Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival

“Nature-al” Connections Between Books and the Outdoors

Nancy Varian
Claudia Nisbett

Cochran Center 218A

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Quilts in the Classroom

Floyd Dickman

Cochran Center 210

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Read a Book, Make a Book

Sarah C. Campbell
Julie Owen

Cochran Center 214

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries

Kathy Barco
Valerie Nye

Cochran Center 218B

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Dream Big! Programming Ideas for Your Summer Reading Program

Anna Brannin
Ally Watkins

Cochran Center 218B

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Gender Reversal in Horton Hatches the Egg

Claudia Pearson

Cochran Center 214

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Leading to Reading: Great New Books for Tweens and Teens

Teri Lesesne

Cochran Center 216

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

No Place Like Home: Building a Better Collection for Homeless and Impoverished

Kim Becnel
Jon C. Pope

Cochran Center 218A

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

New Release Books Your Students Will Love

Leslie Bernel

Cochran Center 214

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Magnolia Awards: The Mississippi Children's Choice Awards

Magnolia Award Executive Committee

Cochran Center 210

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Turning Words into Pictures

Rick Anderson

Cochran Center 218A

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Twitter - What Can I Do in 140 Characters?

Angie Manfredi

Cochran Center 218B

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

It's All About the Journey: Walter Anderson

Hester Bass

Cochran Center 218B

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Pura Belpré and Her Libros: Celebrating the Award and the Namesake Librarian

Jamie C. Naidoo

Cochran Center 210

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Puzzled by Picture Books

Sarah Frances Hardy

Cochran Center 214

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Storytelling: Reinforcing the Basics

Dianne Butler

Cochran Center 216

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Say Oui Oui to Tableau

Michelle Sykes
Krista Weems

Cochran Center 218B

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Creative Extensions: Adding Pizzazz to Your Story Time

Brenda Pritchett

Cochran Center 218A

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Rediscovering a Child’s Sense of Wonder: Depictions of Nature and Outdoor Play in Historical Children’s Literature

Victoria Penny

Cochran Center 214

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Sci Fi for Tweens and Teens Who Don't Like Sci Fi

Karin Perry

Cochran Center 216

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Truth and Wonderment: Using Gail Gibbons Books to Explore the World of Information with Young Children

L. Charlene Carter
Jane Claes

Cochran Center 210

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Read, Make ‘Em Write

Jo Whittemore

Cochran Center 214

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Service-Learning and the University Classroom

Kristen Sipper
Nancy Brashear
Cindy Romero

Cochran Center 210

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM