 3 to 8)

 


10:00 am to 10:30 am

Children’s Author Tent 2

Dixie the Fiddle Playing Cajun Pixie

Matthew S. Ghergich IV

(ages 4 to 9)

 


10:30 am to 11:00 am

Children’s Author Tent 1

It’s Raining in Florida and It’s Sunny in Florida

Erin Rovin

(ages 2 to 5)

 


10:45 am to 11:15 am 

Children’s Author Tent 2

Peter the Skeeter

Lacey Vidrine

(ages 2 to 8)

 


11:00 am to 11:45 am

State Capitol, Senate Chamber

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Winning Freewater

Amina Luqman-Dawson

(all ages)

 


11:15 am to 11:45 am

Children’s Author Tent 1

My Daddy Needs a Gift

Naomi DeBerry

(ages 4 to 18)

 


11:30 am to Noon

Children’s Author Tent 2

Petit Pierre and His Wild Adventures

Johnette Downing

(ages 5 to 8)

 


Noon and 12:30 pm 

Children’s Author Tent 1

Different Altogether

Alton Carter

(ages 4 to 10)

 


Noon to 12:45 pm

State Library Seminar Center

The Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award Ceremony Honoring Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo

(all ages)

 


12:15 pm to 12:45 pm

Children’s Author Tent 2

Gregory’s Digestible Alphabet

Katie Green

(ages 1 to 15)

 


12:45 pm to 1:15 pm

Children’s Author Tent 1

The Snowman Waltz

Karen Konnerth

(ages 5 to 8)

 


1:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Children’s Author Tent 2

I Read about It in a Book

Rick Kelley

(ages 4 to 11)

 


1:15 pm to 2:00 pm

State Capitol, Senate Chamber

Whoosh! William Joyce Returns!

William Joyce

(all ages)

 


1:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Children’s Author Tent 1

Ava’s Wish

Alisha Prather and Sadie Wilks

 


1:45 pm to 2:15 pm

Children’s Author Tent 2

King of the Shoebox Parade

Brenda Baker Robert

(ages 4 to 8)

 


2:15 pm to 2:45 pm

Children’s Author Tent 1

The Museum of Very Bad Smells

Monica Arnaldo

(ages 4 to 9)

 


2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Children’s Author Tent 2

Hannah Bear and Lulu’s Festival to Remember

Julie Hooks

(ages 3 to 8)

 


3:15 pm to 4:00 pm

Children’s Author Tent 1

Don’t Just Sit There…Read Something!: Musical Fun for the Whole Family

Rick Kelley

(all ages)