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Children's Interests

9:30 am to 10:00 am
Children’s Author Tent 3
Michael the Wildlife Detective and the Haunted
Michael Birt
(ages 5 to 8)


9:45 am to 10:15 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent D
Louisiana Readers’ Choice Award Ceremony for Grades K to 2
Winner – Acorn Was a Little Wild by Jen Arena
Honor – Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep by Elaine M. Alexander


9:45 am to 10:15 am
Children’s Author Tent 1
Beignet Bunny
Alexandra Navarre Davis
(ages 5 to 8)


10:00 am to 10:30 am
Children’s Author Tent 2
Gary & Mary, Quite Contrary
Adam Dennis
(ages 5 to 8)


10:15 am to 10:45 am
Children’s Author Tent 3
Lila Said No
Kiki Frayard
(ages 3 to 7)


10:30 am to 11:15 am
Children’s Author Tent 1
My Hometown: Rayne, Louisiana
Denise Wiltz-Underwood
(ages 5 to 10)


10:45 am to 11:15 am 
Children’s Author Tent 2
The Pelican State Princess Slippers
Kristie Guillory Edmondson
(ages 5 to 8)


11:00 am to 11:30 am
Children’s Author Tent 3
Acorn Was a Little Wild
Jen Arena
(Ages 2 to 5)


11:30 am to 12:15 pm 
Children’s Author Tent 1
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Quit: Scrim’s Big City Tales of Escape and Rescue
Kaye N. Courington, Scrim: A New Orleans Story of Resilience & Rescue
Madi Hannan, Scrim on the Run!
(all ages)


11:30 am to Noon 
Children’s Author Tent 2
Down on the Bayou
Glenda Armand
(ages 4 to 8)


11:45 am to 12:15 pm
Children’s Author Tent 3
Look Up!: Fontaine the Pigeon Starts a Revolution
Britt Gondolfi and Amanda Romanick
(ages 5 to 9)


12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
Children’s Author Tent 2
The Nutcracker: A Swamp Tale
Emily Welch
(ages 5 to 8)


12:30 pm to 1:00 pm
Children’s Author Tent 1
Lilliputian Living: Les Petits Plaisirs de la Vie
Becca Hillburn
(ages 10 to 16)


12:30 pm to 1:00 pm 
Children’s Author Tent 3
Anglerfish: Seadevil of the Deep
Elaine M. Alexander
(ages 4 to 8)


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


1:15 pm to 1:45 pm
Children’s Author Tent 1
Fais Do-Do
Shannon Kelley Atwater
(ages 5 to 8)


1:15 pm to 1:45 pm
Children’s Author Tent 3
Moon Cat
Casi Cole and Amanda Romanick
(ages 6 to 9)


1:45 pm to 2:15 pm 
Children’s Author Tent 2
Soggy Like Cush Cush
Karly Pierre
(ages 3 to 6)


2:00 pm to 2:30 pm 
Children’s Author Tent 3
The Sky Is Not Blue
Joy Jones
(ages 6 to 8)


2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
Children’s Author Tent 1
Jasper Price’s Whimsical World
Jasper Price
(ages 5 to 11)


2:30 pm to 3:00 pm 
Children’s Author Tent 2
Geaux Boudreaux
Laura Carroll
(ages 5 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)