Tuesday, April 6 through Friday, April 9, Ms Tara and Ms Rita attended the 43rd Annual Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. What a wonderful time we had. It is held at the University of Southern Mississippi (where Brett Favre attended College). There are a variety of presentations for Public and School Librarians as well as guest Author and Illustrator speakers. This year's authors and illustrators were Dan Yaccarino, David Wiesner, Richard Peck, Maureen Johnson, Charles Ghigna, Chuck Galey, Lulu Delacre, and Sharon Draper. David Wiesner was awarded the Southern Miss Medallion award. We listened to ghost stories told by Frank McGarvey. We also watched Walter "the Giant StoryTeller" Mayes receive the 1st Coleen Salley Storyteller Award. Coleen Salley was author of the Epossumondas series of books as well as a storyteller.
On Tuesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m., Children's author, Janie Spaht Gill, will be reading as well as acting out some of her books. Mrs. Gill is a retired school teacher from Lafayette. The library has several books by Mrs. Gill. Her books are for Kindergarten through 2 grade readers. It has been several years since Mrs. Gill has performed here. We always have a good time with her.
On Tuesday, April 27, at 4 p.m. is the tween's S.W.A.M.P. Readers book talk and craft hour. This will be the last one until June. Once the Summer Reading Program starts on June 1, we will have the S.W.A.M.P. Readers book talk and craft hour every Friday morning during June and July.
As always we have story times on Monday mornings at 10:00 a.m. and Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Our last Spring story times will be Monday, April 26, and Tuesday, April 27. For the month of May, Ms Tara and Ms Rita will be busy getting ready for our Summer Reading Program. More information on that coming in May.
On Friday, April 30, All Calcasieu Parish Public Libraries will be closed. Staff will be attending an all day workshop. All the libraries will be back to normal hours on Saturday, May 1.
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