Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival: Authors and Keynote Speakers

News item published on: 2012-03-19 14:01:58

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival: Authors and Keynote Speakers is on display in the Cook Library Lobby Exhibit Cases. The display presents information on the eight award-winning authors of children's books who will speak at the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival in April. Authors include: Jane Yolen, 2012 Southern Miss Medallion Recipient; Margery Cuyler, 2012 de Grummond Children's Literature Collection Lecturer; Caroline Herring, 2012 Coleen Salley Storytelling Award Recipient; and Matt de la Peña, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Denise Fleming, Jennifer Holm, and Anita Silvey. Also included in the display are books published by the eight authors.

The 45th annual Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival will be held April 11-13, 2012, at Thad Cochran Center at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival: Authors and Keynote Speakers will be on display in the Cook Library Lobby Exhibit Cases from March 16-April 13, 2012. For more information about this display, contact Linda Ginn at Linda.Ginn@usm.edu or 601.266.6398, or Ellen Ruffin at Ellen.Ruffin@usm.edu or 601.266.6543