New Orleans Children’s Book Festival
Free Books for the first 2,000 kids! Free Food and Fun for the Whole Family!
FEATURED AUTHORS & READERS!
First Lady Cheryl Landrieu
Ruby Bridges, Through My Eyes
James Carville, Lu and the Swamp Ghost
Cecelia Dartez, Jenny Giraffe
Alex Beard, The Jungle Grapevine and Monkey See, Monkey Draw
Nancy Parker, The Adventures of Yat and Dat: What’s Cookin’
Dr. Pandwe Gibson, Why Series for Children
Freddi Williams Evans, A Bus of Our Own, The Battle of New Orleans – The Drummer’s Story, Hush Harbor – Praying in Secret
JoAnn Mertens & Pat Roig, The Beignet That Almost Got Away
Dee Scallan, Moby Pincher series
Alison Hoffman Lane, Uncle Arnel and the Swamp Witch
Allain Andry, Louie the Buoy
Berthe Amos, The Cajun Gingerbread Boy
Jean Cassels, Two Bobbies
MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
Amanda Shaw
The James Andrews Brass Band
New Orleans Saints mascot “Gumbo”
New Orleans Hornets mascot “Hugo”
The Zoo Mobile
The Hornets Book Mobile
FREE FOOD AND BEVERAGES!
Red Beans & Rice
Lucky Dogs
Drinks
FEATURED TENTS & EXHIBITS!
Louisiana Children’s Museum – Children’s Arts Workshop
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities – Primetime Methodology Workshop
YMCA – Resources and Adult Literacy
New Orleans Saints
BOOK SALES BY OCTAVIA BOOKS
SPONSORS & PROGRAM PARTNERS
