The 2010 Festival...
The 7th Annual Savannah Children’s Book Festival will take place on Saturday, November 13th, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Forsyth Park in Savannah, Georgia (rain location is the Savannah Civic Center). Presented by Live Oak Public Libraries and the City of Savannah, the festival celebrates the joy of reading, the power of the written word and the magic of storytelling with children’s book authors and illustrators from around the country. The festival also features dozens of local authors, arts and crafts, food, a variety of entertainment, an international tent, costumed characters and more!
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Anna Dewdney
Anna Dewdney lives just over a covered bridge in southern Vermont. She is The New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of “Llama Llama Misses Mama”. Other books in the series include the award-winning “Llama Llama Red Pajama” and “Llama Llama Mad at Mama.” She is also the author/illustrator of “Nobunny's Perfect”. Dewdney taught at a boys’ boarding school for many years before becoming a full-time author and illustrator. She is a full-time mom to two away-at-school daughters and two...
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Elizabeth Dulemba
Elizabeth Dulemba was beamed to this planet with a pencil in her hand. Once she stopped chewing on it she began to draw and write stories for children. She is now an award-winning illustrator for Highlights Magazine - she did the December cover - and of several picture books including the bilingual “Paco and the Giant Chile Plant, which won a Moonbeam Children's Book Award Bronze Medal. She illustrated “Glitter Girl and the Crazy Cheese,” “The Prince's Diary,” and three...
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Brian Jordan
As a professional athlete most known for building a multi-sport legacy, Brian Jordan has been an All-Star player with the Atlanta Braves and an All-Pro selection with the Atlanta Falcons. For almost 20 years, Jordan has been a leader on both the baseball and football fields. Jordan is also an Emmy Award-winning sports analyst for FOX Sports South and a recurring broadcast personality for Comcast Sports South and ESPN, as a lead analyst for both the Atlanta and Gwinnett Braves....
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Alan Katz
Alan Katz is the author of many seriously silly books for children, including the bestselling “Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs,” illustrated by David Catrow. He is also a talented writer for television: The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Taz-Mania, Disney’s Raw Toonage and Goof Troop, several editions of the Grammy Awards and Tony Awards, Kids Are People Too, Whoopi’s Littleburg and various other network specials, game shows and projects. He has also written for the New...
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Melinda Long
Melinda Long is the author of “When Papa Snores” and “Hiccup Snickup”. Her third book, “How I Became a Pirate,” was chosen by Children’s Book of the Month Club as a main selection and has also been translated into 13 languages including Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, and Japanese. In addition, it won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, a Nick Jr. Magazine Best Book of the Year and is a New York Times children’s number one bestseller. It was chosen...
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Pat Mora
Pat Mora is the writer of more than 25 books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She has received numerous honors, including the 2006 Pura Belpré from the American Library Association and the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for her book “Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart”. A tireless literacy advocate, Pat is the founder of the family literacy initiative, El día...
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Kyle Puttkammer
Kyle Puttkammer is the creator of Galaxy Man comics and teaches "How to Draw Comics" classes to teens throughout Georgia. Kyle also runs two comic shops in Atlanta called Galactic Quest. He enjoys collaborating on art projects with his friends and painting murals. You can find out more about Kyle's art at www.galacticquest.com and the Galaxy Man site. An instore interview with Kyle and friends. Link to the cover of the Galaxy Man promotional poster Picture from museum exhibit Simple...
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Miles & William Rabun
Miles Rabun, 11, and William Rabun, 9, are the young authors of “My Grandma’s Backyard” a fun-filled tale that reflects two brothers’ adventures with their grandmother. The boys, who are also aspiring entrepreneurs, live in Wake Forest, N.C., with their parents, Dereck and Yolanda Rabun. At the ages of 7 and 5, after visiting their grandmother, Kappitola Williams, in Atlanta during a summer break, Miles and William returned home with a challenge from their grandmother to write a book. So,...
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Judy Schachner
Judy Schachner is perhaps best known for her books about Skippyjon Jones, a young Siamese Cat with a very large imagination (“Skippyjon Jones,” “Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble,” “Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse”). She is also the author and illustrator of “The Grannyman,” “Yo, Vikings!,” and “Willy and May”. Judy has been illustrating and writing children's books since 1992 and lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania with her family, a dog, and two Siamese cats. Her latest release is “Skippyjon Jones, Lost...
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Charles R. Smith Jr
Charles R. Smith Jr. is a photographer and children’s book author. Many of his books such as “Hoop Kings,” “Hoop Queens,” “Tall Tales” and “Short Takes” focus on basketball. Smith said he tries to emphasize how important it is to plant the seed of dreams so kids can see that anything they want to achieve they can achieve. At the festival, he will do a presentation on how he “went from a student with dreams to a photographer to a...
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Don Tate
Don Tate is the award-winning illustrator/author of more than 25 trade and educational books for children. With a bold, dynamic style, Don's oil and acrylic paintings bring to life the pages of the children's books he illustrates. The self-trained painter and digital illustrator has demonstrated extraordinary range in style and medium -- each book possessing a distinctive style of its own. His titles include: “I Am My Grandpa’s Enkelin,” an original tale told by a grandma looking back in loving...
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Marjory Wentworth
Marjory Wentworth’s poems have appeared in numerous books and magazines, and she has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize four times. In 2010 she was nominated for the Southern Independent Booksellers Award. Her books of poetry include Noticing Eden and Despite Gravity. Her children’s story, Shackles, was published in February 2009. Her third collection of poems, The Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle is forthcoming in the spring of 2010 from Press 53. Marjory teaches poetry to cancer patients and...
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Festival Workshop: Reaching Reluctant Readers
Reaching Reluctant Readers: Books, Brains & Behavior
Friday, Nov. 12, 2010: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Southwest Chatham Library: FREE
Featuring Cheri Sheridan, M.S.
Two free workshops and an information fair are designed to bring together those who care for or work with young children and/or tweens to enable them to become more effective in their efforts.
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Coastal Writers Circle
The Coastal Writers Circle of authors and illustrators will be situated around the Forsyth Fountain during the Savannah Children’s Book Festival. You will be able to meet the authors, buy their books, and have the books signed by the authors.
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2010 Poster Contest Winners
See some of the winning entries on our Flickr page. And the winners are...
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