Paul Schexnayder has been a professional (color-blind) artist for more than 30 years. He graduated with a BFA in Painting and Drawing from LSU in 1988. Schexnayder is also an award-winning children’s author/illustrator. He has had three picture books published with University of Louisiana Press and four by Pelican Publishing. Schexnayder and his wife, Lee, live in New Iberia, Louisiana, and have three kids.

Schedule

1:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Children’s Author Tent 2
The Gumbo Gators and the Swamp Circus
(ages 5 to 8)

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm 
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

The Gumbo Gators and the Swamp Circus

Fran and Van Harahan are excited about the circus coming to New Orleans, not far from their bayou home. The couple remembers seeing those talented Cajun gators walking a boudin-link tightrope, high diving into a big gumbo pot, swinging from muscadine vines, spinning seafood platters, and more. When Fran and Van arrive for the show, they learn that Van is holding the golden ticket and will be in the last daring act of the night! Young readers will marvel at all the goings-on at this one-of-a-kind circus.