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2International Childrens Book Festival
40th Annual, March 2007 University of Southern
Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi
3Workshops and Presenters
Author, illustrator, Scott Cook
4Autographing
Author, puppeteer and illustrator, , Scott Cook
with MCPSS Librarian Clarence Hamilton
5Authors
Author and Illustrator, Janet Stevens with
Librarians Clarence Hamilton, Elaine Blount and
Rene Reibling
6Authors and Autographing
Noted Non Fiction author, Russell Freedman and
Clarence Hamilton
7Authors and Autographing
Author and poet, Lee Bennett Hopkins and
Clarence Hamilton
8Authors and Autographing
Fiction author, Eve Bunting and Clarence Hamilton
9Demostrations and Programs
Author, illustrator and puppeteer Scott Cook
10Networking
Author, Scott Cook and Mother Goose puppet
Author Coleen Salley and MCPSS Libraian Elaine
Blount
Author and poet, Lee Benett Hopkins and Clarence
Hamilton
11Comrades in the Library
Mobile County Public School Librarians Debbie
Turner, Elaine Blount, Jane Cunningham,
Clarence Hamilton, and Rene Reibling enjoying a
break in conference presentations
MCPSS Librarians Debbie Turner Elaine Blount,
Jane Cunningham chat with Poet and Author Lee
Bennett Hopkins
12Conference Summary and Objective
Goal To celebrate the opening, each spring, of
the childrens literature Collection at the
University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg. To assemble in one international
conference highly rated, award winning authors
and illustrators in childrens literature
for professional communication with public and
private school librarians. Objectives Participant
s will attend Talks and Demonstrations
Workshops, other professional development
opportunities and Concurrent Sessions In
addition Librarians will Network and establish
professionally camaraderie Attended
events General Session and autographing
with Scott Cook, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Russell
Freedman, Leonard Marcus, Eve Bunting,
Storytelling across the Curriculum Teaching
Atlas Skills with Picture Books Getting To Know
You A Closer Look at this Years Featured
Speakers Using Narrative, Expository, and Poetic
Text to Teach Reading Across the Curriculum (
Note attend next year Little Red Riding Hoods
Historical Cloaking and Distinguishing Qualities
of a Story Teaching Multicultural Awareness )
13Conference Web Resources
International Childrens Book Festival,
2004 http//www.usm.edu/slis/bookfest.htmhttp The
De Grum Collection http//www.lib.usm.edu/degru
m/ Story Telling www.storyarts.org ( Real
Audio is required ) http//www.prattlibrary.org/ho
me/kidsIndex.aspx Poetry http//www.poetry4kids.c
om/index.php
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